Calculation for California (17-16)

California's opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   UCLA               793.4 LOSS   58-70         35- 4 Division I
   UCLA               793.4 LOSS   80-81         35- 4 Division I
   UCLA               793.4 LOSS   66-88         35- 4 Division I
   Stanford           754.6 LOSS   77-82    -    28- 8 Division I
   Stanford           754.6 LOSS   69-79    -    28- 8 Division I
   Washington St.     745.0 LOSS   49-70    -    26- 9 Division I
   Southern Cal       728.7 LOSS   89-93    -    21-12 Division I
   Ohio State         720.1 LOSS   56-73    -    24-13 Division I
   Kansas St.         716.2 LOSS   75-82    -    21-12 Division I
   Arizona            713.2 LOSS   75-79    -    19-15 Division I
   Arizona            713.2 LOSS   73-83    -    19-15 Division I
   Arizona St.        705.5 LOSS   90-99    -    21-13 Division I
   Oregon             702.0 LOSS   70-79    -    18-14 Division I
   Oregon             702.0 LOSS   70-92    -    18-14 Division I
   Washington         682.9 LOSS   84-87   --    16-17 Division I
   Utah               661.7 LOSS   65-67   --    18-15 Division I
>> California         692.7 <<                   17-16 Division I
   Washington St.     745.0 WIN    69-64   ++    26- 9 Division I
   Southern Cal       728.7 WIN    92-82   ++    21-12 Division I
   Arizona St.        705.5 WIN    76-73   ++    21-13 Division I
   New Mexico         690.1 WIN    68-66    +    24- 9 Division I
   Washington         682.9 WIN    79-75    +    16-17 Division I
   Washington         682.9 WIN    84-81    +    16-17 Division I
   Missouri           682.5 WIN    86-72    +    16-16 Division I
   San Diego St.      668.0 WIN    77-69    +    20-13 Division I
   Nevada             663.1 WIN    74-68    +    21-12 Division I
   Southern Miss.     653.5 WIN    67-59    +    19-14 Division I
   N. Dakota St.      623.6 WIN    86-72    +    16-13 Division I
   Delaware St.       596.6 WIN    74-57         14-16 Division I
   Nicholls St.       592.6 WIN    74-62         10-21 Division I
   Oregon St.         586.8 WIN    69-59          6-25 Division I
   Oregon St.         586.8 WIN    81-76          6-25 Division I
   Jackson St.        560.2 WIN   117-74         14-20 Division I
   Long Beach State   559.3 WIN   102-65          6-25 Division I
Games against teams within about 100 rating points are often the best indicators of a team's actual strength.

"Effect" ranges from "---", a game that caused a large decrease in the team rating, to "+++", a game that produced a large increase in rating.

Note that wins over very weak teams may actually hurt a team's rating (the opposite is true for losses to very good teams).