Calculation for Chicago (18-8)

Chicago's opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Washington StL     602.4 LOSS   50-76    -    25- 6 Division III
   Rochester (NY)     586.4 LOSS   63-64    -    22- 6 Division III
   Wheaton (IL)       560.1 LOSS   73-75   --    22- 8 Division III
   Wis.-Stevens Pt.   557.9 LOSS   53-67   --    23- 7 Division III
   Carnegie-Mellon    553.7 LOSS   60-74   --    19- 8 Division III
   Loras              537.2 LOSS   61-66   --    21- 7 Division III
   DePauw             525.7 LOSS   67-81   --    19- 7 Division III
   Trinity (TX)       521.8 LOSS   58-63   --    18-10 Division III
>> Chicago            568.8 <<                   18- 8 Division III
   Washington StL     602.4 WIN    74-66   ++    25- 6 Division III
   Brandeis           592.2 WIN    79-77   ++    23- 6 Division III
   Brandeis           592.2 WIN    74-66   ++    23- 6 Division III
   Rochester (NY)     586.4 WIN    74-65   ++    22- 6 Division III
   Carnegie-Mellon    553.7 WIN    97-78    +    19- 8 Division III
   Illinois Weslyn    536.9 WIN    85-70    +    16-11 Division III
   New York Univ.     520.3 WIN    61-44    +    16-11 Division III
   New York Univ.     520.3 WIN    81-62    +    16-11 Division III
   Emory              509.4 WIN    91-65    +    10-16 Division III
   Emory              509.4 WIN    87-73    +    10-16 Division III
   Babson             499.0 WIN    73-69    +    10-16 Division III
   Milwaukee Engin    494.2 WIN    80-73    +    16-10 Division III
   Transylvania       489.3 WIN    89-75    +    16-11 Division III
   Lake Forest        468.8 WIN    70-59         11-12 Division III
   Case Reserve       457.2 WIN    76-65          8-17 Division III
   Case Reserve       457.2 WIN    84-56          8-17 Division III
   Kalamazoo          417.8 WIN    75-55          6-21 Division III
   Concordia (IL)     403.3 WIN    78-65          5-20 Division III
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).