Calculation for Clarke College (5-4)

Clarke College's opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Buena Vista        546.1 LOSS   67-76    -    23- 7 Division III
   Wis.-Platteville   544.9 LOSS   50-65    -    19- 7 Division III
   Aurora             520.1 LOSS   61-77    -    22- 7 Division III
   Wisc. Lutheran     491.4 LOSS   63-65   --    18- 8 Division III
>> Clarke College     508.4 <<                    5- 4 Division III
   Loras              537.2 WIN    84-71   ++    21- 7 Division III
   Marian (WI)        472.7 WIN    76-70    +    16-11 Division III
   Dubuque            466.0 WIN    82-70    +    11-13 Division III
   Cornell (IA)       454.4 WIN    70-66    +    10-18 Division III
   Knox               442.9 WIN    71-48    +     8-15 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).