Calculation for Cleveland St. (21-13)


Cleveland St.'s opponents in order of rating:
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Butler             749.8 LOSS   46-51    -    30- 4 Division I
   Butler             749.8 LOSS   55-70    -    30- 4 Division I
   Ohio State         720.1 LOSS   63-80    -    24-13 Division I
   Kent State         715.2 LOSS   69-84    -    28- 7 Division I
   Dayton             707.1 LOSS   57-66    -    23-11 Division I
   Wright State       676.0 LOSS   49-55   --    21-11 Division I
   George Mason       675.9 LOSS   47-56   --    23-11 Division I
   Illinois Chicago   663.9 LOSS   68-74   --    18-15 Division I
   CSU-Northridge     657.6 LOSS   68-78   --    20-10 Division I
   Wis.-Green Bay     655.8 LOSS   50-59   --    15-15 Division I
   Georgia Southern   650.7 LOSS   70-72   --    20-12 Division I
   Wis.-Milwaukee     648.6 LOSS   71-79   --    14-16 Division I
   Loyola (Chicago)   621.7 LOSS   53-65   --    12-19 Division I
>> Cleveland St.      680.3 <<                   21-13 Division I
   Butler             749.8 WIN    56-52   ++    30- 4 Division I
   Florida St.        698.5 WIN    69-66   ++    19-15 Division I
   Valparaiso         676.8 WIN    69-63    +    22-14 Division I
   Valparaiso         676.8 WIN    71-58    +    22-14 Division I
   Valparaiso         676.8 WIN    78-73    +    22-14 Division I
   Wright State       676.0 WIN    65-63    +    21-11 Division I
   Illinois Chicago   663.9 WIN    68-51    +    18-15 Division I
   Wis.-Green Bay     655.8 WIN    81-64    +    15-15 Division I
   South Florida      651.4 WIN    73-70    +    12-19 Division I
   Wis.-Milwaukee     648.6 WIN    74-64    +    14-16 Division I
   Marist             646.6 WIN    59-44    +    18-14 Division I
   Cent. Michigan     628.2 WIN    86-70    +    14-17 Division I
   Loyola (Chicago)   621.7 WIN    63-55    +    12-19 Division I
   Florida Atlantic   616.7 WIN    76-66    +    15-18 Division I
   Youngstown St.     604.3 WIN    77-54    +     9-21 Division I
   Youngstown St.     604.3 WIN    65-58    +     9-21 Division I
   Chicago State      601.4 WIN    77-73    +    11-17 Division I
   Detroit            596.6 WIN    74-64    +     7-23 Division I
   Detroit            596.6 WIN    60-56    +     7-23 Division I
   John Carroll       479.6 WIN    67-57         11-14 Division III
   Geneva             431.7 WIN   107-51         10-12 NAIA II

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).