Calculation for Elms (23-7)

Elms's opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Amherst            596.4 LOSS   67-73    -    27- 4 Division III
   Brandeis           592.2 LOSS   94-96    -    23- 6 Division III
   Gettysburg         554.6 LOSS   65-66    -    24- 5 Division III
   Randolph-Macon     550.3 LOSS   70-94    -    20- 6 Division III
   Colby              489.1 LOSS  109-113  --    13-12 Division III
   Castleton State    419.3 LOSS   83-89   --    15-11 Division III
   Becker             417.9 LOSS   74-77   --    13-14 Division III
>> Elms               509.5 <<                   23- 7 Division III
   Bowdoin            551.2 WIN    65-60   ++    22- 7 Division III
   Worcester Tech     540.3 WIN    85-80   ++    21- 7 Division III
   Hamilton           489.4 WIN    64-54    +    17- 9 Division III
   PSU-Scranton       485.4 WIN    71-53    +    19-10 Division III
   Westfield St.      482.0 WIN    81-71    +    19- 9 Division III
   Newbury            474.6 WIN    87-76    +    21- 8 Division III
   Husson             458.3 WIN    76-68    +    18-11 Division III
   Castleton State    419.3 WIN    96-69         15-11 Division III
   Lesley             419.0 WIN    83-58         12-16 Division III
   Lesley             419.0 WIN    72-65         12-16 Division III
   Becker             417.9 WIN    80-57         13-14 Division III
   Becker             417.9 WIN    78-53         13-14 Division III
   Maine-Farmington   417.3 WIN    60-57         11-15 Division III
   Maine-Farmington   417.3 WIN    79-65         11-15 Division III
   Maine Maritime     391.3 WIN    94-69         10-14 Division III
   Maine-Machias      369.4 WIN    90-78          2- 3 NAIA II
   Johnson State      368.7 WIN   105-89          9-17 Division III
   Johnson State      368.7 WIN    95-79          9-17 Division III
   Thomas (Maine)     354.9 WIN    78-58          9-16 Division III
   Southern Vermont   352.0 WIN   105-67          5-19 Division III
   Wheelock           296.5 WIN   108-77          1-23 (null)
   Wheelock           296.5 WIN   101-62          1-23 (null)
   Fisher             283.6 WIN    86-64          0- 8 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).