Calculation for Gettysburg (24-5)


Gettysburg's opponents in order of rating:
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Ursinus            585.1 LOSS   59-84    -    29- 4 Division III
   Ursinus            585.1 LOSS   53-83    -    29- 4 Division III
   Ursinus            585.1 LOSS   78-85    -    29- 4 Division III
   Ursinus            585.1 LOSS   55-79    -    29- 4 Division III
   Cal Lutheran       553.2 LOSS   49-59   --    21- 5 Division III
>> Gettysburg         554.6 <<                   24- 5 Division III
   Salem State        511.6 WIN    95-87    +    21- 7 Division III
   Elms               509.5 WIN    66-65    +    23- 7 Division III
   Messiah            502.4 WIN    81-67    +    15-10 Division III
   York (PA)          501.7 WIN    74-65    +    18- 8 Division III
   Johns Hopkins      488.5 WIN    82-77    +    15-10 Division III
   Johns Hopkins      488.5 WIN    67-56    +    15-10 Division III
   Johns Hopkins      488.5 WIN    80-69    +    15-10 Division III
   McDaniel           482.5 WIN    66-65    +    15-11 Division III
   McDaniel           482.5 WIN    78-57    +    15-11 Division III
   Hood               469.2 WIN    94-87    +    15-11 (null)
   Dickinson          462.8 WIN    69-58         13-14 Division III
   Dickinson          462.8 WIN    75-51         13-14 Division III
   Muhlenberg         455.9 WIN    88-73         11-14 Division III
   Muhlenberg         455.9 WIN    66-62         11-14 Division III
   Franklin&Marshall  455.1 WIN    67-66         12-13 Division III
   Franklin&Marshall  455.1 WIN    75-68         12-13 Division III
   Haverford          427.8 WIN    57-46          8-16 Division III
   Haverford          427.8 WIN    77-63          8-16 Division III
   Bethany Lutheran   410.7 WIN    74-66         11-17 (null)
   Marietta           409.1 WIN    89-82          6-19 Division III
   Swarthmore         398.1 WIN    77-72          6-19 Division III
   Swarthmore         398.1 WIN    69-55          6-19 Division III
   Washington (MD)    392.8 WIN    77-74          5-20 Division III
   Washington (MD)    392.8 WIN    78-60          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).