Calculation for Illinois (16-19)


Illinois's opponents in order of rating:
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Wisconsin          763.9 LOSS   60-70    -    31- 5 Division I
   Wisconsin          763.9 LOSS   57-71    -    31- 5 Division I
   Wisconsin          763.9 LOSS   48-61    -    31- 5 Division I
   Duke               763.5 LOSS   66-79    -    28- 6 Division I
   Michigan St.       744.2 LOSS   41-51    -    27- 9 Division I
   Michigan St.       744.2 LOSS   51-59    -    27- 9 Division I
   Indiana            736.7 LOSS   58-62    -    25- 8 Division I
   Indiana            736.7 LOSS   79-83    -    25- 8 Division I
   Purdue             725.9 LOSS   67-74    -    25- 9 Division I
   Purdue             725.9 LOSS   75-83    -    25- 9 Division I
   Ohio State         720.1 LOSS   58-74    -    24-13 Division I
   Ohio State         720.1 LOSS   58-64    -    24-13 Division I
   Arizona            713.2 LOSS   72-78    -    19-15 Division I
   Maryland           692.8 LOSS   61-69    -    19-15 Division I
   Miami (OH)         672.0 LOSS   58-61   --    17-16 Division I
   Penn State         669.7 LOSS   64-68   --    15-16 Division I
   Penn State         669.7 LOSS   51-52   --    15-16 Division I
   Michigan           646.4 LOSS   43-49   --    10-22 Division I
   Tennessee St.      589.5 LOSS   58-60   --    15-17 Division I
>> Illinois           679.5 <<                   16-19 Division I
   Purdue             725.9 WIN    74-67   ++    25- 9 Division I
   Arizona St.        705.5 WIN    77-54   ++    21-13 Division I
   Oklahoma St.       692.0 WIN    65-49   ++    17-16 Division I
   Minnesota          686.7 WIN    84-60   ++    20-14 Division I
   Minnesota          686.7 WIN    67-58   ++    20-14 Division I
   Minnesota          686.7 WIN    54-50   ++    20-14 Division I
   Missouri           682.5 WIN    59-58   ++    16-16 Division I
   Penn State         669.7 WIN    64-63    +    15-16 Division I
   Iowa               650.1 WIN    58-47    +    13-19 Division I
   Michigan           646.4 WIN    75-57    +    10-22 Division I
   Loyola (MD)        636.5 WIN    77-43    +    19-14 Division I
   Northeastern       623.5 WIN    63-55    +    14-17 Division I
   Northwestern       619.7 WIN    70-37    +     8-22 Division I
   Weber St.          618.4 WIN    78-61    +    16-14 Division I
   Hawaii             601.3 WIN    79-77    +    11-19 Division I
   W. Carolina        587.1 WIN    58-35         10-21 Division I

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).