Calculation for Loras (21-7)

Loras's opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Wheaton (IL)       560.1 LOSS   62-69    -    22- 8 Division III
   Wheaton (IL)       560.1 LOSS   73-76    -    22- 8 Division III
   Buena Vista        546.1 LOSS   62-64    -    23- 7 Division III
   Buena Vista        546.1 LOSS   79-80    -    23- 7 Division III
   Clarke College     508.4 LOSS   71-84   --     5- 4 Division III
   Tri-State          443.3 LOSS   65-66   --     9-16 (null)
   Simpson (IA)       437.3 LOSS   67-69   --     7-20 Division III
>> Loras              537.2 <<                   21- 7 Division III
   Chicago            568.8 WIN    66-61   ++    18- 8 Division III
   Wis.-Whitewater    554.5 WIN    71-70   ++    24- 5 Division III
   Buena Vista        546.1 WIN    77-69   ++    23- 7 Division III
   North Park         496.6 WIN    70-62    +    14-11 Division III
   Coe                491.0 WIN    72-69    +    15-12 Division III
   Coe                491.0 WIN    67-59    +    15-12 Division III
   Coe                491.0 WIN    82-64    +    15-12 Division III
   Wis.-LaCrosse      487.4 WIN    73-67    +    11-15 Division III
   Central (Iowa)     480.1 WIN    76-56    +    15- 9 Division III
   Central (Iowa)     480.1 WIN    81-67    +    15- 9 Division III
   Wartburg           466.0 WIN    70-56    +     9-16 Division III
   Wartburg           466.0 WIN    83-68    +     9-16 Division III
   Dubuque            466.0 WIN    67-44    +    11-13 Division III
   Dubuque            466.0 WIN    70-67    +    11-13 Division III
   Cornell (IA)       454.4 WIN    81-70    +    10-18 Division III
   Cornell (IA)       454.4 WIN    74-71    +    10-18 Division III
   Simpson (IA)       437.3 WIN    70-53          7-20 Division III
   Luther             426.9 WIN    59-57          7-18 Division III
   Luther             426.9 WIN    61-43          7-18 Division III
   Thiel              400.9 WIN    73-59         10-15 Division III
   Ashford            394.1 WIN    95-74          1- 2 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).