Calculation for Middlebury (19-8)

Middlebury's opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Amherst            596.4 LOSS   66-83    -    27- 4 Division III
   Rochester (NY)     586.4 LOSS   43-56    -    22- 6 Division III
   Ursinus            585.1 LOSS   71-80    -    29- 4 Division III
   SUNY-Plattsburgh   574.9 LOSS   74-78    -    27- 3 Division III
   Trinity Coll (CT)  559.2 LOSS   71-74    -    21- 7 Division III
   Trinity Coll (CT)  559.2 LOSS   63-72    -    21- 7 Division III
   Connecticut Coll   525.2 LOSS   86-93   --    17- 8 Division III
   Stevens Tech       523.8 LOSS   63-73   --    23- 6 Division III
>> Middlebury         540.5 <<                   19- 8 Division III
   Bowdoin            551.2 WIN    69-52   ++    22- 7 Division III
   Williams           526.1 WIN    63-60    +    17- 8 Division III
   Williams           526.1 WIN    96-59    +    17- 8 Division III
   Bates              522.3 WIN    92-71    +    17- 8 Division III
   St. Lawrence       506.4 WIN    86-67    +    17- 9 Division III
   Hamilton           489.4 WIN    73-62    +    17- 9 Division III
   Colby              489.1 WIN    65-60    +    13-12 Division III
   Tufts              488.3 WIN    85-76    +    11-13 Division III
   McDaniel           482.5 WIN    63-54    +    15-11 Division III
   Colby-Sawyer       445.5 WIN    64-53         13-11 Division III
   Rensselaer         445.2 WIN    63-54         11-14 Division III
   Merchant Marine    435.5 WIN   113-67         12-13 Division III
   Wesleyan           434.8 WIN    75-71          8-16 Division III
   Union (New York)   433.5 WIN    92-65         11-15 Division III
   Norwich            427.2 WIN    84-49         12-13 Division III
   Castleton State    419.3 WIN    91-74         15-11 Division III
   Skidmore           383.9 WIN    71-52          6-19 Division III
   Johnson State      368.7 WIN    93-76          9-17 Division III
   Southern Vermont   352.0 WIN   107-79          5-19 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).