Calculation for Minnesota (20-14)


Minnesota's opponents in order of rating:
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Wisconsin          763.9 LOSS   47-63    -    31- 5 Division I
   Wisconsin          763.9 LOSS   56-65    -    31- 5 Division I
   Michigan St.       744.2 LOSS   59-65    -    27- 9 Division I
   Michigan St.       744.2 LOSS   73-78    -    27- 9 Division I
   Indiana            736.7 LOSS   60-65    -    25- 8 Division I
   Indiana            736.7 LOSS   55-69    -    25- 8 Division I
   Purdue             725.9 LOSS   53-65    -    25- 9 Division I
   Ohio State         720.1 LOSS   60-76    -    24-13 Division I
   Nevada Las Vegas   713.9 LOSS   64-81    -    27- 8 Division I
   Florida St.        698.5 LOSS   61-75    -    19-15 Division I
   Maryland           692.8 LOSS   58-68    -    19-15 Division I
   Illinois           679.5 LOSS   60-84   --    16-19 Division I
   Illinois           679.5 LOSS   58-67   --    16-19 Division I
   Illinois           679.5 LOSS   50-54   --    16-19 Division I
>> Minnesota          686.7 <<                   20-14 Division I
   Indiana            736.7 WIN    59-58   ++    25- 8 Division I
   Ohio State         720.1 WIN    71-57   ++    24-13 Division I
   Penn State         669.7 WIN    76-73    +    15-16 Division I
   Penn State         669.7 WIN    75-68    +    15-16 Division I
   Iowa St.           659.2 WIN    68-58    +    14-18 Division I
   Iowa               650.1 WIN    63-50    +    13-19 Division I
   Michigan           646.4 WIN    77-65    +    10-22 Division I
   Michigan           646.4 WIN    69-60    +    10-22 Division I
   Cent. Michigan     628.2 WIN    77-59    +    14-17 Division I
   Santa Clara        623.8 WIN    68-50    +    15-16 Division I
   N. Dakota St.      623.6 WIN    88-56    +    16-13 Division I
   Northwestern       619.7 WIN    82-63    +     8-22 Division I
   Northwestern       619.7 WIN    92-72    +     8-22 Division I
   Northwestern       619.7 WIN    55-52    +     8-22 Division I
   Army               598.5 WIN    84-52    +    14-16 Division I
   Nicholls St.       592.6 WIN    77-32         10-21 Division I
   Riverside          584.0 WIN    75-38          9-21 Division I
   Colorado St.       576.1 WIN    91-74          7-25 Division I
   S. Dakota St.      569.9 WIN    78-72          8-21 Division I
   Kennesaw State     553.3 WIN    83-66         10-20 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).