Northwestern (5-1)

Northwestern's opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Virginia           647.1 LOSS   78-83          5- 1 Division I
>> Northwestern       667.6 <<                    5- 1 Division I
   South Carolina     611.0 WIN    79-77    +     4- 2 Division I
   DePaul             589.9 WIN    81-79    +     4- 2 Division I
   Cleveland St.      571.5 WIN   110-63          2- 5 Division I
   Boston U.          544.5 WIN    76-52    -     3- 3 Division I
   Mercyhurst         517.9 WIN    70-47    -     3- 4 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).