Calculation for Puget Sound (19-7)

Puget Sound's opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Westmont           556.8 LOSS   75-78    -     2- 1 NAIA I
   Whitworth          531.9 LOSS   78-83    -    21- 7 Division III
   Whitworth          531.9 LOSS   78-80    -    21- 7 Division III
   Whitworth          531.9 LOSS   69-96    -    21- 7 Division III
   Lewis & Clark      492.5 LOSS   67-87   --    15-10 Division III
   Linfield           492.4 LOSS   82-93   --    14-11 Division III
   George Fox         451.9 LOSS   77-78   --     9-16 Division III
>> Puget Sound        524.2 <<                   19- 7 Division III
   CSU-Stanislaus     516.0 WIN   121-101   +     6-21 Division II
   LaVerne            494.1 WIN   106-61    +    12-14 Division III
   Lewis & Clark      492.5 WIN    92-87    +    15-10 Division III
   Linfield           492.4 WIN    89-82    +    14-11 Division III
   Bemidji St.        474.9 WIN    91-68    +     7-21 Division II
   Pac. Lutheran      472.3 WIN   125-116   +    12-13 Division III
   Pac. Lutheran      472.3 WIN    98-97    +    12-13 Division III
   Pacific (OR)       471.1 WIN    82-61    +    11-14 Division III
   Pacific (OR)       471.1 WIN    90-65    +    11-14 Division III
   Willamette         466.9 WIN    90-75    +    11-15 Division III
   Willamette         466.9 WIN   127-121   +    11-15 Division III
   Wis.-Stout         454.8 WIN    85-70    +     7-19 Division III
   Northwest U.       454.3 WIN    97-82    +     2- 3 NAIA II
   George Fox         451.9 WIN    90-78    +     9-16 Division III
   Edgewood           450.4 WIN    93-80    +    13-13 Division III
   Corban             416.2 WIN   124-95          1- 4 NAIA II
   Whitman            401.3 WIN   106-86          5-20 Division III
   Whitman            401.3 WIN   104-67          5-20 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).