Calculation for Salem State (21-7)

Salem State's opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Mass.-Dartmouth    558.3 LOSS   88-97    -    25- 4 Division III
   Gettysburg         554.6 LOSS   87-95    -    24- 5 Division III
   Worcester Tech     540.3 LOSS   97-100   -    21- 7 Division III
   Westfield St.      482.0 LOSS   74-77   --    19- 9 Division III
   Westfield St.      482.0 LOSS   82-83   --    19- 9 Division III
   Bridgewater,Mass.  470.8 LOSS   87-93   --    13-13 Division III
   Emmanuel (MA)      460.6 LOSS   89-90   --    17-12 Division III
>> Salem State        511.6 <<                   21- 7 Division III
   Keene State        494.5 WIN    94-82    +    16-11 Division III
   Westfield St.      482.0 WIN    82-62    +    19- 9 Division III
   Newbury            474.6 WIN    82-62    +    21- 8 Division III
   Gordon             474.4 WIN    75-65    +    18- 9 Division III
   Montclair St.      473.0 WIN    94-84    +    16-11 Division III
   Bridgewater,Mass.  470.8 WIN    88-80    +    13-13 Division III
   Bridgewater,Mass.  470.8 WIN    81-49    +    13-13 Division III
   Fitchburg St.      468.9 WIN    91-63    +    16-10 Division III
   Fitchburg St.      468.9 WIN    61-58    +    16-10 Division III
   Framingham St.     451.4 WIN    85-81    +    12-14 Division III
   Framingham St.     451.4 WIN    85-73    +    12-14 Division III
   Worcester St.      434.5 WIN    75-47    +    10-16 Division III
   Worcester St.      434.5 WIN    74-59    +    10-16 Division III
   Endicott           433.6 WIN    85-69    +    11-15 Division III
   Plymouth St.       427.2 WIN    99-92    +     8-18 Division III
   Lesley             419.0 WIN    97-72         12-16 Division III
   Mass. Col LibArt   384.3 WIN   101-77          7-18 Division III
   Mass. Col LibArt   384.3 WIN   118-92          7-18 Division III
   Regis (MA)         384.1 WIN    85-42          7-16 (null)
   Mass.-Boston       381.3 WIN    97-64          2-24 Division III
   Wheelock           296.5 WIN    95-56          1-23 (null)
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).