Calculation for Vanderbilt (26-8)

Vanderbilt's opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Tennessee          776.7 LOSS   60-80    -    31- 5 Division I
   Arkansas           718.1 LOSS   73-78   --    23-12 Division I
   Arkansas           718.1 LOSS   75-81   --    23-12 Division I
   Mississippi        713.6 LOSS   58-74   --    24-11 Division I
   Florida            705.3 LOSS   64-86   --    24-12 Division I
   Kentucky           700.5 LOSS   73-79   --    18-13 Division I
   Alabama            678.9 LOSS   73-78   --    17-16 Division I
   Siena              671.8 LOSS   62-83   --    23-11 Division I
>> Vanderbilt         734.0 <<                   26- 8 Division I
   Tennessee          776.7 WIN    72-69   ++    31- 5 Division I
   Mississippi St.    715.3 WIN    86-85    +    23-11 Division I
   Massachusetts      707.0 WIN    97-88    +    25-11 Division I
   Florida            705.3 WIN    61-58    +    24-12 Division I
   South Alabama      701.0 WIN    91-88    +    26- 7 Division I
   Kentucky           700.5 WIN    93-52    +    18-13 Division I
   Wake Forest        690.0 WIN    83-80    +    17-13 Division I
   Georgia Tech       684.8 WIN    92-79    +    15-17 Division I
   Georgia            682.8 WIN    67-59    +    17-17 Division I
   Georgia            682.8 WIN    86-74    +    17-17 Division I
   Bradley            682.3 WIN    95-86    +    21-17 Division I
   Valparaiso         676.8 WIN    87-78    +    22-14 Division I
   South Carolina     669.3 WIN    80-73    +    14-18 Division I
   South Carolina     669.3 WIN    66-65    +    14-18 Division I
   Utah St.           663.1 WIN    77-56    +    24-11 Division I
   DePaul             660.7 WIN    91-85    +    11-19 Division I
   Louisiana St.      657.2 WIN    92-76    +    13-18 Division I
   Auburn             654.5 WIN    78-71    +    14-16 Division I
   Auburn             654.5 WIN    93-82    +    14-16 Division I
   Austin Peay        646.7 WIN    81-67    +    24-11 Division I
   Toledo             628.0 WIN    77-70         11-19 Division I
   Lipscomb           599.4 WIN    90-67         15-16 Division I
   Iona               593.5 WIN    97-73         12-20 Division I
   Tenn.-Martin       591.2 WIN    92-85         17-16 Division I
   Tennessee St.      589.5 WIN    83-74         15-17 Division I
   Rice               558.1 WIN    76-58          3-27 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).