Calculation for Whitworth (21-7)

Whitworth's opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Wheaton (IL)       560.1 LOSS   67-76    -    22- 8 Division III
   Chapman            523.3 LOSS   53-56   --    20- 7 Division III
   Lewis & Clark      492.5 LOSS   65-75   --    15-10 Division III
   Linfield           492.4 LOSS   70-77   --    14-11 Division III
   Pacific (OR)       471.1 LOSS   76-85   --    11-14 Division III
   Bridgewater,Mass.  470.8 LOSS   75-88   --    13-13 Division III
   Willamette         466.9 LOSS   74-82   --    11-15 Division III
>> Whitworth          531.9 <<                   21- 7 Division III
   Occidental         553.9 WIN    83-75   ++    22- 6 Division III
   Puget Sound        524.2 WIN    83-78    +    19- 7 Division III
   Puget Sound        524.2 WIN    80-78    +    19- 7 Division III
   Puget Sound        524.2 WIN    96-69    +    19- 7 Division III
   Richard Stockton   522.0 WIN    60-50    +    22- 7 Division III
   Pomona-Pitzer      504.2 WIN    73-45    +    15-12 Division III
   Lewis & Clark      492.5 WIN    64-33    +    15-10 Division III
   Linfield           492.4 WIN    77-68    +    14-11 Division III
   Redlands           473.7 WIN    93-58    +    10-15 Division III
   Pac. Lutheran      472.3 WIN    66-62    +    12-13 Division III
   Pac. Lutheran      472.3 WIN    76-66    +    12-13 Division III
   Pacific (OR)       471.1 WIN    61-44    +    11-14 Division III
   SW Arizona         470.8 WIN    90-64    +     1- 2 (null)
   Willamette         466.9 WIN    72-65    +    11-15 Division III
   George Fox         451.9 WIN    70-58    +     9-16 Division III
   George Fox         451.9 WIN    77-69    +     9-16 Division III
   Whitman            401.3 WIN    85-68          5-20 Division III
   Whitman            401.3 WIN    73-61          5-20 Division III
   Cal Santa Cruz     374.7 WIN    85-33          2-21 Division III
   Cal Santa Cruz     374.7 WIN    83-57          2-21 Division III
   Caltech            363.7 WIN    88-59          1-24 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).