Calculation for Williams (17-8)

Williams's opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Amherst            596.4 LOSS   80-87    -    27- 4 Division III
   Amherst            596.4 LOSS   70-86    -    27- 4 Division III
   Bowdoin            551.2 LOSS   73-78    -    22- 7 Division III
   Middlebury         540.5 LOSS   60-63    -    19- 8 Division III
   Middlebury         540.5 LOSS   59-96    -    19- 8 Division III
   Bates              522.3 LOSS   71-78   --    17- 8 Division III
   Hamilton           489.4 LOSS   56-60   --    17- 9 Division III
   Tufts              488.3 LOSS   68-93   --    11-13 Division III
>> Williams           526.1 <<                   17- 8 Division III
   Ursinus            585.1 WIN    88-73   ++    29- 4 Division III
   Trinity Coll (CT)  559.2 WIN    65-48   ++    21- 7 Division III
   Connecticut Coll   525.2 WIN    60-56    +    17- 8 Division III
   Keene State        494.5 WIN    86-66    +    16-11 Division III
   Colby              489.1 WIN    67-61    +    13-12 Division III
   Lasell             484.2 WIN    75-65    +    20- 9 Division III
   Springfield        482.4 WIN    71-66    +    10-15 Division III
   Framingham St.     451.4 WIN    60-56    +    12-14 Division III
   Rensselaer         445.2 WIN    75-65    +    11-14 Division III
   Wesleyan           434.8 WIN    61-51          8-16 Division III
   Wesleyan           434.8 WIN    87-57          8-16 Division III
   Drew               418.9 WIN    74-58          7-18 Division III
   Nichols            412.4 WIN    83-66         10-15 Division III
   Lehman             404.3 WIN    73-70         11-15 Division III
   City College NY    354.1 WIN    84-51          4-21 Division III
   Southern Vermont   352.0 WIN    87-38          5-19 Division III
   Mitchell           308.1 WIN    71-46          4-21 (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).