Calculation for Xavier (30-7)


Xavier's opponents in order of rating:
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   UCLA               793.4 LOSS   57-76    -    35- 4 Division I
   Tennessee          776.7 LOSS   75-82    -    31- 5 Division I
   Arizona St.        705.5 LOSS   55-77   --    21-13 Division I
   Temple             694.8 LOSS   59-78   --    21-13 Division I
   St. Joseph's (PA)  692.7 LOSS   66-71   --    21-13 Division I
   St. Joseph's (PA)  692.7 LOSS   53-61   --    21-13 Division I
   Miami (OH)         672.0 LOSS   57-59   --    17-16 Division I
>> Xavier             748.6 <<                   30- 7 Division I
   Indiana            736.7 WIN    80-65    +    25- 8 Division I
   West Virginia      730.7 WIN    79-75    +    26-11 Division I
   Purdue             725.9 WIN    85-78    +    25- 9 Division I
   Kansas St.         716.2 WIN   103-77    +    21-12 Division I
   Kent State         715.2 WIN    78-65    +    28- 7 Division I
   Dayton             707.1 WIN    69-43    +    23-11 Division I
   Dayton             707.1 WIN    57-51    +    23-11 Division I
   Dayton             707.1 WIN    74-65    +    23-11 Division I
   Massachusetts      707.0 WIN    77-65    +    25-11 Division I
   Creighton          703.1 WIN    79-66    +    22-11 Division I
   St. Joseph's (PA)  692.7 WIN    76-72    +    21-13 Division I
   Rhode Island       685.3 WIN    81-77    +    21-12 Division I
   Charlotte          684.0 WIN    62-60    +    20-14 Division I
   Georgia            682.8 WIN    73-61    +    17-17 Division I
   Virginia           678.4 WIN   108-70    +    17-16 Division I
   Cincinnati         669.5 WIN    64-59    +    13-19 Division I
   Duquesne           663.8 WIN    75-48    +    17-13 Division I
   Saint Louis        663.7 WIN    70-68    +    16-15 Division I
   Belmont            659.7 WIN    90-49    +    25- 9 Division I
   Richmond           658.3 WIN    86-61         16-15 Division I
   Auburn             654.5 WIN    80-57         14-16 Division I
   Fordham            640.6 WIN    68-50         12-17 Division I
   LaSalle            640.1 WIN    75-62         15-17 Division I
   Oakland            635.9 WIN    93-68         17-14 Division I
   George Washington  628.5 WIN    74-66          9-17 Division I
   George Washington  628.5 WIN    66-56          9-17 Division I
   Delaware St.       596.6 WIN    65-33         14-16 Division I
   St. Bonaventure    595.4 WIN    83-68          8-22 Division I
   Coppin State       584.4 WIN    98-49         16-21 Division I
   SE Missouri        561.5 WIN    90-59         12-19 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).