Wilson Computer Ratings team analysis
Northwestern (8-21)

Northwestern's opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   UCLA               878.2 LOSS   46-80         37- 1 Division I
   Michigan           804.8 LOSS   58-80         28- 7 Division I
   Iowa               796.4 LOSS   58-67         27- 7 Division I
   Ohio State         789.6 LOSS   70-79         27- 8 Division I
   Minnesota          767.0 LOSS   47-79         24- 9 Division I
   Maryland           763.4 LOSS   57-79         24- 9 Division I
   Michigan St.       760.9 LOSS   68-104        23- 9 Division I
   Washington         749.4 LOSS   73-94         22-11 Division I
   Southern Cal       744.2 LOSS   65-83         18-14 Division I
   Illinois           739.1 LOSS   71-74         22-12 Division I
   Illinois           739.1 LOSS   65-92         22-12 Division I
   Oregon             737.7 LOSS   54-87         23-13 Division I
   Nebraska           725.2 LOSS   73-89         19-13 Division I
   Indiana            711.5 LOSS   75-89         18-14 Division I
   Kansas             710.5 LOSS   62-74         22-14 Division I
   Utah               707.0 LOSS   66-91         19-13 Division I
   Missouri           691.7 LOSS   70-85         17-17 Division I
   Purdue             683.1 LOSS   62-67         13-17 Division I
   Penn State         680.6 LOSS   71-81         11-18 Division I
   George Washington  626.0 LOSS   62-75         18-18 Division I
   Loyola (Chicago)   622.2 LOSS   68-69         16-18 Division I
>> Northwestern       647.4 <<                    8-21 Division I
   Wisconsin          692.1 WIN    66-61    ++   16-18 Division I
   Rutgers            640.9 WIN    73-54    +     9-20 Division I
   Cleveland St.      636.2 WIN    75-68    +    26-10 Division I
   Abilene Christian  632.9 WIN    62-59    +    23-11 Division I
   DePaul             593.0 WIN    79-72    +     8-24 Division I
   IU Indy            591.7 WIN    67-64    +    14-17 Division I
   MD Eastern Shore   590.9 WIN    69-54    +    20-15 Division I
   SIU Edwardsville   582.8 WIN    64-51    +    16-16 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).

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