California (3-6)

California's opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   UCLA               946.5 LOSS   24-45          8- 0 Division I FBS
   Wake Forest        894.0 LOSS    7-41          7- 1 Division I FBS
   Clemson            809.9 LOSS   10-24          5- 3 Division I FBS
   Southern Meth.     800.8 LOSS   20-59          6- 2 Division I FBS
   N. Carolina St.    779.3 LOSS   10-31          4- 4 Division I FBS
   Nevada Las Vegas   738.8 LOSS   31-39          5- 3 Division I FBS
>> California         733.2 <<                    3- 6 Division I FBS
   Virginia Tech      783.4 WIN    25-20   ++     6- 2 Division I FBS
   Syracuse           759.3 WIN    21-18   ++     4- 4 Division I FBS
   Wagner             474.3 WIN    49-7    --     1- 8 Division I FCS
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).