Louisiana (5-3)

Louisiana's opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Southern Cal       857.1 LOSS   30-49          7- 2 Division I FBS
   Louisiana Tech     798.5 LOSS   31-32          6- 2 Division I FBS
   Southern Miss.     658.9 LOSS   31-35          3- 5 Division I FBS
>> Louisiana          735.0 <<                    5- 3 Division I FBS
   UAB                714.7 WIN    21-14    +     4- 4 Division I FBS
   Lamar              712.2 WIN    38-7     +     7- 2 Division I FCS
   Arkansas St.       706.4 WIN    23-20    +     4- 4 Division I FBS
   Troy St.           676.2 WIN    33-6     +     4- 4 Division I FBS
   Charlotte          628.2 WIN    34-7           1- 7 Division I FBS
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).