Wilson Computer Ratings team analysis
Northwestern (8-17)

Northwestern's opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   UCLA               862.8 LOSS   46-80         25- 1 Division I
   Michigan           808.4 LOSS   58-80         22- 4 Division I
   Ohio State         803.4 LOSS   70-79         22- 4 Division I
   Iowa               794.8 LOSS   58-67         19- 5 Division I
   Minnesota          765.4 LOSS   47-79         20- 6 Division I
   Southern Cal       758.1 LOSS   65-83         16- 9 Division I
   Washington         751.9 LOSS   73-94         19- 7 Division I
   Illinois           741.6 LOSS   71-74         17- 8 Division I
   Oregon             738.8 LOSS   54-87         18- 9 Division I
   Nebraska           733.6 LOSS   73-89         16- 9 Division I
   Utah               728.5 LOSS   66-91         17- 9 Division I
   Missouri           707.9 LOSS   70-85         16-11 Division I
   Kansas             707.5 LOSS   62-74         16-11 Division I
   Indiana            702.8 LOSS   75-89         14-13 Division I
   Penn State         681.9 LOSS   71-81          9-17 Division I
   Loyola (Chicago)   627.5 LOSS   68-69         12-13 Division I
   George Washington  619.0 LOSS   62-75         13-14 Division I
>> Northwestern       656.0 <<                    8-17 Division I
   Wisconsin          698.3 WIN    66-61    ++   13-12 Division I
   Rutgers            656.9 WIN    73-54    ++    9-16 Division I
   Abilene Christian  652.0 WIN    62-59    +    18- 7 Division I
   Cleveland St.      635.3 WIN    75-68    +    20- 8 Division I
   DePaul             597.5 WIN    79-72    +     6-21 Division I
   MD Eastern Shore   594.9 WIN    69-54    +    14-13 Division I
   IU Indy            591.9 WIN    67-64    +    11-14 Division I
   SIU Edwardsville   582.7 WIN    64-51    +    12-14 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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