Calculation for Lewis (20-11)


Lewis's opponents in order of rating:
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Winona St.         707.5 LOSS   76-84         38- 1 Division II
   Findlay            639.6 LOSS   57-64    -    28- 5 Division II
   Drury              621.3 LOSS   54-67    -    25- 6 Division II
   Drury              621.3 LOSS   87-89    -    25- 6 Division II
   Northern Kentucky  619.7 LOSS   68-74    -    21- 8 Division II
   Northern Kentucky  619.7 LOSS   78-88    -    21- 8 Division II
   Ky. Wesleyan       611.9 LOSS   61-69    -    24- 9 Division II
   St. Joseph's (IN)  592.7 LOSS   69-82   --    18-12 Division II
   Bellarmine         588.6 LOSS   63-65   --    17-11 Division II
   Wis.-Parkside      580.0 LOSS   75-79   --    16-11 Division II
   Indianapolis       569.9 LOSS  109-113  --    14-13 Division II
>> Lewis              603.2 <<                   20-11 Division II
   Northern Kentucky  619.7 WIN    80-76   ++    21- 8 Division II
   Ky. Wesleyan       611.9 WIN    58-55   ++    24- 9 Division II
   St. Joseph's (IN)  592.7 WIN    68-64    +    18-12 Division II
   St. Joseph's (IN)  592.7 WIN    86-75    +    18-12 Division II
   Bellarmine         588.6 WIN    77-67    +    17-11 Division II
   Wis.-Parkside      580.0 WIN    88-75    +    16-11 Division II
   Indianapolis       569.9 WIN    66-53    +    14-13 Division II
   Southern Indiana   560.8 WIN    87-77    +    15-12 Division II
   SIU Edwardsvl      558.2 WIN    76-70    +    17-11 Division II
   Quincy             557.2 WIN    63-55    +    16-13 Division II
   Olivet Nazarene    554.3 WIN    73-65    +     3- 2 NAIA I
   Hillsdale          541.2 WIN    82-73    +    15-14 Division II
   Michigan Tech      535.3 WIN    70-52    +    13-14 Division II
   Lake Superior St   529.5 WIN    78-76    +    13-16 Division II
   Rockhurst          519.6 WIN    79-77    +     9-18 Division II
   Missouri StLouis   513.0 WIN    78-55         10-18 Division II
   Northwood (MI)     500.4 WIN    79-63         11-16 Division II
   Trinity Christian  494.2 WIN    78-57          4- 3 NAIA II
   St. Francis, Ill.  444.2 WIN    70-55          0- 2 NAIA I
   Missouri S and T   432.8 WIN    78-54          3-24 Division II

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).