Calculation for South Dakota (21-7)

South Dakota's opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Northern St. (SD)  651.3 LOSS   69-70    -    29- 4 Division II
   Minn. St.-Mankato  624.9 LOSS   77-78    -    23- 7 Division II
   Nebraska-Omaha     621.0 LOSS   60-75    -    24- 7 Division II
   Augustana (SD)     601.7 LOSS   90-95    -    22- 9 Division II
   Augustana (SD)     601.7 LOSS   69-78    -    22- 9 Division II
   St. Cloud St.      571.1 LOSS   71-74   --    17-11 Division II
   North Dakota       556.4 LOSS   76-78   --    15-15 Division II
>> South Dakota       597.0 <<                   21- 7 Division II
   Minn. St.-Mankato  624.9 WIN    80-61   ++    23- 7 Division II
   Nebraska-Omaha     621.0 WIN    81-70   ++    24- 7 Division II
   St. Cloud St.      571.1 WIN    83-74    +    17-11 Division II
   North Dakota       556.4 WIN    88-65    +    15-15 Division II
   North Dakota       556.4 WIN    91-68    +    15-15 Division II
   Nebraska-Kearney   553.4 WIN    79-68    +    16-13 Division II
   Regis              543.1 WIN    78-52    +    16-12 Division II
   William Penn       536.7 WIN    87-67    +     2- 1 NAIA II
   Minn.-Duluth       517.1 WIN    71-61    +     9-19 Division II
   Minn.-Duluth       517.1 WIN    79-70    +     9-19 Division II
   Southern Colorado  509.5 WIN    86-66    +    10-17 Division II
   Truman State       506.4 WIN    69-46          5-22 Division II
   Truman State       506.4 WIN    88-55          5-22 Division II
   Mary               506.4 WIN    79-66          8-21 Division II
   N. Michigan        484.2 WIN    71-49          7-22 Division II
   N. Michigan        484.2 WIN    92-55          7-22 Division II
   Chadron St.        482.6 WIN   104-89          6-20 Division II
   Lincoln (MO)       472.6 WIN    86-72          7-20 Division II
   Midland Lutheran   466.5 WIN    78-46          1- 5 NAIA II
   Dana               391.2 WIN    96-61          0- 4 NAIA II
   Peru St.           369.0 WIN    86-39          0- 3 NAIA 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).