NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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FLORIDA
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 29-8
Power Rating: 92.076
Ranking: 6

5-5 v #1-25
5-3 v #26-50
6-0 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (15-2): 91.646 (12) 2-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 7-1 96.045 Non-League Ratings: 8-1 86.732 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 86.388

Away Ratings (6-4): 89.521 (18)
0-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 5-3 88.892
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 90.841
Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 78.826

Neutral Ratings (8-2): 95.017 (5) 3-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 1-1 86.107 Non-League Ratings: 7-1 94.775 Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 94.900

League Ratings (13-5): 90.463 (15)
2-3 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 7-1 96.045
Away Ratings: 5-3 88.892
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 86.107
Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 86.381

Non-League Ratings (16-3): 93.937 (3) 3-2 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 8-1 86.732 Away Ratings: 1-1 90.841 Neutral Ratings: 7-1 94.775 Last Ten Ratings: 5-1 94.740

Wins Ratings: 94.709 (6)
5-5 v #1-25
4-3 v #26-50
7-0 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 15-2 92.291
Away Ratings: 6-4 92.224
Neutral Ratings: 8-2 99.154
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 96.107

Points Ratings: 89.340 (7) 6-5 v #1-25 5-3 v #26-50 7-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 15-2 91.004 Away Ratings: 6-4 86.970 Neutral Ratings: 8-2 90.468 League Ratings: 13-5 88.439 Non-League Ratings: 16-3 90.336 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 89.632

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 92.978 (5)
5-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 1-1 86.388
Away Ratings: 0-1 78.826
Neutral Ratings: 6-1 94.900
League Ratings: 2-2 86.381
Non-League Ratings: 5-1 94.740

Home Advantage: 3.4006 (175)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1278 (23)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3219 (16)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4802 (11)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5990 (12)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7197 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8765 (58)

Upward Stability: 3.0935 (105)

Downward Stability: 4.1592 (3)

RPI
RPI: 0.6251 (9)
6-5 v #1-25
4-3 v #26-50
6-0 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (15-2): 0.6109 (28) 2-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (6-4): 0.5777 (18)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (8-2): 0.6966 (3) 2-1 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (13-5): 0.6243 (10)
2-3 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (16-3): 0.6259 (9) 2-1 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5722 (15)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/1999	Home	W 96-61	vs. #110 Florida St
11/22/1999	Neut	W 60-58	vs. #34 Utah St
11/23/1999	Neut	L 68-79	vs. #16 Purdue
11/24/1999	Neut	W 72-62	vs. #79 Georgetown
11/29/1999	Home	W 131-72	vs. #315 New Hampshire
12/4/1999	Home	W 96-44	vs. #303 Florida A&M
12/11/1999	Home	W 93-77	vs. #243 Bethune Cookman
12/19/1999	Home	W 109-60	vs. #279 High Point
12/21/1999	Away	W 85-65	vs. #108 Rutgers
12/23/1999	Home	W 80-53	vs. #132 NC Wilmington
12/28/1999	Home	W 113-68	vs. #306 VMI
12/30/1999	Home	W 82-61	vs. #129 South Alabama
1/5/2000	Away	L 77-87	vs. #42 Vanderbilt
1/8/2000	Away	W 75-71	vs. #84 Mississippi
1/12/2000	Home	W 82-57	vs. #14 LSU
1/18/2000	Home	L 79-81	vs. #21 Tennessee
1/22/2000	Away	W 77-73	vs. #107 Alabama
1/26/2000	Away	L 69-71	vs. #36 DePaul
1/29/2000	Home	W 89-63	vs. #42 Vanderbilt
2/2/2000	Away	W 86-82	vs. #72 South Carolina
2/5/2000	Home	W 85-66	vs. #142 Georgia
2/8/2000	Home	W 90-73	vs. #18 Kentucky
2/12/2000	Away	L 73-76	vs. #21 Tennessee
2/15/2000	Away	W 80-71	vs. #50 Arkansas
2/19/2000	Home	W 88-58	vs. #122 Mississippi St
2/23/2000	Away	W 90-68	vs. #142 Georgia
2/27/2000	Home	W 88-59	vs. #31 Auburn
3/1/2000	Home	W 87-67	vs. #72 South Carolina
3/4/2000	Away	L 70-85	vs. #18 Kentucky
3/9/2000	Neut	W 89-67	vs. #84 Mississippi
3/10/2000	Neut	L 70-78	vs. #31 Auburn
3/17/2000	Neut	W 69-68	vs. #51 Butler
3/19/2000	Neut	W 93-76	vs. #19 Illinois
3/24/2000	Neut	W 87-78	vs. #3 Duke
3/26/2000	Neut	W 77-65	vs. #9 Oklahoma St
4/1/2000	Neut	W 71-59	vs. #27 North Carolina
4/3/2000	Home	L 76-89	vs. #1 Michigan St

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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