NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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PEPPERDINE
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 25-9
Power Rating: 86.811
Ranking: 30

2-4 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
9-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
10-1 v #201-318

Home Ratings (11-1): 88.116 (27) 1-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 7-0 88.858 Non-League Ratings: 4-1 80.530 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 94.436

Away Ratings (10-5): 86.102 (35)
0-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-318
League Ratings: 5-2 86.186
Non-League Ratings: 5-3 83.546
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 80.499

Neutral Ratings (4-3): 87.108 (39) 1-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 2-1 84.468 Non-League Ratings: 2-2 89.507 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 88.850

League Ratings (14-3): 87.921 (29)
1-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 7-0 88.858
Away Ratings: 5-2 86.186
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 84.468
Last Ten Ratings: 6-2 84.772

Non-League Ratings (11-6): 85.686 (44) 1-2 v #1-25 1-3 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 4-1 80.530 Away Ratings: 5-3 83.546 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 89.507 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 92.202

Wins Ratings: 89.591 (29)
2-4 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
9-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
10-1 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 11-1 91.262
Away Ratings: 10-5 89.372
Neutral Ratings: 4-3 89.091
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 89.606

Points Ratings: 84.122 (31) 1-2 v #1-25 1-5 v #26-50 9-1 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 8-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 11-1 84.833 Away Ratings: 10-5 83.018 Neutral Ratings: 4-3 85.380 League Ratings: 14-3 84.811 Non-League Ratings: 11-6 83.368 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 85.282

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 87.280 (34)
0-1 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 2-0 94.436
Away Ratings: 2-1 80.499
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 88.850
League Ratings: 6-2 84.772
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 92.202

Home Advantage: 5.7172 (115)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0853 (78)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2316 (80)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3606 (86)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4687 (100)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6057 (115)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8060 (154)

Upward Stability: 2.9379 (163)

Downward Stability: 3.3340 (78)

RPI
RPI: 0.5692 (45)
1-2 v #1-25
2-4 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
10-1 v #201-318

RPI Home (11-1): 0.5948 (51) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (10-5): 0.5449 (35)
1-0 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
6-1 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (4-3): 0.5774 (71) 1-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (14-3): 0.5684 (47)
0-0 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (11-6): 0.5700 (51) 1-4 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5139 (119)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/20/1999	Home	W 76-74	vs. #58 Long Beach St
11/23/1999	Away	W 70-68	vs. #41 Fresno St
11/27/1999	Home	L 74-80	vs. #48 NC Charlotte
11/28/1999	Home	W 67-57	vs. #94 Colorado St
12/2/1999	Away	L 61-76	vs. #24 Kansas
12/4/1999	Away	W 74-69	vs. #159 Wichita St
12/7/1999	Home	W 96-63	vs. #255 CS Fullerton
12/11/1999	Away	W 68-64	vs. #164 Santa Barbara
12/20/1999	Neut	W 73-51	vs. #117 Detroit
12/21/1999	Away	W 99-53	vs. #96 Ul Lafayette
12/22/1999	Neut	L 76-87	vs. #31 Auburn
12/28/1999	Away	L 66-68	vs. #29 UCLA
12/31/1999	Away	L 58-64	vs. #211 Pacific
1/3/2000	Home	W 83-38	vs. #302 Lehigh
1/8/2000	Away	W 57-56	vs. #251 Northwestern
1/14/2000	Home	W 77-49	vs. #239 St Marys CA
1/15/2000	Home	W 76-68	vs. #71 San Diego
1/21/2000	Away	W 71-60	vs. #76 Santa Clara
1/22/2000	Away	W 76-70	vs. #95 San Francisco
1/28/2000	Home	W 69-58	vs. #95 San Francisco
1/29/2000	Home	W 67-59	vs. #76 Santa Clara
2/3/2000	Away	L 57-62	vs. #25 Gonzaga
2/5/2000	Away	W 75-68	vs. #212 Portland
2/11/2000	Home	W 80-60	vs. #212 Portland
2/12/2000	Home	W 80-69	vs. #25 Gonzaga
2/16/2000	Home	W 95-73	vs. #310 Loyola Marymnt
2/19/2000	Away	W 77-65	vs. #310 Loyola Marymnt
2/24/2000	Away	L 62-73	vs. #71 San Diego
2/26/2000	Away	W 71-42	vs. #239 St Marys CA
3/4/2000	Neut	W 83-49	vs. #310 Loyola Marymnt
3/5/2000	Neut	W 58-55	vs. #76 Santa Clara
3/6/2000	Neut	L 65-69	vs. #25 Gonzaga
3/17/2000	Neut	W 77-57	vs. #20 Indiana
3/19/2000	Neut	L 67-75	vs. #9 Oklahoma St

FUTURE GAMES

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