NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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BOSTON COLLEGE
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 26-5
Power Rating: 90.912
Ranking: 9

0-2 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
13-2 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (16-0): 93.537 (6) 0-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 8-0 87.998 Non-League Ratings: 8-0 89.318 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 85.600

Away Ratings (6-4): 89.568 (16)
0-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 5-3 88.955
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 91.568
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 92.061

Neutral Ratings (4-1): 91.701 (17) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 3-0 101.10 Non-League Ratings: 1-1 85.725 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 91.295

League Ratings (16-3): 91.568 (9)
0-0 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
10-2 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 8-0 87.998
Away Ratings: 5-3 88.955
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 101.10
Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 92.670

Non-League Ratings (10-2): 89.182 (16) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 8-0 89.318 Away Ratings: 1-1 91.568 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 85.725 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 85.725

Wins Ratings: 93.691 (8)
0-2 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
13-2 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 16-0 100.53
Away Ratings: 6-4 92.172
Neutral Ratings: 4-1 93.809
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 94.613

Points Ratings: 87.553 (10) 0-2 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 13-2 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 16-0 88.092 Away Ratings: 6-4 86.580 Neutral Ratings: 4-1 89.068 League Ratings: 16-3 87.994 Non-League Ratings: 10-2 86.451 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 88.482

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 91.885 (10)
0-1 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 2-0 85.600
Away Ratings: 2-1 92.061
Neutral Ratings: 4-1 91.295
League Ratings: 7-1 92.670
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 85.725

Home Advantage: 7.3894 (72)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0968 (55)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2422 (65)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3848 (66)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5099 (66)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6550 (64)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8639 (68)

Upward Stability: 2.0282 (307)

Downward Stability: 3.0917 (140)

RPI
RPI: 0.6301 (8)
1-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
15-2 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (16-0): 0.6427 (13) 1-0 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (6-4): 0.5907 (10)
1-2 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (4-1): 0.6675 (9) 0-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (16-3): 0.6404 (6)
1-1 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
9-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (10-2): 0.6137 (24) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5606 (43)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2000	Home	W 100-75	vs. #290 St Peters
11/25/2000	Home	W 81-52	vs. #211 Brown
11/28/2000	Home	W 74-65	vs. #161 Marist
12/2/2000	Home	W 71-57	vs. #213 Wofford
12/4/2000	Home	W 77-48	vs. #119 Holy Cross
12/9/2000	Home	W 93-65	vs. #165 Youngstown St
12/17/2000	Away	W 74-65	vs. #62 Massachusetts
12/23/2000	Home	W 88-55	vs. #314 Quinnipiac
12/30/2000	Home	W 97-74	vs. #85 Vanderbilt
1/3/2001	Home	W 85-68	vs. #59 Connecticut
1/7/2001	Away	W 73-72	vs. #74 Miami Fla
1/10/2001	Away	L 71-73	vs. #84 St Johns
1/13/2001	Home	W 82-73	vs. #74 Miami Fla
1/16/2001	Away	L 75-97	vs. #1 Duke
1/20/2001	Home	W 77-51	vs. #114 Rutgers
1/27/2001	Away	W 90-80	vs. #56 Villanova
1/31/2001	Home	W 83-61	vs. #210 Virginia Tech
2/4/2001	Home	W 89-74	vs. #56 Villanova
2/7/2001	Home	W 65-63	vs. #34 Syracuse
2/10/2001	Away	W 83-59	vs. #210 Virginia Tech
2/13/2001	Away	L 71-82	vs. #59 Connecticut
2/17/2001	Home	W 81-73	vs. #41 Providence
2/21/2001	Away	L 75-76	vs. #39 Notre Dame
2/24/2001	Away	W 59-58	vs. #41 Providence
2/28/2001	Home	W 67-62	vs. #84 St Johns
3/3/2001	Away	W 96-65	vs. #83 West Virginia
3/8/2001	Neut	W 93-79	vs. #56 Villanova
3/9/2001	Neut	W 75-48	vs. #80 Seton Hall
3/10/2001	Neut	W 79-57	vs. #66 Pittsburgh
3/15/2001	Neut	W 68-65	vs. #72 Southern Utah
3/17/2001	Neut	L 71-74	vs. #14 USC

FUTURE GAMES

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