NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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FLORIDA ST
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 8-21
Power Rating: 75.856
Ranking: 145

1-10 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-319

Home Ratings (5-9): 74.341 (167) 0-6 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-319 League Ratings: 2-6 79.036 Non-League Ratings: 3-3 69.083 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 81.942

Away Ratings (2-8): 81.442 (77)
1-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 2-6 82.841
Non-League Ratings: 0-2 78.278
Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 85.130

Neutral Ratings (1-4): 71.083 (184) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-1 73.669 Non-League Ratings: 1-3 75.044 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 73.669

League Ratings (4-13): 78.845 (107)
1-9 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 2-6 79.036
Away Ratings: 2-6 82.841
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 73.669
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 82.012

Non-League Ratings (4-8): 70.770 (212) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 3-3 69.083 Away Ratings: 0-2 78.278 Neutral Ratings: 1-3 75.044 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 75.856

Wins Ratings: 75.360 (151)
1-8 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 5-9 73.274
Away Ratings: 2-8 83.235
Neutral Ratings: 1-4 68.907
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 82.606

Points Ratings: 76.520 (133) 1-10 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 0-5 v #51-100 2-3 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 5-9 75.579 Away Ratings: 2-8 79.505 Neutral Ratings: 1-4 74.145 League Ratings: 4-13 78.657 Non-League Ratings: 4-8 72.825 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 80.876

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 81.825 (77)
1-1 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 2-2 81.942
Away Ratings: 2-3 85.130
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 73.669
League Ratings: 4-6 82.012
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 75.856

Home Advantage: 0.4832 (257)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1549 (12)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3327 (17)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4733 (21)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5860 (24)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7102 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8858 (40)

Upward Stability: 2.6899 (243)

Downward Stability: 2.1819 (285)

RPI
RPI: 0.4857 (175)
1-6 v #1-25
1-6 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-319

RPI Home (5-9): 0.5101 (200) 0-4 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-319

RPI Away (2-8): 0.4955 (95)
1-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (1-4): 0.3980 (233) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-4 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI League (4-13): 0.5088 (133)
1-5 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
0-6 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (4-8): 0.4524 (214) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-4 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5557 (52)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2000	Home	L 70-85	vs. #10 Florida
11/23/2000	Neut	L 65-90	vs. #29 Ohio St
11/24/2000	Neut	L 74-80	vs. #141 DePaul
11/25/2000	Neut	W 86-71	vs. #218 Rhode Island
11/29/2000	Neut	L 71-76	vs. #65 Minnesota
12/4/2000	Home	L 74-79	vs. #247 Furman
12/7/2000	Home	L 54-69	vs. #76 South Florida
12/9/2000	Away	L 60-72	vs. #85 Vanderbilt
12/17/2000	Home	W 75-61	vs. #201 Jacksonville
12/19/2000	Away	L 85-87	vs. #105 Cleveland St
12/30/2000	Home	W 74-64	vs. #288 Morgan St
1/4/2001	Home	L 72-99	vs. #1 Duke
1/6/2001	Home	W 76-68	vs. #241 NC Asheville
1/9/2001	Away	L 53-76	vs. #22 Wake Forest
1/14/2001	Home	L 55-76	vs. #7 Maryland
1/16/2001	Away	L 71-89	vs. #19 Virginia
1/20/2001	Home	L 70-80	vs. #6 North Carolina
1/25/2001	Home	L 81-84	vs. #78 NO Carolina St
1/27/2001	Away	L 68-77	vs. #33 Georgia Tech
1/31/2001	Home	W 88-84	vs. #146 Clemson
2/4/2001	Away	L 58-100	vs. #1 Duke
2/10/2001	Home	L 65-71	vs. #22 Wake Forest
2/14/2001	Away	W 74-71	vs. #7 Maryland
2/17/2001	Home	L 66-69	vs. #19 Virginia
2/22/2001	Away	L 67-95	vs. #6 North Carolina
2/25/2001	Away	L 46-71	vs. #78 NO Carolina St
2/28/2001	Home	W 69-59	vs. #33 Georgia Tech
3/3/2001	Away	W 75-63	vs. #146 Clemson
3/8/2001	Neut	L 64-66	vs. #146 Clemson

FUTURE GAMES

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