NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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UTAH
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 16-11
Power Rating: 82.387
Ranking: 68

0-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
5-4 v #51-100
9-2 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-319

Home Ratings (11-2): 83.622 (54) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 7-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 7-0 85.598 Non-League Ratings: 4-2 77.965 Last Ten Ratings: 5-0 85.434

Away Ratings (4-6): 82.926 (62)
0-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-319
League Ratings: 3-4 82.122
Non-League Ratings: 1-2 89.536
Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 83.637

Neutral Ratings (1-3): 78.528 (113) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-1 77.512 Non-League Ratings: 1-2 83.161 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 77.512

League Ratings (10-5): 82.928 (59)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 7-0 85.598
Away Ratings: 3-4 82.122
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 77.512
Last Ten Ratings: 7-2 82.817

Non-League Ratings (6-6): 81.372 (87) 0-2 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 4-2 77.965 Away Ratings: 1-2 89.536 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 83.161 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 90.512

Wins Ratings: 82.803 (74)
0-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
5-4 v #51-100
9-2 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 11-2 84.194
Away Ratings: 4-6 83.666
Neutral Ratings: 1-3 77.850
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 86.010

Points Ratings: 81.969 (53) 0-2 v #1-25 1-3 v #26-50 5-3 v #51-100 9-2 v #101-200 1-1 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 11-2 82.524 Away Ratings: 4-6 82.420 Neutral Ratings: 1-3 79.688 League Ratings: 10-5 82.182 Non-League Ratings: 6-6 81.582 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 82.829

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 84.618 (48)
0-0 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 5-0 85.434
Away Ratings: 3-1 83.637
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 77.512
League Ratings: 7-2 82.817
Non-League Ratings: 1-0 90.512

Home Advantage: 6.0836 (103)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0679 (99)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2024 (95)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3388 (93)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4650 (93)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6260 (91)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8779 (48)

Upward Stability: 2.8694 (202)

Downward Stability: 3.2187 (104)

RPI
RPI: 0.5666 (52)
0-2 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
7-3 v #51-100
7-2 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-319

RPI Home (11-2): 0.6101 (44) 1-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (4-6): 0.5362 (42)
0-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (1-3): 0.5024 (142) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (10-5): 0.5797 (40)
1-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (6-6): 0.5513 (78) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-3 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5580 (48)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2000	Home	W 71-65	vs. #186 Idaho St
11/24/2000	Neut	L 60-65	vs. #42 Georgia
11/25/2000	Neut	W 61-58	vs. #70 Memphis
12/2/2000	Neut	L 60-65	vs. #14 USC
12/6/2000	Away	L 57-58	vs. #45 Utah St
12/9/2000	Home	L 77-79	vs. #175 Weber St
12/16/2000	Home	W 87-63	vs. #129 Washington St
12/19/2000	Away	W 69-56	vs. #46 Pepperdine
12/22/2000	Home	L 70-77	vs. #72 Southern Utah
12/30/2000	Away	L 59-70	vs. #17 Texas
1/3/2001	Home	W 80-67	vs. #152 Long Beach St
1/8/2001	Home	W 83-71	vs. #71 Wyoming
1/13/2001	Home	W 79-70	vs. #112 Unlv
1/15/2001	Home	W 58-39	vs. #147 San Diego St
1/20/2001	Away	L 77-78	vs. #71 Wyoming
1/22/2001	Away	L 65-73	vs. #127 Colorado St
1/29/2001	Away	L 61-69	vs. #51 BYU
2/3/2001	Home	W 63-58	vs. #229 Air Force
2/5/2001	Home	W 80-69	vs. #93 New Mexico
2/10/2001	Away	W 76-63	vs. #147 San Diego St
2/12/2001	Away	W 85-77	vs. #112 Unlv
2/17/2001	Home	W 84-67	vs. #121 Louisville
2/19/2001	Home	W 67-45	vs. #127 Colorado St
2/24/2001	Home	W 82-75	vs. #51 BYU
3/1/2001	Away	L 60-71	vs. #229 Air Force
3/3/2001	Away	W 66-61	vs. #93 New Mexico
3/9/2001	Neut	L 53-56	vs. #93 New Mexico

FUTURE GAMES

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