NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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AUBURN
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 12-16
Power Rating: 79.360
Ranking: 93

1-6 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
1-9 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-324

Home Ratings (11-5): 81.358 (81) 1-2 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 4-4 81.051 Non-League Ratings: 7-1 78.414 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 81.500

Away Ratings (0-9): 73.993 (179)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
League Ratings: 0-8 79.383
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 82.422
Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 81.813

Neutral Ratings (1-2): 78.008 (123) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324 League Ratings: 0-1 70.485 Non-League Ratings: 1-1 82.235 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 70.485

League Ratings (4-13): 79.207 (97)
1-6 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
0-6 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 4-4 81.051
Away Ratings: 0-8 79.383
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 70.485
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 80.993

Non-League Ratings (8-3): 79.711 (96) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 7-1 78.414 Away Ratings: 0-1 82.422 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 82.235 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 79.360

Wins Ratings: 79.629 (97)
1-6 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
1-9 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 11-5 82.297
Away Ratings: 0-9 68.973
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 77.676
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 81.485

Points Ratings: 79.114 (83) 2-6 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 1-8 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-324 Home Ratings: 11-5 79.944 Away Ratings: 0-9 77.356 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 78.848 League Ratings: 4-13 78.706 Non-League Ratings: 8-3 80.082 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 79.664

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 80.692 (83)
0-2 v #1-25
2-4 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324
Home Ratings: 3-2 81.500
Away Ratings: 0-4 81.813
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 70.485
League Ratings: 3-7 80.993
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 79.360

Home Advantage: 10.351 (32)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1079 (41)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2814 (34)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4364 (31)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5614 (28)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6949 (31)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8778 (52)

Upward Stability: 3.1771 (133)

Downward Stability: 2.6520 (246)

RPI
RPI: 0.5244 (105)
2-6 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
2-8 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-324

RPI Home (11-5): 0.5757 (86) 3-0 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-324

RPI Away (0-9): 0.4374 (199)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324

RPI Neutral (1-2): 0.5082 (149) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-324

RPI League (4-13): 0.5152 (121)
1-5 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
1-5 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-324

RPI Non-League (8-3): 0.5371 (84) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-324

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5563 (38)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/16/2001	Home	W 63-59	vs. #294 High Point
11/18/2001	Home	W 75-53	vs. #233 Jacksonville St
11/24/2001	Away	L 56-57	vs. #92 Rutgers
11/27/2001	Home	W 78-74	vs. #84 McNeese St
11/30/2001	Home	W 67-55	vs. #251 Florida Intl
12/4/2001	Home	L 66-67	vs. #61 Louisiana Tech
12/8/2001	Neut	L 72-77	vs. #65 Virginia
12/15/2001	Neut	W 78-60	vs. #157 Marshall
12/18/2001	Home	W 73-58	vs. #274 South Alabama
12/20/2001	Home	W 83-38	vs. #248 NC Asheville
12/29/2001	Home	W 64-55	vs. #172 SO Mississippi
1/5/2002	Home	L 77-83	vs. #55 Arkansas
1/9/2002	Away	L 65-69	vs. #40 Mississippi
1/12/2002	Home	W 59-56	vs. #16 Alabama
1/16/2002	Away	L 67-73	vs. #76 Vanderbilt
1/19/2002	Away	L 58-75	vs. #64 LSU
1/22/2002	Home	L 62-69	vs. #18 Kentucky
1/27/2002	Away	L 59-82	vs. #54 Tennessee
1/30/2002	Home	L 64-72	vs. #14 Mississippi St
2/2/2002	Away	L 60-62	vs. #55 Arkansas
2/9/2002	Home	W 75-72	vs. #29 Georgia
2/13/2002	Home	W 65-62	vs. #40 Mississippi
2/16/2002	Away	L 53-89	vs. #14 Mississippi St
2/20/2002	Away	L 61-89	vs. #19 Florida
2/23/2002	Home	W 50-46	vs. #39 South Carolina
2/27/2002	Away	L 68-73	vs. #16 Alabama
3/2/2002	Home	L 54-59	vs. #64 LSU
3/7/2002	Neut	L 63-81	vs. #19 Florida

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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