NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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FLORIDA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 25-8
Power Rating: 89.276
Ranking: 13

3-4 v #1-25
5-3 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327

Home Ratings (15-1): 91.807 (14) 1-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 7-1 90.869 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-0 89.026 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 91.338

Away Ratings (7-3): 92.494 (6)
1-2 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
League Power Rankings: 5-3 90.666
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-0 90.838
Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 88.260

Neutral Ratings (3-4): 82.104 (91) 1-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-327 League Power Rankings: 0-1 81.401 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-3 83.682 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 81.932

League Power Rankings (12-5): 90.334 (8)
2-3 v #1-25
4-2 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 7-1 90.869
Away Ratings: 5-3 90.666
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 81.401
Last Ten Ratings: 3-4 87.651

Non-League Power Ratings (13-3): 87.276 (30) 1-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 8-0 89.026 Away Ratings: 2-0 90.838 Neutral Ratings: 3-3 83.682 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 83.463

Wins Power Rankings: 91.416 (13)
3-3 v #1-25
5-4 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 15-1 93.604
Away Ratings: 7-3 96.135
Neutral Ratings: 3-4 82.479
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 86.221

Rankings: Points: 86.705 (11) 4-4 v #1-25 3-2 v #26-50 8-2 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327 Home Ratings: 15-1 89.612 Away Ratings: 7-3 88.002 Neutral Ratings: 3-4 81.799 League Power Rankings: 12-5 87.701 Non-League Power Ratings: 13-3 84.916 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 84.573

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 85.385 (42)
0-4 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-327
Home Ratings: 2-1 91.338
Away Ratings: 2-2 88.260
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 81.932
League Power Rankings: 3-4 87.651
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 83.463

Home Advantage: 7.5474 (78)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1181 (21)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2864 (27)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4259 (36)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5374 (45)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6726 (55)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8702 (64)

Upward Stability: 1.0480 (229)

Downward Stability: 1.2598 (85)

RPI
RPI: 0.6147 (14)
2-4 v #1-25
5-2 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-327

RPI Home (15-1): 0.6262 (32) 2-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Away (7-3): 0.6351 (4)
1-1 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Neutral (3-4): 0.5601 (87) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-4 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-327

RPI League (12-5): 0.6241 (10)
1-3 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-327

RPI Non-League (13-3): 0.6045 (32) 1-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-327

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5671 (33)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2002	Home	W 76-55	vs. #178 Louisiana Tech
11/21/2002	Home	W 99-65	vs. #171 Eastern Ill
11/24/2002	Home	W 88-45	vs. #248 Coast Carolina
11/27/2002	Neut	L 65-69	vs. #28 Stanford
11/29/2002	Neut	W 83-73	vs. #5 Kansas
12/3/2002	Neut	L 66-68	vs. #91 West Virginia
12/6/2002	Away	W 58-57	vs. #88 Florida St
12/8/2002	Home	W 68-52	vs. #115 South Florida
12/14/2002	Away	W 69-64	vs. #26 Maryland
12/21/2002	Neut	W 94-93	vs. #122 Miami Fla
12/23/2002	Home	W 74-62	vs. #242 Charleston Sou
12/28/2002	Home	W 99-64	vs. #317 Bethune Cookman
12/30/2002	Home	W 91-58	vs. #275 Florida A&M
1/7/2003	Away	W 74-66	vs. #19 Mississippi St
1/11/2003	Home	W 66-63	vs. #12 Georgia
1/15/2003	Home	W 77-64	vs. #48 Tennessee
1/18/2003	Away	W 77-75	vs. #86 South Carolina
1/22/2003	Home	W 87-75	vs. #109 Vanderbilt
1/28/2003	Away	W 70-53	vs. #33 LSU
2/1/2003	Home	W 77-66	vs. #135 Arkansas
2/4/2003	Away	L 55-70	vs. #1 Kentucky
2/8/2003	Home	W 75-56	vs. #47 Alabama
2/12/2003	Home	W 74-55	vs. #82 Mississippi
2/15/2003	Away	L 59-66	vs. #48 Tennessee
2/17/2003	Home	W 77-48	vs. #182 New Orleans
2/22/2003	Away	W 77-74	vs. #109 Vanderbilt
2/25/2003	Home	W 96-63	vs. #86 South Carolina
3/1/2003	Away	W 73-70	vs. #37 Auburn
3/4/2003	Away	L 81-82	vs. #12 Georgia
3/8/2003	Home	L 67-69	vs. #1 Kentucky
3/14/2003	Neut	L 61-65	vs. #33 LSU
3/21/2003	Neut	W 85-55	vs. #138 Sam Houston
3/23/2003	Neut	L 46-68	vs. #23 Michigan St

FUTURE GAMES

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