NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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BYU
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 18-9
Power Rating: 85.511
Ranking: 38

1-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
9-3 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (10-0): 93.620 (9) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 6-0 87.722 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-0 92.823 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 89.370

Away Ratings (5-7): 82.948 (65)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 3-4 82.433
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-3 84.605
Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 87.894

Neutral Ratings (3-2): 85.464 (51) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 1-1 81.573 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 90.839 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 82.480

League Power Rankings (10-5): 84.620 (57)
0-0 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
6-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 6-0 87.722
Away Ratings: 3-4 82.433
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 81.573
Last Ten Ratings: 8-1 86.445

Non-League Power Ratings (8-4): 87.206 (29) 1-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 4-0 92.823 Away Ratings: 2-3 84.605 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 90.839 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 84.605

Wins Power Rankings: 87.320 (43)
1-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
10-3 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 10-0 100.28
Away Ratings: 5-7 84.534
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 87.374
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 90.616

Rankings: Points: 83.460 (35) 1-2 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 5-3 v #51-100 9-2 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 10-0 88.616 Away Ratings: 5-7 81.390 Neutral Ratings: 3-2 83.433 League Power Rankings: 10-5 82.585 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-4 85.007 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 84.601

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 87.866 (32)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 4-0 89.370
Away Ratings: 3-0 87.894
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 82.480
League Power Rankings: 8-1 86.445
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 84.605

Home Advantage: 13.730 (11)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0919 (75)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2467 (71)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3920 (61)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5250 (50)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6831 (43)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9028 (21)

Upward Stability: 2.7316 (240)

Downward Stability: 3.2383 (110)

RPI
RPI: 0.5879 (35)
1-2 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
10-3 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (10-0): 0.6515 (9) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (5-7): 0.5272 (61)
0-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
3-2 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (3-2): 0.6071 (48) 1-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (10-5): 0.5829 (44)
1-1 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
6-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (8-4): 0.5944 (40) 1-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5617 (42)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Home	W 88-54	vs. #243 Southern Utah
11/26/2003	Away	L 46-47	vs. #101 California
12/2/2003	Away	W 75-69	vs. #61 Boise St
12/6/2003	Neut	W 76-71	vs. #4 Oklahoma St
12/13/2003	Home	W 85-61	vs. #108 USC
12/20/2003	Home	W 86-65	vs. #179 Weber St
12/23/2003	Away	L 74-76	vs. #59 Utah St
12/29/2003	Neut	W 90-66	vs. #233 Idaho St
12/30/2003	Away	W 68-66	vs. #145 Santa Clara
1/2/2004	Home	W 70-55	vs. #96 St Marys CA
1/7/2004	Away	L 62-89	vs. #11 North Carolina St
1/12/2004	Away	L 61-65	vs. #120 San Diego St
1/17/2004	Home	W 82-53	vs. #124 Colorado St
1/24/2004	Away	L 52-74	vs. #53 Air Force
1/26/2004	Away	L 63-65	vs. #132 New Mexico
1/31/2004	Away	L 56-64	vs. #47 Utah
2/7/2004	Home	W 64-61	vs. #84 Unlv
2/9/2004	Home	W 83-69	vs. #120 San Diego St
2/14/2004	Away	W 67-53	vs. #141 Wyoming
2/16/2004	Away	W 79-73	vs. #124 Colorado St
2/21/2004	Home	W 88-71	vs. #132 New Mexico
2/23/2004	Home	W 67-61	vs. #53 Air Force
3/1/2004	Home	W 70-57	vs. #47 Utah
3/6/2004	Away	W 89-88	vs. #84 Unlv
3/11/2004	Neut	W 79-74	vs. #141 Wyoming
3/12/2004	Neut	L 51-54	vs. #47 Utah
3/18/2004	Neut	L 75-80	vs. #18 Syracuse

FUTURE GAMES

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