NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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FLORIDA INTL
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 3-22
Power Rating: 61.301
Ranking: 309

0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-15 v #101-200
2-4 v #201-326

Home Ratings (3-9): 62.301 (301) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-7 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 1-6 65.488 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-3 60.074 Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 66.918

Away Ratings (0-13): 58.754 (318)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-8 v #101-200
0-3 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 0-7 60.988
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-6 66.019
Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 58.113

Neutral Ratings (0-0): 61.301 (275) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-0 61.301 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 61.301 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 61.301

League Power Rankings (1-13): 61.972 (306)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-12 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 1-6 65.488
Away Ratings: 0-7 60.988
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 61.301
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 64.668

Non-League Power Ratings (2-9): 60.496 (304) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 2-4 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 2-3 60.074 Away Ratings: 0-6 66.019 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 61.301 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 61.301

Wins Power Rankings: 58.347 (309)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-15 v #101-200
2-4 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-9 59.664
Away Ratings: 0-13 52.285
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 58.347
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 62.066

Rankings: Points: 64.734 (309) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-16 v #101-200 2-3 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 3-9 65.398 Away Ratings: 0-13 63.508 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 64.734 League Power Rankings: 1-13 64.508 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-9 65.039 Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 65.078

Last Ten Ratings (1-9): 63.402 (296)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-7 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 1-4 66.918
Away Ratings: 0-5 58.113
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 61.301
League Power Rankings: 1-9 64.668
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 61.301

Home Advantage: 7.3457 (75)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0390 (188)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1213 (195)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2132 (204)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3187 (197)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4863 (179)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7852 (171)

Upward Stability: 1.7871 (321)

Downward Stability: 1.2205 (320)

RPI
RPI: 0.3777 (313)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-14 v #101-200
2-5 v #201-326

RPI Home (3-9): 0.4060 (309) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-4 v #101-200 2-3 v #201-326

RPI Away (0-13): 0.3516 (317)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-7 v #101-200
0-3 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (0-0): 0.3777 (241) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (1-13): 0.3833 (310)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-7 v #101-200
0-5 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (2-9): 0.3703 (314) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-5 v #101-200 2-3 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4636 (236)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Home	L 55-67	vs. #319 Howard
11/23/2003	Home	W 66-65	vs. #304 Quinnipiac
11/25/2003	Away	L 67-76	vs. #62 Geo Washington
12/1/2003	Away	L 87-89	vs. #283 Fla Atlantic
12/6/2003	Away	L 72-89	vs. #119 Miami Fla
12/13/2003	Home	L 55-64	vs. #180 La Salle
12/15/2003	Away	L 50-77	vs. #7 Stanford
12/20/2003	Away	L 56-73	vs. #213 South Florida
12/27/2003	Home	W 70-51	vs. #270 Sam Houston
12/28/2003	Home	L 39-71	vs. #110 Drexel
1/3/2004	Home	L 46-55	vs. #158 Arkansas St
1/6/2004	Home	L 53-65	vs. #162 Arkansas Lr
1/10/2004	Away	L 57-67	vs. #247 Canisius
1/17/2004	Away	L 44-78	vs. #165 Denver
1/19/2004	Away	L 48-55	vs. #182 North Texas
1/24/2004	Home	L 58-78	vs. #77 Ul Lafayette
1/26/2004	Away	L 42-73	vs. #186 New Mexico St
1/31/2004	Home	L 42-55	vs. #142 Western KY
2/7/2004	Home	L 53-54	vs. #139 Middle Tenn St
2/14/2004	Away	L 46-62	vs. #162 Arkansas Lr
2/16/2004	Away	L 57-82	vs. #158 Arkansas St
2/21/2004	Home	W 63-58	vs. #149 New Orleans
2/23/2004	Home	L 46-62	vs. #194 South Alabama
2/28/2004	Away	L 43-74	vs. #142 Western KY
3/1/2004	Away	L 42-60	vs. #139 Middle Tenn St

FUTURE GAMES

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