NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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STANFORD
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 30-2
Power Rating: 92.862
Ranking: 7

2-0 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
13-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (14-0): 93.893 (7) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 9-0 88.971 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-0 90.612 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 99.362

Away Ratings (10-1): 92.034 (13)
0-0 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 8-1 87.991
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-0 89.862
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 83.916

Neutral Ratings (6-1): 93.448 (9) 2-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 3-0 93.159 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 91.690 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 89.627

League Power Rankings (20-1): 93.041 (9)
0-0 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
13-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 9-0 88.971
Away Ratings: 8-1 87.991
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 93.159
Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 88.502

Non-League Power Ratings (10-1): 92.440 (9) 2-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 5-0 90.612 Away Ratings: 2-0 89.862 Neutral Ratings: 3-1 91.690 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 86.002

Wins Power Rankings: 97.080 (6)
2-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
9-1 v #51-100
13-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 14-0 99.893
Away Ratings: 10-1 96.869
Neutral Ratings: 6-1 96.612
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 90.909

Rankings: Points: 88.071 (10) 2-0 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 9-1 v #51-100 11-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 14-0 89.313 Away Ratings: 10-1 86.387 Neutral Ratings: 6-1 89.743 League Power Rankings: 20-1 87.793 Non-League Power Ratings: 10-1 88.797 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 86.274

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 88.768 (26)
1-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-0 99.362
Away Ratings: 2-1 83.916
Neutral Ratings: 4-1 89.627
League Power Rankings: 7-1 88.502
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 86.002

Home Advantage: 5.1083 (130)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0668 (109)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1999 (105)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3369 (103)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4671 (98)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6259 (91)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8570 (86)

Upward Stability: 1.5607 (323)

Downward Stability: 2.5409 (254)

RPI
RPI: 0.6288 (11)
2-1 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
14-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (14-0): 0.6073 (44) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (10-1): 0.6234 (9)
0-0 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (6-1): 0.6801 (10) 1-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI League (20-1): 0.6404 (8)
0-0 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
14-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (10-1): 0.6070 (35) 2-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5259 (91)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2003	Home	W 77-59	vs. #215 Sacramento St
11/25/2003	Away	W 72-59	vs. #209 UC Irvine
11/30/2003	Away	W 60-56	vs. #67 Rice
12/6/2003	Neut	W 64-58	vs. #20 Kansas
12/13/2003	Home	W 86-71	vs. #84 Unlv
12/15/2003	Home	W 77-50	vs. #309 Florida Intl
12/20/2003	Neut	W 87-80	vs. #9 Gonzaga
12/22/2003	Home	W 67-37	vs. #243 Southern Utah
12/28/2003	Home	W 100-59	vs. #310 Harvard
1/2/2004	Home	W 73-51	vs. #111 Washington St
1/4/2004	Home	W 85-72	vs. #57 Washington
1/8/2004	Away	W 63-62	vs. #154 Arizona St
1/10/2004	Away	W 82-72	vs. #48 Arizona
1/17/2004	Home	W 68-61	vs. #101 California
1/22/2004	Home	W 67-52	vs. #133 UCLA
1/24/2004	Home	W 77-67	vs. #108 USC
1/29/2004	Away	W 62-48	vs. #143 Oregon St
1/31/2004	Away	W 83-80	vs. #72 Oregon
2/5/2004	Home	W 81-51	vs. #154 Arizona St
2/7/2004	Home	W 80-77	vs. #48 Arizona
2/14/2004	Away	W 69-58	vs. #101 California
2/19/2004	Away	W 76-67	vs. #108 USC
2/21/2004	Away	W 73-60	vs. #133 UCLA
2/26/2004	Home	W 73-47	vs. #143 Oregon St
2/28/2004	Home	W 76-55	vs. #72 Oregon
3/4/2004	Away	W 63-61	vs. #111 Washington St
3/6/2004	Away	L 62-75	vs. #57 Washington
3/11/2004	Neut	W 68-47	vs. #111 Washington St
3/12/2004	Neut	W 70-63	vs. #72 Oregon
3/13/2004	Neut	W 77-66	vs. #57 Washington
3/18/2004	Neut	W 71-45	vs. #214 Tex San Antonio
3/20/2004	Neut	L 67-70	vs. #28 Alabama

FUTURE GAMES

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