NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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AUBURN
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 14-17
Power Rating: 77.936
Ranking: 124

0-4 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
5-4 v #51-100
5-4 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-330

Home Ratings (8-7): 76.385 (148) 0-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 3-5 78.209 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-2 72.686 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 76.108

Away Ratings (3-7): 78.826 (107)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 1-7 74.623
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-0 88.498
Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 77.639

Neutral Ratings (3-3): 80.342 (100) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 1-1 80.795 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-2 80.030 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 80.795

League Power Rankings (5-13): 77.459 (131)
0-4 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 3-5 78.209
Away Ratings: 1-7 74.623
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 80.795
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 77.709

Non-League Power Ratings (9-4): 78.787 (116) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 5-2 72.686 Away Ratings: 2-0 88.498 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 80.030 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 77.936

Wins Power Rankings: 78.705 (118)
0-4 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
4-4 v #51-100
6-4 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 8-7 76.354
Away Ratings: 3-7 80.924
Neutral Ratings: 3-3 81.182
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 79.787

Rankings: Points: 76.983 (128) 0-4 v #1-25 2-5 v #26-50 4-4 v #51-100 5-2 v #101-200 3-2 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 8-7 76.381 Away Ratings: 3-7 76.201 Neutral Ratings: 3-3 79.287 League Power Rankings: 5-13 76.276 Non-League Power Ratings: 9-4 78.162 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 76.342

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 78.358 (116)
0-4 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 1-2 76.108
Away Ratings: 1-4 77.639
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 80.795
League Power Rankings: 3-7 77.709
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 77.936

Home Advantage: 0.7999 (245)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0860 (72)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2350 (70)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3780 (68)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5092 (65)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6646 (52)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8815 (44)

Upward Stability: 2.1377 (12)

Downward Stability: 1.8823 (123)

RPI
RPI: 0.5004 (155)
0-4 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
7-4 v #101-200
4-2 v #201-330

RPI Home (8-7): 0.4596 (209) 0-3 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 6-3 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (3-7): 0.5529 (81)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (3-3): 0.5194 (123) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330

RPI League (5-13): 0.4901 (174)
0-7 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
4-4 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (9-4): 0.5100 (137) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-2 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5293 (81)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2004	Away	W 80-78	vs. #99 Temple
11/22/2004	Home	W 85-74	vs. #187 Furman
11/24/2004	Home	W 92-78	vs. #321 Nicholls St
11/27/2004	Home	W 79-67	vs. #155 Louisiana Tech
11/30/2004	Home	W 79-76	vs. #175 Colorado St
12/3/2004	Neut	L 87-89	vs. #76 Virginia
12/5/2004	Home	L 78-85	vs. #210 Wofford
12/7/2004	Away	W 76-61	vs. #147 Coll Of Charltn
12/12/2004	Home	L 87-91	vs. #90 Unlv
12/20/2004	Neut	W 74-46	vs. #252 Delaware
12/21/2004	Neut	W 79-74	vs. #133 Middle Tenn St
12/22/2004	Neut	L 65-68	vs. #103 Toledo
12/30/2004	Home	W 73-69	vs. #219 Belmont
1/5/2005	Away	L 53-90	vs. #34 Mississippi St
1/12/2005	Home	L 78-84	vs. #16 Florida
1/15/2005	Home	L 72-79	vs. #116 Mississippi
1/22/2005	Away	L 59-95	vs. #71 Arkansas
1/26/2005	Home	L 55-60	vs. #21 Alabama
1/29/2005	Home	W 62-59	vs. #91 Tennessee
2/2/2005	Away	L 55-70	vs. #116 Mississippi
2/5/2005	Home	W 90-76	vs. #34 Mississippi St
2/9/2005	Away	L 69-90	vs. #32 LSU
2/12/2005	Away	W 74-71	vs. #52 South Carolina
2/16/2005	Home	L 43-67	vs. #53 Vanderbilt
2/19/2005	Away	L 45-57	vs. #196 Georgia
2/23/2005	Away	L 73-81	vs. #7 Kentucky
2/26/2005	Home	L 64-77	vs. #32 LSU
3/2/2005	Away	L 53-94	vs. #21 Alabama
3/5/2005	Home	W 77-64	vs. #71 Arkansas
3/10/2005	Neut	W 77-73	vs. #53 Vanderbilt
3/11/2005	Neut	L 58-89	vs. #32 LSU

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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