NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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BOSTON COLLEGE
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 25-5
Power Rating: 89.038
Ranking: 17

5-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (16-1): 88.179 (23) 3-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 7-1 85.546 Non-League Power Ratings: 9-0 80.773 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 82.015

Away Ratings (7-2): 92.749 (6)
2-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 6-2 91.179
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 99.288
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 86.882

Neutral Ratings (2-2): 84.788 (59) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 0-1 81.163 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 87.445 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 84.538

League Power Rankings (13-4): 89.527 (15)
5-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 7-1 85.546
Away Ratings: 6-2 91.179
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 81.163
Last Ten Ratings: 4-4 83.745

Non-League Power Ratings (12-1): 87.835 (24) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 9-0 80.773 Away Ratings: 1-0 99.288 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 87.445 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 85.898

Wins Power Rankings: 92.093 (13)
5-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 16-1 92.515
Away Ratings: 7-2 95.749
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 86.202
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 84.659

Rankings: Points: 85.320 (21) 3-2 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 8-1 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 16-1 83.417 Away Ratings: 7-2 89.109 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 83.335 League Power Rankings: 13-4 86.038 Non-League Power Ratings: 12-1 83.781 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 82.597

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 83.663 (55)
1-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 3-1 82.015
Away Ratings: 1-2 86.882
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 84.538
League Power Rankings: 4-4 83.745
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 85.898

Home Advantage: 1.6889 (220)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0873 (70)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2405 (66)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3892 (62)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5233 (48)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6755 (42)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8845 (40)

Upward Stability: 1.3896 (301)

Downward Stability: 1.9173 (109)

RPI
RPI: 0.6216 (12)
3-1 v #1-25
4-3 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
10-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (16-1): 0.6233 (15) 1-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 8-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (7-2): 0.6242 (11)
2-0 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (2-2): 0.6202 (43) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330

RPI League (13-4): 0.6122 (16)
1-0 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (12-1): 0.6376 (10) 0-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5545 (36)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2004	Home	W 72-58	vs. #206 Maine
11/23/2004	Home	W 84-62	vs. #274 New Hampshire
11/26/2004	Home	W 79-70	vs. #59 Clemson
11/30/2004	Home	W 87-46	vs. #272 Liu Brooklyn
12/5/2004	Neut	W 74-64	vs. #42 UCLA
12/9/2004	Home	W 63-60	vs. #63 Holy Cross
12/11/2004	Home	W 80-74	vs. #111 Boston U
12/19/2004	Home	W 82-80	vs. #214 Yale
12/22/2004	Home	W 88-70	vs. #253 Duquesne
12/29/2004	Home	W 67-65	vs. #85 Kent
1/2/2005	Away	W 67-48	vs. #142 Massachusetts
1/5/2005	Away	W 75-70	vs. #15 Connecticut
1/8/2005	Home	W 69-60	vs. #82 Providence
1/16/2005	Away	W 73-53	vs. #25 West Virginia
1/19/2005	Home	W 67-66	vs. #11 Villanova
1/22/2005	Away	W 79-73	vs. #129 St Johns
1/26/2005	Away	W 78-75	vs. #82 Providence
1/29/2005	Home	W 64-49	vs. #57 Georgetown
2/1/2005	Home	W 62-50	vs. #25 West Virginia
2/5/2005	Away	W 60-52	vs. #123 Seton Hall
2/8/2005	Away	L 65-68	vs. #61 Notre Dame
2/16/2005	Home	W 74-64	vs. #132 Rutgers
2/19/2005	Home	W 65-60	vs. #18 Syracuse
2/23/2005	Away	L 70-76	vs. #11 Villanova
2/26/2005	Home	W 70-58	vs. #123 Seton Hall
2/28/2005	Home	L 50-72	vs. #30 Pittsburgh
3/5/2005	Away	W 78-66	vs. #132 Rutgers
3/10/2005	Neut	L 72-78	vs. #25 West Virginia
3/17/2005	Neut	W 85-65	vs. #83 Pennsylvania
3/19/2005	Neut	L 75-83	vs. #28 Wisc Milwaukee

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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