NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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ILLINOIS
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 37-2
Power Rating: 98.967
Ranking: 1

9-1 v #1-25
7-1 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
11-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (15-0): 100.59 (2) 2-0 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 8-0 94.717 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 101.96 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 98.967

Away Ratings (8-1): 97.795 (1)
2-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 7-1 95.873
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 101.71
Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 87.592

Neutral Ratings (14-1): 99.310 (2) 5-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 3-0 96.717 Non-League Power Ratings: 11-1 96.388 Last Ten Ratings: 8-1 96.154

League Power Rankings (18-1): 98.490 (1)
4-0 v #1-25
5-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 8-0 94.717
Away Ratings: 7-1 95.873
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 96.717
Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 92.967

Non-League Power Ratings (19-1): 99.427 (2) 5-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 7-0 101.96 Away Ratings: 1-0 101.71 Neutral Ratings: 11-1 96.388 Last Ten Ratings: 5-1 95.967

Wins Power Rankings: 103.60 (1)
9-1 v #1-25
7-1 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
11-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 15-0 108.35
Away Ratings: 8-1 101.51
Neutral Ratings: 14-1 104.35
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 99.592

Rankings: Points: 93.566 (1) 9-1 v #1-25 7-1 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 10-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 15-0 94.707 Away Ratings: 8-1 93.441 Neutral Ratings: 14-1 93.254 League Power Rankings: 18-1 93.441 Non-League Power Ratings: 19-1 93.699 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 91.551

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 95.974 (3)
4-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 0-0 98.967
Away Ratings: 0-1 87.592
Neutral Ratings: 8-1 96.154
League Power Rankings: 3-1 92.967
Non-League Power Ratings: 5-1 95.967

Home Advantage: 5.6593 (118)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1219 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2962 (19)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4401 (23)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5599 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6930 (34)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8838 (41)

Upward Stability: 0.8664 (327)

Downward Stability: 1.4450 (269)

RPI
RPI: 0.6676 (1)
9-1 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
9-1 v #51-100
11-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (15-0): 0.6315 (11) 2-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (8-1): 0.6396 (5)
0-0 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (14-1): 0.7254 (2) 6-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (18-1): 0.6512 (1)
3-0 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (19-1): 0.6830 (2) 6-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5717 (12)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2004	Home	W 87-67	vs. #195 Delaware St
11/21/2004	Home	W 91-60	vs. #285 Florida A&M
11/24/2004	Home	W 85-54	vs. #184 Oakland
11/27/2004	Neut	W 89-72	vs. #14 Gonzaga
12/1/2004	Home	W 91-73	vs. #5 Wake Forest
12/4/2004	Neut	W 72-60	vs. #71 Arkansas
12/6/2004	Home	W 78-59	vs. #238 Chicago St
12/9/2004	Away	W 74-59	vs. #57 Georgetown
12/11/2004	Neut	W 83-66	vs. #78 Oregon
12/19/2004	Home	W 93-56	vs. #178 Valparaiso
12/22/2004	Neut	W 70-64	vs. #86 Missouri
12/27/2004	Home	W 105-79	vs. #328 Longwood
12/30/2004	Neut	W 69-51	vs. #162 Northwestern St
12/31/2004	Neut	W 67-45	vs. #22 Cincinnati
1/5/2005	Home	W 84-65	vs. #36 Ohio St
1/8/2005	Away	W 68-59	vs. #152 Purdue
1/12/2005	Home	W 90-64	vs. #226 Penn St
1/15/2005	Away	W 78-66	vs. #107 Northwestern
1/20/2005	Home	W 73-68	vs. #31 Iowa
1/25/2005	Away	W 75-65	vs. #13 Wisconsin
1/29/2005	Home	W 89-66	vs. #35 Minnesota
2/1/2005	Away	W 81-68	vs. #6 Michigan St
2/6/2005	Home	W 60-47	vs. #62 Indiana
2/8/2005	Away	W 57-51	vs. #128 Michigan
2/12/2005	Home	W 70-59	vs. #13 Wisconsin
2/16/2005	Away	W 83-63	vs. #226 Penn St
2/19/2005	Away	W 75-65	vs. #31 Iowa
2/23/2005	Home	W 84-48	vs. #107 Northwestern
3/3/2005	Home	W 84-50	vs. #152 Purdue
3/6/2005	Away	L 64-65	vs. #36 Ohio St
3/11/2005	Neut	W 68-51	vs. #107 Northwestern
3/12/2005	Neut	W 64-56	vs. #35 Minnesota
3/13/2005	Neut	W 54-43	vs. #13 Wisconsin
3/17/2005	Neut	W 67-55	vs. #194 Fair Dickinson
3/19/2005	Neut	W 71-59	vs. #37 Nevada
3/24/2005	Neut	W 77-63	vs. #28 Wisc Milwaukee
3/26/2005	Neut	W 90-89	vs. #9 Arizona
4/2/2005	Neut	W 72-57	vs. #4 Louisville
4/4/2005	Neut	L 70-75	vs. #2 North Carolina

FUTURE GAMES

Date

Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

Opp. Rating

(Opp. Specific Rating)