NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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PACIFIC
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 27-4
Power Rating: 87.650
Ranking: 23

0-2 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
9-1 v #101-200
13-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (12-1): 84.627 (49) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 9-0 83.853 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 78.103 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 87.525

Away Ratings (13-1): 92.056 (9)
0-1 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 9-0 86.510
Non-League Power Ratings: 4-1 88.791
Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 88.275

Neutral Ratings (2-2): 83.885 (73) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 1-1 77.650 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 86.963 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 82.088

League Power Rankings (19-1): 88.377 (22)
0-0 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
10-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 9-0 83.853
Away Ratings: 9-0 86.510
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 77.650
Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 84.041

Non-League Power Ratings (8-3): 86.666 (29) 0-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 3-1 78.103 Away Ratings: 4-1 88.791 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 86.963 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 86.791

Wins Power Rankings: 91.287 (19)
0-2 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
13-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 12-1 86.802
Away Ratings: 13-1 97.927
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 86.162
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 91.271

Rankings: Points: 83.443 (33) 1-2 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 9-1 v #101-200 13-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 12-1 82.021 Away Ratings: 13-1 85.908 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 80.724 League Power Rankings: 19-1 83.814 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-3 82.787 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 83.771

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 87.900 (25)
0-1 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 3-0 87.525
Away Ratings: 3-0 88.275
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 82.088
League Power Rankings: 6-1 84.041
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 86.791

Home Advantage: -1.803 (295)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0558 (131)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1657 (127)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2769 (128)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3853 (137)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5383 (139)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8134 (137)

Upward Stability: 1.1891 (315)

Downward Stability: 1.6155 (237)

RPI
RPI: 0.6073 (19)
0-2 v #1-25
5-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
13-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (12-1): 0.5788 (40) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (13-1): 0.6147 (17)
0-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (2-2): 0.6326 (32) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (19-1): 0.6113 (17)
0-0 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
12-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (8-3): 0.6026 (22) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5188 (110)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/20/2004	Away	W 70-52	vs. #277 San Jose St
11/23/2004	Home	W 71-65	vs. #127 Santa Clara
12/4/2004	Away	L 70-81	vs. #12 Kansas
12/8/2004	Away	W 78-63	vs. #249 UC Davis
12/11/2004	Away	W 72-69	vs. #37 Nevada
12/18/2004	Home	L 64-67	vs. #108 San Francisco
12/21/2004	Away	W 88-77	vs. #153 Fresno St
12/28/2004	Home	W 58-45	vs. #265 UC Riverside
12/30/2004	Home	W 94-88	vs. #101 CS Fullerton
1/2/2005	Home	W 83-62	vs. #306 Cal Poly
1/6/2005	Away	W 68-60	vs. #227 Long Beach St
1/8/2005	Away	W 67-65	vs. #160 UC Irvine
1/13/2005	Home	W 73-66	vs. #45 Utah St
1/15/2005	Home	W 62-53	vs. #255 Idaho
1/20/2005	Away	W 90-78	vs. #306 Cal Poly
1/22/2005	Away	W 58-43	vs. #208 UC Santa Barbara
1/27/2005	Away	W 66-62	vs. #117 CS Northridge
1/31/2005	Home	W 70-64	vs. #249 UC Davis
2/3/2005	Home	W 71-61	vs. #160 UC Irvine
2/5/2005	Home	W 87-58	vs. #227 Long Beach St
2/10/2005	Away	W 78-56	vs. #255 Idaho
2/12/2005	Away	W 64-63	vs. #45 Utah St
2/16/2005	Home	W 79-56	vs. #208 UC Santa Barbara
2/19/2005	Home	W 73-66	vs. #58 Texas El Paso
2/26/2005	Home	W 75-61	vs. #117 CS Northridge
3/3/2005	Away	W 92-88	vs. #101 CS Fullerton
3/5/2005	Away	W 64-48	vs. #265 UC Riverside
3/11/2005	Neut	W 63-61	vs. #117 CS Northridge
3/12/2005	Neut	L 52-65	vs. #45 Utah St
3/17/2005	Neut	W 79-71	vs. #30 Pittsburgh
3/19/2005	Neut	L 79-97	vs. #8 Washington

FUTURE GAMES

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