NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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UTAH
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 27-6
Power Rating: 88.921
Ranking: 19

1-3 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
7-0 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (14-0): 92.155 (9) 0-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 7-0 86.749 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 87.421 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 81.015

Away Ratings (7-3): 88.921 (18)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 6-1 90.202
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 81.359
Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 86.405

Neutral Ratings (6-3): 87.507 (39) 1-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 2-1 84.390 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-2 88.226 Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 87.374

League Power Rankings (15-2): 89.730 (14)
0-0 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 7-0 86.749
Away Ratings: 6-1 90.202
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 84.390
Last Ten Ratings: 5-2 84.609

Non-League Power Ratings (12-4): 87.913 (23) 1-3 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 7-0 87.421 Away Ratings: 1-2 81.359 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 88.226 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 89.765

Wins Power Rankings: 91.396 (17)
1-3 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 14-0 99.208
Away Ratings: 7-3 90.935
Neutral Ratings: 6-3 89.911
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 90.118

Rankings: Points: 86.025 (17) 1-3 v #1-25 2-3 v #26-50 6-0 v #51-100 11-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 14-0 87.275 Away Ratings: 7-3 86.642 Neutral Ratings: 6-3 84.618 League Power Rankings: 15-2 86.962 Non-League Power Ratings: 12-4 84.814 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 84.825

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 87.683 (28)
1-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 2-0 81.015
Away Ratings: 1-1 86.405
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 87.374
League Power Rankings: 5-2 84.609
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 89.765

Home Advantage: 7.7139 (65)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0752 (83)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2081 (83)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3328 (89)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4489 (98)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5973 (108)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8435 (107)

Upward Stability: 1.3605 (307)

Downward Stability: 1.7988 (164)

RPI
RPI: 0.6062 (22)
1-3 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
14-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (14-0): 0.6187 (17) 1-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (7-3): 0.6008 (30)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (6-3): 0.6196 (44) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330

RPI League (15-2): 0.6104 (19)
0-0 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (12-4): 0.5992 (30) 0-3 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5301 (77)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2004	Home	W 72-63	vs. #245 Stony Brook
11/25/2004	Neut	L 71-78	vs. #8 Washington
11/26/2004	Neut	W 78-69	vs. #262 High Point
11/27/2004	Neut	W 62-50	vs. #187 Furman
11/30/2004	Home	W 65-45	vs. #240 Southern Utah
12/4/2004	Away	L 45-71	vs. #45 Utah St
12/11/2004	Away	L 62-67	vs. #9 Arizona
12/17/2004	Home	W 81-66	vs. #316 Northern Colorado
12/20/2004	Home	W 66-37	vs. #237 Coppin St
12/22/2004	Away	W 92-76	vs. #306 Cal Poly
12/28/2004	Home	W 51-40	vs. #234 Weber St
12/30/2004	Home	W 80-48	vs. #98 Colorado
1/3/2005	Home	W 69-55	vs. #32 LSU
1/10/2005	Home	W 70-52	vs. #90 Unlv
1/15/2005	Away	W 74-49	vs. #113 Wyoming
1/17/2005	Away	W 75-52	vs. #175 Colorado St
1/22/2005	Home	W 69-58	vs. #33 New Mexico
1/24/2005	Home	W 63-51	vs. #87 Air Force
1/31/2005	Away	W 72-58	vs. #179 BYU
2/5/2005	Away	W 61-41	vs. #163 San Diego St
2/7/2005	Away	W 57-53	vs. #90 Unlv
2/12/2005	Home	W 64-50	vs. #175 Colorado St
2/14/2005	Home	W 71-62	vs. #113 Wyoming
2/19/2005	Away	W 65-56	vs. #87 Air Force
2/21/2005	Away	L 54-65	vs. #33 New Mexico
2/26/2005	Home	W 69-60	vs. #179 BYU
3/5/2005	Home	W 72-60	vs. #163 San Diego St
3/10/2005	Neut	W 62-49	vs. #175 Colorado St
3/11/2005	Neut	W 73-67	vs. #90 Unlv
3/12/2005	Neut	L 56-60	vs. #33 New Mexico
3/17/2005	Neut	W 60-54	vs. #58 Texas El Paso
3/19/2005	Neut	W 67-58	vs. #20 Oklahoma
3/25/2005	Neut	L 52-62	vs. #7 Kentucky

FUTURE GAMES

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