NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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VIRGINIA TECH
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 16-14
Power Rating: 81.477
Ranking: 72

2-4 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
5-4 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
6-1 v #201-330

Home Ratings (13-3): 86.102 (35) 1-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 6-2 84.711 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-1 77.399 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 90.055

Away Ratings (3-9): 77.750 (121)
1-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 2-6 83.094
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-3 70.164
Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 77.102

Neutral Ratings (0-2): 70.102 (211) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 0-1 68.477 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 79.352 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 68.477

League Power Rankings (8-9): 84.434 (47)
2-4 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 6-2 84.711
Away Ratings: 2-6 83.094
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 68.477
Last Ten Ratings: 3-5 83.117

Non-League Power Ratings (8-5): 74.953 (166) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 6-1 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 7-1 77.399 Away Ratings: 1-3 70.164 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 79.352 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 78.633

Wins Power Rankings: 83.113 (66)
2-4 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
4-4 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
6-1 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 13-3 89.668
Away Ratings: 3-9 78.012
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 66.113
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 83.613

Rankings: Points: 79.488 (85) 3-5 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 5-5 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 6-1 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 13-3 81.656 Away Ratings: 3-9 77.738 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 72.738 League Power Rankings: 8-9 81.262 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-5 75.871 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 80.496

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 82.195 (71)
1-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 4-0 90.055
Away Ratings: 0-5 77.102
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 68.477
League Power Rankings: 3-5 83.117
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 78.633

Home Advantage: 13.253 (9)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1107 (34)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2778 (35)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4233 (36)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5363 (41)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6634 (54)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8366 (115)

Upward Stability: 1.8752 (104)

Downward Stability: 1.7229 (208)

RPI
RPI: 0.5163 (124)
1-3 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
6-5 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
6-1 v #201-330

RPI Home (13-3): 0.5563 (59) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (3-9): 0.4806 (212)
2-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-2 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (0-2): 0.4606 (180) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (8-9): 0.5594 (61)
1-3 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (8-5): 0.4605 (207) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-3 v #101-200 6-1 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5189 (109)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2004	Home	W 81-58	vs. #313 Loyola MD
11/23/2004	Home	W 102-50	vs. #329 MD Eastrn Shore
11/28/2004	Away	W 80-63	vs. #295 William & Mary
12/2/2004	Home	W 63-59	vs. #140 Chattanooga
12/4/2004	Away	L 68-72	vs. #309 VMI
12/8/2004	Away	L 65-75	vs. #129 St Johns
12/11/2004	Home	W 77-53	vs. #312 James Madison
12/19/2004	Home	L 51-85	vs. #2 North Carolina
12/22/2004	Home	L 68-74	vs. #88 Western Mich
12/27/2004	Home	W 67-54	vs. #288 Morgan St
12/30/2004	Neut	L 65-71	vs. #34 Mississippi St
1/8/2005	Away	L 70-77	vs. #105 Florida St
1/12/2005	Home	W 69-58	vs. #304 Bethune Cookman
1/15/2005	Home	W 59-57	vs. #59 Clemson
1/19/2005	Home	W 72-71	vs. #27 North Carolina St
1/22/2005	Away	W 70-69	vs. #24 Georgia Tech
1/27/2005	Home	W 79-73	vs. #76 Virginia
1/30/2005	Away	L 65-100	vs. #3 Duke
2/2/2005	Away	W 73-63	vs. #65 Miami Fla
2/5/2005	Home	L 63-83	vs. #5 Wake Forest
2/8/2005	Away	L 71-86	vs. #44 Maryland
2/12/2005	Away	L 60-65	vs. #76 Virginia
2/17/2005	Home	W 67-65	vs. #3 Duke
2/19/2005	Home	W 71-58	vs. #65 Miami Fla
2/26/2005	Away	L 54-74	vs. #27 North Carolina St
3/1/2005	Away	L 64-66	vs. #59 Clemson
3/5/2005	Home	W 86-76	vs. #44 Maryland
3/11/2005	Neut	L 54-73	vs. #24 Georgia Tech
3/15/2005	Home	W 60-50	vs. #99 Temple
3/19/2005	Away	L 62-83	vs. #66 Memphis

FUTURE GAMES

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