NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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TEXAS A&M
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 24-11
Power Rating: 87.2
Ranking: 23

1-4v #1-25
5-5v #26-50
6-2v #51-100
6-0v #101-200
6-0v #201-341

Home Rankings (15-4): 84.6 (56) 1-1v #1-25 1-2v #26-50 3-1v #51-100 4-0v #101-200 6-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 4-483.6 Non-League Power Rankings: 11-089.1 Last Ten Rankings: 1-281.5

Away Rankings (4-5): 86.4 (29)
0-1v #1-25
1-3v #26-50
2-1v #51-100
1-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341
League Power Rankings: 4-486.1
Non-League Power Rankings: 0-177.6
Last Ten Rankings: 1-188.4

Neutral Rankings (5-2): 92.9 (8) 0-2v #1-25 3-0v #26-50 1-0v #51-100 1-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 2-190.4 Non-League Power Rankings: 3-194.0 Last Ten Rankings: 3-291.3

League Power Rankings (10-9): 86.0 (34)
1-3v #1-25
3-4v #26-50
3-2v #51-100
3-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 4-483.6
Away Rankings: 4-486.1
Neutral Rankings: 2-190.4
Last Ten Rankings: 4-486.8

Non-League Power Rankings (14-2): 90.9 (11) 0-1v #1-25 2-1v #26-50 3-0v #51-100 3-0v #101-200 6-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 11-089.1 Away Rankings: 0-177.6 Neutral Rankings: 3-194.0 Last Ten Rankings: 1-192.2

Wins Power Rankings: 89.0 (24)
1-4v #1-25
5-5v #26-50
6-2v #51-100
6-0v #101-200
6-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 15-484.9
Away Rankings: 4-588.8
Neutral Rankings: 5-295.7
Last Ten Rankings: 5-589.6

Predictive / Points Rankings: 85.2 (23) 1-4v #1-25 5-5v #26-50 6-2v #51-100 6-0v #101-200 6-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 15-484.3 Away Rankings: 4-583.4 Neutral Rankings: 5-289.7 League Power Rankings: 10-983.9 Non-League Power Rankings: 14-288.8 Last Ten Rankings: 5-585.6

Last Ten Rankings (5-5): 87.7 (24)
0-4v #1-25
1-1v #26-50
3-0v #51-100
1-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 1-281.5
Away Rankings: 1-188.4
Neutral Rankings: 3-291.3
League Power Rankings: 4-486.8
Non-League Power Rankings: 1-192.2

Home Advantage: -0.9 (285)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3 (15)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5 (24)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6 (31)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8 (64)

Upward Stability: 2.9 (160)

Downward Stability: 3.3 (59)

RPI
RPI: 0.5 (38)
1-4v #1-25
5-4v #26-50
3-3v #51-100
9-0v #101-200
6-0v #201-341

RPI Home (15-4): 0.5 (72) 1-1v #1-25 2-1v #26-50 3-2v #51-100 3-0v #101-200 6-0v #201-341

RPI Away (4-5): 0.5 (37)
1-2v #1-25
0-1v #26-50
0-1v #51-100
2-0v #101-200
1-1v #201-341

RPI Neutral (5-2): 0.6 (14) 1-2v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 1-0v #51-100 1-0v #101-200 1-0v #201-341

RPI League (10-9): 0.5 (43)
1-3v #1-25
4-4v #26-50
1-2v #51-100
4-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341

RPI Non-League (14-2): 0.5 (26) 1-2v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 3-0v #51-100 2-0v #101-200 8-0v #201-341

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5 (40)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/9/2007	Home	W 73-50	vs. #225 McNeese St
11/13/2007	Home	W 67-53	vs. #68 Oral Roberts
11/14/2007	Home	W 81-76	vs. #124 Texas El Paso
11/21/2007	Neut	W 77-63	vs. #81 Washington
11/23/2007	Neut	W 70-47	vs. #30 Ohio St
11/28/2007	Home	W 76-63	vs. #90 Alabama
12/2/2007	Away	L 67-78	vs. #37 Arizona
12/8/2007	Home	W 109-73	vs. #263 Texas St
12/16/2007	Home	W 64-37	vs. #328 Ark Pine Bluff
12/19/2007	Home	W 79-39	vs. #232 Detroit
12/22/2007	Home	W 88-66	vs. #165 UC Irvine
12/29/2007	Home	W 83-54	vs. #287 Florida A&M
12/31/2007	Home	W 68-41	vs. #322 Rice
1/5/2008	Home	W 79-53	vs. #126 LSU
1/12/2008	Home	W 86-69	vs. #137 Colorado
1/16/2008	Away	L 53-68	vs. #65 Texas Tech
1/19/2008	Away	L 54-75	vs. #31 Kansas St
1/23/2008	Home	L 110-116	vs. #40 Baylor
1/26/2008	Away	W 59-56	vs. #60 Oklahoma St
1/30/2008	Home	W 80-63	vs. #5 Texas
2/2/2008	Home	W 60-52	vs. #28 Oklahoma
2/5/2008	Away	W 69-51	vs. #127 Iowa St
2/9/2008	Away	W 77-69	vs. #73 Missouri
2/16/2008	Home	L 54-59	vs. #60 Oklahoma St
2/18/2008	Away	L 50-77	vs. #5 Texas
2/23/2008	Home	L 59-65	vs. #46 Nebraska
2/27/2008	Home	W 98-54	vs. #65 Texas Tech
3/1/2008	Away	L 37-64	vs. #28 Oklahoma
3/5/2008	Away	W 71-57	vs. #40 Baylor
3/8/2008	Home	L 55-72	vs. #1 Kansas
3/13/2008	Neut	W 60-47	vs. #127 Iowa St
3/14/2008	Neut	W 63-60	vs. #31 Kansas St
3/15/2008	Neut	L 71-77	vs. #1 Kansas
3/20/2008	Neut	W 67-62	vs. #34 BYU
3/22/2008	Neut	L 49-51	vs. #4 UCLA

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent