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TEXAS ARLINGTON
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 17-12
Power Rating: 75.0
Ranking: 168

0-1v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
1-2v #51-100
6-4v #101-200
10-5v #201-341

Home Rankings (10-3): 73.4 (187) 0-0v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-1v #51-100 2-1v #101-200 8-1v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 5-370.2 Non-League Power Rankings: 5-077.4 Last Ten Rankings: 1-267.0

Away Rankings (4-8): 73.3 (196)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
1-1v #51-100
2-3v #101-200
1-4v #201-341
League Power Rankings: 2-672.0
Non-League Power Rankings: 2-279.6
Last Ten Rankings: 1-273.4

Neutral Rankings (3-1): 85.1 (49) 0-1v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 2-0v #101-200 1-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 3-080.3 Non-League Power Rankings: 0-173.5 Last Ten Rankings: 3-179.9

League Power Rankings (10-9): 73.6 (191)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
1-1v #51-100
3-3v #101-200
6-5v #201-341
Home Rankings: 5-370.2
Away Rankings: 2-672.0
Neutral Rankings: 3-080.3
Last Ten Rankings: 5-474.0

Non-League Power Rankings (7-3): 80.0 (95) 0-1v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-1v #51-100 3-1v #101-200 4-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 5-077.4 Away Rankings: 2-279.6 Neutral Rankings: 0-173.5 Last Ten Rankings: 0-173.5

Wins Power Rankings: 75.5 (161)
0-1v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
1-2v #51-100
7-5v #101-200
9-4v #201-341
Home Rankings: 10-373.2
Away Rankings: 4-873.2
Neutral Rankings: 3-190.6
Last Ten Rankings: 5-575.3

Predictive / Points Rankings: 74.3 (175) 0-1v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 1-2v #51-100 5-4v #101-200 11-5v #201-341 Home Rankings: 10-373.2 Away Rankings: 4-873.5 Neutral Rankings: 3-179.0 League Power Rankings: 10-973.0 Non-League Power Rankings: 7-378.5 Last Ten Rankings: 5-573.7

Last Ten Rankings (5-5): 74.7 (168)
0-1v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
4-2v #101-200
1-2v #201-341
Home Rankings: 1-267.0
Away Rankings: 1-273.4
Neutral Rankings: 3-179.9
League Power Rankings: 5-474.0
Non-League Power Rankings: 0-173.5

Home Advantage: 0.7 (244)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0 (185)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1 (209)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2 (217)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2 (219)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4 (218)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7 (203)

Upward Stability: 3.0 (130)

Downward Stability: 3.2 (90)

RPI
RPI: 0.5 (146)
0-1v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
2-4v #51-100
6-2v #101-200
9-5v #201-341

RPI Home (10-3): 0.4 (160) 0-0v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 1-2v #51-100 0-0v #101-200 9-1v #201-341

RPI Away (4-8): 0.4 (197)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
1-0v #51-100
0-4v #101-200
3-4v #201-341

RPI Neutral (3-1): 0.6 (18) 0-1v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 2-0v #101-200 1-0v #201-341

RPI League (10-9): 0.4 (174)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
2-2v #51-100
3-4v #101-200
5-3v #201-341

RPI Non-League (7-3): 0.5 (81) 0-1v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 1-0v #51-100 2-1v #101-200 4-1v #201-341

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4 (179)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/12/2007	Home	W 79-58	vs. #290 UC Riverside
11/14/2007	Home	W 102-72	vs. #336 Texas Southern
11/18/2007	Away	W 68-58	vs. #176 Arkansas Lr
11/21/2007	Home	W 72-64	vs. #146 North Texas
12/1/2007	Home	W 80-57	vs. #258 Western Ill
12/7/2007	Away	W 60-59	vs. #169 Wichita St
12/17/2007	Away	L 74-77	vs. #189 TCU
12/22/2007	Away	L 64-69	vs. #60 Oklahoma St
1/5/2008	Away	L 82-86	vs. #204 Northwestern St
1/10/2008	Away	L 68-70	vs. #276 Central Arkansas
1/17/2008	Home	W 69-60	vs. #251 Nicholls St
1/19/2008	Home	W 73-67	vs. #195 SE Louisiana
1/23/2008	Home	W 56-50	vs. #250 Tex San Antonio
1/26/2008	Away	W 57-55	vs. #256 Texas A&M-CC
1/30/2008	Away	L 57-73	vs. #129 Sam Houston
2/2/2008	Home	L 49-71	vs. #83 Stephen Austin
2/5/2008	Home	W 71-68	vs. #241 TX Pan American
2/9/2008	Home	W 99-81	vs. #263 Texas St
2/14/2008	Away	L 66-80	vs. #156 Lamar
2/16/2008	Home	L 69-74	vs. #225 McNeese St
2/20/2008	Away	L 72-80	vs. #250 Tex San Antonio
2/23/2008	Home	W 82-69	vs. #256 Texas A&M-CC
2/27/2008	Home	L 65-79	vs. #129 Sam Houston
3/1/2008	Away	W 75-65	vs. #83 Stephen Austin
3/8/2008	Away	L 86-97	vs. #263 Texas St
3/13/2008	Neut	W 81-75	vs. #156 Lamar
3/14/2008	Neut	W 72-66	vs. #129 Sam Houston
3/16/2008	Neut	W 82-79	vs. #204 Northwestern St
3/21/2008	Neut	L 63-87	vs. #2 Memphis

FUTURE GAMES

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