NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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VANDERBILT
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 26-8
Power Rating: 85.2
Ranking: 36

1-1v #1-25
2-3v #26-50
9-4v #51-100
9-0v #101-200
5-0v #201-341

Home Rankings (19-0): 91.9 (10) 1-0v #1-25 2-0v #26-50 7-0v #51-100 4-0v #101-200 5-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 8-086.8 Non-League Power Rankings: 11-084.0 Last Ten Rankings: 5-088.0

Away Rankings (4-6): 82.2 (65)
0-1v #1-25
0-2v #26-50
1-3v #51-100
3-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341
League Power Rankings: 2-681.3
Non-League Power Rankings: 2-086.2
Last Ten Rankings: 0-280.9

Neutral Rankings (3-2): 81.1 (100) 0-0v #1-25 0-1v #26-50 1-1v #51-100 2-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 1-182.5 Non-League Power Rankings: 2-180.3 Last Ten Rankings: 1-277.6

League Power Rankings (11-7): 84.7 (43)
1-1v #1-25
1-3v #26-50
4-3v #51-100
5-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 8-086.8
Away Rankings: 2-681.3
Neutral Rankings: 1-182.5
Last Ten Rankings: 6-384.7

Non-League Power Rankings (15-1): 86.5 (31) 0-0v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 5-1v #51-100 4-0v #101-200 5-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 11-084.0 Away Rankings: 2-086.2 Neutral Rankings: 2-180.3 Last Ten Rankings: 0-159.6

Wins Power Rankings: 87.5 (32)
1-1v #1-25
2-3v #26-50
9-4v #51-100
9-0v #101-200
5-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 19-0101.0
Away Rankings: 4-683.8
Neutral Rankings: 3-281.8
Last Ten Rankings: 6-485.2

Predictive / Points Rankings: 82.3 (50) 1-1v #1-25 3-4v #26-50 7-3v #51-100 10-0v #101-200 5-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 19-085.0 Away Rankings: 4-680.2 Neutral Rankings: 3-280.1 League Power Rankings: 11-782.1 Non-League Power Rankings: 15-182.6 Last Ten Rankings: 6-481.6

Last Ten Rankings (6-4): 83.6 (59)
1-0v #1-25
2-2v #26-50
2-2v #51-100
1-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 5-088.0
Away Rankings: 0-280.9
Neutral Rankings: 1-277.6
League Power Rankings: 6-384.7
Non-League Power Rankings: 0-159.6

Home Advantage: 13.7 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0 (92)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2 (87)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3 (88)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4 (83)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6 (69)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8 (61)

Upward Stability: 2.9 (179)

Downward Stability: 3.6 (24)

RPI
RPI: 0.6 (15)
1-1v #1-25
3-3v #26-50
9-3v #51-100
8-1v #101-200
5-0v #201-341

RPI Home (19-0): 0.6 (2) 1-0v #1-25 2-0v #26-50 5-0v #51-100 7-0v #101-200 4-0v #201-341

RPI Away (4-6): 0.5 (64)
0-2v #1-25
1-1v #26-50
0-1v #51-100
2-1v #101-200
1-1v #201-341

RPI Neutral (3-2): 0.5 (57) 0-0v #1-25 0-1v #26-50 0-1v #51-100 3-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341

RPI League (11-7): 0.6 (28)
3-2v #1-25
0-2v #26-50
3-1v #51-100
5-2v #101-200
0-0v #201-341

RPI Non-League (15-1): 0.6 (17) 1-0v #1-25 1-1v #26-50 5-0v #51-100 3-0v #101-200 5-0v #201-341

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5 (45)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/10/2007	Home	W 81-67	vs. #147 Austin Peay
11/13/2007	Away	W 77-70	vs. #181 Toledo
11/20/2007	Home	W 87-78	vs. #94 Valparaiso
11/23/2007	Neut	W 77-56	vs. #120 Utah St
11/24/2007	Neut	W 95-86	vs. #79 Bradley
11/29/2007	Home	W 91-88	vs. #56 South Alabama
12/1/2007	Home	W 92-79	vs. #64 Georgia Tech
12/5/2007	Home	W 83-80	vs. #70 Wake Forest
12/8/2007	Home	W 90-67	vs. #224 Lipscomb
12/12/2007	Away	W 91-85	vs. #128 DePaul
12/22/2007	Home	W 83-74	vs. #244 Tennessee St
12/29/2007	Home	W 92-85	vs. #243 Tenn Martin
12/31/2007	Home	W 97-73	vs. #234 Iona
1/3/2008	Home	W 76-58	vs. #322 Rice
1/5/2008	Home	W 97-88	vs. #43 Massachusetts
1/9/2008	Home	W 80-73	vs. #114 South Carolina
1/12/2008	Away	L 73-79	vs. #58 Kentucky
1/17/2008	Away	L 60-80	vs. #7 Tennessee
1/19/2008	Home	W 92-76	vs. #126 LSU
1/27/2008	Away	L 64-86	vs. #52 Florida
1/30/2008	Away	L 58-74	vs. #47 Mississippi
2/2/2008	Home	W 78-71	vs. #143 Auburn
2/6/2008	Away	W 67-59	vs. #88 Georgia
2/9/2008	Away	W 66-65	vs. #114 South Carolina
2/12/2008	Home	W 93-52	vs. #58 Kentucky
2/16/2008	Home	W 61-58	vs. #52 Florida
2/23/2008	Home	W 86-74	vs. #88 Georgia
2/26/2008	Home	W 72-69	vs. #7 Tennessee
3/1/2008	Away	L 73-78	vs. #38 Arkansas
3/5/2008	Home	W 86-85	vs. #35 Mississippi St
3/8/2008	Away	L 73-78	vs. #90 Alabama
3/13/2008	Neut	W 93-82	vs. #143 Auburn
3/14/2008	Neut	L 75-81	vs. #38 Arkansas
3/21/2008	Neut	L 62-83	vs. #85 Siena

FUTURE GAMES

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