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Vanderbilt

Model Score Rank
Adj EM17.8648
Elo1562.79107
RPI0.56461
Updated through 2025-04-07

Efficiency Margin Rank Trend

2004-11-192007-03-032010-01-162012-03-172015-02-032017-11-232020-02-222023-01-2430020010002004-11-192007-03-032010-01-162012-03-172015-02-032017-11-232020-02-222023-01-24−500
EM Rank12 Game EMA26 Game EMAMACDSignal

Elo Rank Trend

2004-11-192007-03-032010-01-162012-03-172015-02-032017-11-232020-02-222023-01-243002502001501005002004-11-192007-03-032010-01-162012-03-172015-02-032017-11-232020-02-222023-01-24−20020
Elo Rank12 Game EMA26 Game EMAMACDSignal

RPI Rank Trend

2004-11-192007-03-032010-01-162012-03-172015-02-032017-11-232020-02-222023-01-2430020010002004-11-192007-03-032010-01-162012-03-172015-02-032017-11-232020-02-222023-01-24−50050
RPI Rank12 Game EMA26 Game EMAMACDSignal
About the models: The Adj EM model (Adjusted Efficiency Margin) is the difference between the Adjusted Offensive Efficiency and Adjusted Defensive Efficiency. Essentially, it is a PPP (points per possession) differential adjusted for the quality of competition. The data points that are plotted are the calculated efficiency margins on each particular date. In practice, the adjusted offensive and defensive efficiencies for each game change with each new game result. So, the effect of any particular game result becomes less important as the season unfolds. This is evident in the plot as there are fairly large efficiency fluctations at the beginning of each new season. The effect is similar with the RPI: the scores and ranks become more stable as the season progresses.

The Elo model does not reset each year and so does not suffer from the same sort of early season data deficiency issues as season efficiency margins and RPI. The downside of this is that the model tends to lag the Adj EM and RPI models which quickly reflect changes in coaching or team personnel. The Elo model is used extensively at fivethirtyeight for their NFL and NBA predictive models. This Elo model has the following parameters: Starting Elo=1500, K=20, Home Court Advantage = 100; At the beginning of each new season, starting Elo is 0.75 previous season Elo + 0.25 Mean Elo (1505).