The MRI
2025–26 · Final

Conferences

Ranked by a top-weighted average of member ratings: each next-best team in a conference counts 10% less than the one above it. That measures quality at the top while still counting depth, and unlike a plain mean it does not punish an eighteen-team league for its tail. The plain mean is shown beside it.

Big Ten +19.5 18 teams · best +32.6 · mean +15.1 SEC +19.3 16 teams · best +29.1 · mean +16.3 Big 12 +19.1 16 teams · best +31.4 · mean +15.2 ACC +15.1 18 teams · best +31.8 · mean +11.2 Big East +13.4 11 teams · best +24.3 · mean +11.3 Mountain West +8.9 12 teams · best +18.0 · mean +5.9 WCC +7.2 12 teams · best +24.8 · mean +3.6 A-10 +6.6 14 teams · best +16.5 · mean +3.9 MVC +4.4 11 teams · best +10.4 · mean +2.7 American +3.6 13 teams · best +12.6 · mean +1.0 CUSA +0.7 12 teams · best +5.7 · mean -0.7 Ivy +0.3 8 teams · best +10.3 · mean -0.9 MAC +0.3 13 teams · best +11.8 · mean -2.5 CAA -0.6 13 teams · best +6.4 · mean -2.5 Big West -0.7 11 teams · best +6.0 · mean -2.6 UAC -0.8 7 teams · best +7.3 · mean -1.9 Big Sky -2.1 10 teams · best +1.9 · mean -3.3 Sun Belt -2.3 14 teams · best +3.9 · mean -4.5 Horizon -2.4 11 teams · best +2.2 · mean -3.9 Southland -2.5 12 teams · best +9.9 · mean -4.9 Big South -2.7 9 teams · best +10.8 · mean -4.6 SoCon -2.8 10 teams · best +3.4 · mean -4.7 Summit -3.3 9 teams · best +5.8 · mean -5.2 ASUN -5.2 12 teams · best +0.7 · mean -7.0 Metro -5.4 13 teams · best -0.4 · mean -7.5 OVC -6.9 11 teams · best -1.0 · mean -8.6 Patriot -7.7 10 teams · best +0.5 · mean -9.1 Am. East -8.8 9 teams · best -1.0 · mean -10.2 NEC -10.6 10 teams · best -4.1 · mean -11.8 SWAC -11.9 12 teams · best -6.6 · mean -13.6 MEAC -13.0 8 teams · best -1.9 · mean -14.4