The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Abilene Christian

UAC · 1–2

Power-10.8#301 of 365
Résumé-0.42#289 · wins above average
Movement-3down from #298 last week
Best winLamar (83–81)
Worst lossStephen F. Austin (71–76)
Schedule faced+2.1 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-10.1 avg opponent
Returning production19% of last season's win shares · #201 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production2.7 win shares from other schools' players

How this rating is built

Power = w × (average margin counted + average opponent rating) + (1 − w) × preseason prior, where w = games ÷ (games + 8). After 3 games, w is 27%, so the preseason prior is 73% of this rating — mostly preseason, for now. Every game played shrinks that share.

PartValueWeightAdds
Margin counted-17.9 avg× 27%-4.9
Opponents faced+2.1 avg× 27%+0.6
Preseason prior-8.9× 73%-6.5
Power-10.8

This explains how the model reached the number. The opponent ratings come out of the same fitted model, so it is not independent proof that the rating is right.

Results

Expected is the margin the model's ratings imply for that matchup and site. Perf is how far the actual margin beat it — the result against expectation. Adds is a different question: how many points of Power the game contributes, counting its margin and the strength of the opponent together. A game can beat expectation and still add little, or the reverse. Adds, plus the preseason prior, sum to Power (figures are rounded so the column adds up). Hover an Adds figure for its arithmetic.

WkOpponentResult ExpectedPerfAdds
2 at Colorado L 59–94 -22.1 -12.9 -2.2
2 vs Lamar W 83–81 -2.8 +4.8 -0.9
3 vs Stephen F. Austin L 71–76 -10.8 +5.8 -1.2
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-6.5
Power-10.8

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
4 at Missouri State -8.1 23%
4 vs McMurry non-D1 +25.4 99%
4 vs Southwestern Adventist non-D1 +25.4 99%
5 at South Dakota State -13.3 11%
5 vs Dallas non-D1 +25.4 99%
11 vs Little Rock +1.6 56%
12 at Central Arkansas -12.2 13%
12 vs UT Arlington -3.6 37%

Season by season

Best finish: #38 in 2020–21. 14 seasons rated. The two columns' numbers are not comparable; the rank within each is. Season links open that year's game log.

25 1 400 2006–07 (MRI Classic): #294 of 326 (0-1)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #315 of 351 (11-20)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #330 of 351 (10-21)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #280 of 351 (13-18)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #266 of 351 (13-16)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #220 of 351 (16-16)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #82 of 353 (23-7)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #127 of 353 (16-11)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #38 of 347 (24-5)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #96 of 358 (25-11)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #173 of 363 (13-17)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #202 of 362 (16-18)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #222 of 364 (16-16)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #258 of 365 (14-19) MRI 2.0Classic 2006–07 2025–26

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 400 — this team's own range, not the size of the field. Two lines where both ratings cover a season - MRI 2.0 in red, Classic in grey. Hover a point for the season.

SeasonRec MRI 2.0MRI Classic
2025–26 14–19 #258 of 365 · -6.81 –
2024–25 16–16 #222 of 364 · -3.82 –
2023–24 16–18 #202 of 362 · -3.13 –
2022–23 13–17 #173 of 363 · -0.20 –
2021–22 25–11 #96 of 358 · 5.68 –
2020–21 24–5 #38 of 347 · 11.21 –
2019–20 16–11 – #127 of 353 · 50.95
2018–19 23–7 – #82 of 353 · 70.87
2017–18 16–16 – #220 of 351 · 16.79
2016–17 13–16 – #266 of 351 · -6.70
2015–16 13–18 – #280 of 351 · -17.20
2014–15 10–21 – #330 of 351 · -49.09
2013–14 11–20 – #315 of 351 · -37.69
2006–07 0–1 – #294 of 326 · -33.87