The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Akron

MAC · 2–0

Power+11.4#74 of 365
Résumé+0.25#136 · wins above average
Movement+1up from #75 last week
Best winLouisiana (75–61)
Schedule faced-18.7 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-3.3 avg opponent
Returning production25% of last season's win shares · #164 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production12.6 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 2 games, w is 20%, so the preseason prior is 80% of this rating — mostly preseason, for now. Every game played shrinks that share.

PartValueWeightAdds
Margin counted+33.7 avg× 20%+6.7
Opponents faced-18.7 avg× 20%-3.7
Preseason prior+10.5× 80%+8.4
Power+11.4

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 Louisiana W 75–61 +21.3 -7.3 +1.6
3 vs Muskingum non-D1 W 112–64 +47.6 +0.4 +1.4
Preseason prior (80% of the rating)+8.4
Power+11.4

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Tulane +19.8 96%
4 at Bucknell +25.6 99%
4 vs WVU Tech non-D1 +47.6 100%
5 N Wright State +5.1 68%
5 N Belmont +7.9 76%
5 N App State +13.1 88%
6 vs Ball State +23.9 98%
8 at Buffalo +14.9 91%

Season by season

Best finish: #23 in 2006–07. 22 seasons rated. The two columns' numbers are not comparable; the rank within each is. Season links open that year's game log.

25 1 300 2004–05 (MRI Classic): #83 of 326 (19-10)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #67 of 326 (23-10)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #23 of 326 (26-7)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #66 of 328 (24-11)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #92 of 330 (23-13)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #87 of 335 (24-11)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #117 of 346 (23-13)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #67 of 345 (21-12)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #32 of 347 (25-6)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #123 of 351 (21-13)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #97 of 351 (21-14)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #54 of 351 (26-9)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #76 of 351 (27-9)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #266 of 351 (14-18)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #125 of 353 (15-16)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #43 of 353 (22-7)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #95 of 347 (15-8)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #105 of 358 (24-10)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #95 of 363 (22-11)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #103 of 362 (24-11)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #95 of 364 (28-7)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #60 of 365 (29-6) MRI 2.0Classic 2004–05 2025–26

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 300 — 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 29–6 #60 of 365 · 10.98 –
2024–25 28–7 #95 of 364 · 6.04 –
2023–24 24–11 #103 of 362 · 5.54 –
2022–23 22–11 #95 of 363 · 5.62 –
2021–22 24–10 #105 of 358 · 4.96 –
2020–21 15–8 #95 of 347 · 6.06 –
2019–20 22–7 – #43 of 353 · 96.43
2018–19 15–16 – #125 of 353 · 51.97
2017–18 14–18 – #266 of 351 · -5.64
2016–17 27–9 – #76 of 351 · 82.99
2015–16 26–9 – #54 of 351 · 104.22
2014–15 21–14 – #97 of 351 · 69.67
2013–14 21–13 – #123 of 351 · 56.47
2012–13 25–6 – #32 of 347 · 121.89
2011–12 21–12 – #67 of 345 · 90.57
2010–11 23–13 – #117 of 346 · 59.99
2009–10 24–11 – #87 of 335 · 79.38
2008–09 23–13 – #92 of 330 · 73.92
2007–08 24–11 – #66 of 328 · 90.54
2006–07 26–7 – #23 of 326 · 131.90
2005–06 23–10 – #67 of 326 · 87.12
2004–05 19–10 – #83 of 326 · 72.11