The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Alabama A&M

SWAC · 3–1

Power-12.9#324 of 365
Résumé-0.10#203 · wins above average
Movement-24down from #300 last week
Best winWest Florida (85–83)
Worst lossDePaul (47–84)
Schedule faced-21.4 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+0.3 avg opponent
Returning production38% of last season's win shares · #79 of 364
Incoming production0.2 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 4 games, w is 33%, so the preseason prior is 67% of this rating — mostly preseason, for now. Every game played shrinks that share.

PartValueWeightAdds
Margin counted+8.2 avg× 33%+2.7
Opponents faced-21.4 avg× 33%-7.1
Preseason prior-12.7× 67%-8.5
Power-12.9

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 vs Oakwood non-D1 W 90–57 +23.3 +9.7 -0.8
2 vs Mississippi University For Women non-D1 W 103–47 +23.3 +32.7 +0.2
3 at DePaul L 47–84 -24.9 -12.1 -2.1
3 vs West Florida W 85–83 +5.5 -3.5 -1.7
Preseason prior (67% of the rating)-8.5
Power-12.9

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Cleveland State +3.8 64%
4 vs Lipscomb -8.3 22%
5 at North Alabama -4.4 34%
7 at Mississippi State -30.2 0%
7 at Georgia -29.6 0%

Season by season

Best finish: #193 in 2004–05. 22 seasons rated. The two columns' numbers are not comparable; the rank within each is. Season links open that year's game log.

25 1 400 2004–05 (MRI Classic): #193 of 326 (18-14)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #203 of 326 (13-13)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #319 of 326 (10-20)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #238 of 328 (14-15)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #296 of 330 (8-19)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #284 of 335 (11-16)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #257 of 346 (13-15)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #311 of 345 (7-21)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #323 of 347 (9-20)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #274 of 351 (14-16)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #325 of 351 (9-20)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #264 of 351 (11-18)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #351 of 351 (2-27)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #351 of 351 (3-28)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #346 of 353 (5-27)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #340 of 353 (8-22)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #327 of 347 (6-9)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #327 of 358 (12-18)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #324 of 363 (15-18)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #335 of 362 (12-23)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #356 of 364 (10-22)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #318 of 365 (18-15) MRI 2.0Classic 2004–05 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 18–15 #318 of 365 · -12.08 –
2024–25 10–22 #356 of 364 · -17.30 –
2023–24 12–23 #335 of 362 · -13.36 –
2022–23 15–18 #324 of 363 · -10.76 –
2021–22 12–18 #327 of 358 · -12.32 –
2020–21 6–9 #327 of 347 · -13.80 –
2019–20 8–22 – #340 of 353 · -70.14
2018–19 5–27 – #346 of 353 · -89.40
2017–18 3–28 – #351 of 351 · -125.82
2016–17 2–27 – #351 of 351 · -123.64
2015–16 11–18 – #264 of 351 · -11.72
2014–15 9–20 – #325 of 351 · -44.22
2013–14 14–16 – #274 of 351 · -8.96
2012–13 9–20 – #323 of 347 · -58.32
2011–12 7–21 – #311 of 345 · -44.25
2010–11 13–15 – #257 of 346 · -6.46
2009–10 11–16 – #284 of 335 · -20.14
2008–09 8–19 – #296 of 330 · -37.54
2007–08 14–15 – #238 of 328 · -3.39
2006–07 10–20 – #319 of 326 · -57.37
2005–06 13–13 – #203 of 326 · 19.43
2004–05 18–14 – #193 of 326 · 20.70