The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Arkansas State

Sun Belt · 1–2

Power-3.0#183 of 365
Résumé-0.31#253 · wins above average
Movement-40down from #143 last week
Best winToledo (71–70)
Worst lossUT Martin (65–82)
Schedule faced+6.9 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-8.1 avg opponent
Returning production5% of last season's win shares · #307 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production5.8 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#135 in the country

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-17.7 avg× 27%-4.8
Opponents faced+6.9 avg× 27%+1.9
Preseason prior-0.1× 73%-0.1
Power-3.0

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 Toledo W 71–70 -0.3 +1.3 -0.6
2 at Alabama L 86–101 -30.6 +15.6 +1.0
3 vs UT Martin L 65–82 +4.1 -21.1 -3.3
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-0.1
Power-3.0

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Dillard non-D1 +33.1 100%
4 vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff +18.3 95%
5 N Southern Utah +3.2 61%
5 N Long Beach State +5.8 70%
5 at Florida International -3.6 37%
5 vs Rice +7.6 76%
8 vs South Alabama +4.5 66%
8 vs Georgia Southern +9.3 80%

Season by season

Best finish: #75 in 2024–25. 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): #134 of 326 (16-13)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #232 of 326 (12-18)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #192 of 326 (18-15)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #250 of 328 (10-20)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #199 of 330 (13-17)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #163 of 335 (17-14)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #143 of 346 (17-15)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #203 of 345 (14-20)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #94 of 347 (18-12)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #149 of 351 (19-13)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #288 of 351 (11-18)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #260 of 351 (11-20)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #114 of 351 (20-12)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #301 of 351 (11-21)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #265 of 353 (11-19)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #227 of 353 (14-16)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #214 of 347 (11-13)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #165 of 358 (18-11)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #280 of 363 (13-20)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #151 of 362 (20-17)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #75 of 364 (25-11)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #126 of 365 (20-12) 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 20–12 #126 of 365 · 2.90 –
2024–25 25–11 #75 of 364 · 8.62 –
2023–24 20–17 #151 of 362 · 1.41 –
2022–23 13–20 #280 of 363 · -7.42 –
2021–22 18–11 #165 of 358 · 0.31 –
2020–21 11–13 #214 of 347 · -3.10 –
2019–20 14–16 – #227 of 353 · 6.15
2018–19 11–19 – #265 of 353 · -9.20
2017–18 11–21 – #301 of 351 · -24.40
2016–17 20–12 – #114 of 351 · 62.46
2015–16 11–20 – #260 of 351 · -10.37
2014–15 11–18 – #288 of 351 · -16.90
2013–14 19–13 – #149 of 351 · 45.10
2012–13 18–12 – #94 of 347 · 62.66
2011–12 14–20 – #203 of 345 · 19.25
2010–11 17–15 – #143 of 346 · 48.03
2009–10 17–14 – #163 of 335 · 37.64
2008–09 13–17 – #199 of 330 · 22.12
2007–08 10–20 – #250 of 328 · -7.35
2006–07 18–15 – #192 of 326 · 21.42
2005–06 12–18 – #232 of 326 · 1.91
2004–05 16–13 – #134 of 326 · 43.15