The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Auburn

SEC · 2–0

Power+20.3#27 of 365
Résumé+0.53#80 · wins above average
Movement-1down from #26 last week
Best winApp State (75–53)
Schedule faced-6.0 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+18.3 avg opponent
Returning production32% of last season's win shares · #108 of 364
Incoming production16.4 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#121 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 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+26.5 avg× 20%+5.3
Opponents faced-6.0 avg× 20%-1.2
Preseason prior+20.2× 80%+16.2
Power+20.3

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 SE Louisiana W 92–59 +33.5 -0.5 +2.1
3 vs App State W 75–53 +24.9 -2.9 +2.0
Preseason prior (80% of the rating)+16.2
Power+20.3

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Arizona -1.7 44%
4 N West Virginia +3.6 63%
5 vs Lipscomb +24.8 99%
10 at Texas A&M -3.8 37%
11 vs Tennessee -5.3 32%
11 vs Georgia +9.4 80%
12 at Texas -3.9 36%
12 vs Ole Miss +5.9 70%

Season by season

Best finish: #2 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 1 300 2004–05 (MRI Classic): #217 of 326 (13-17)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #148 of 326 (12-16)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #114 of 326 (17-15)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #161 of 328 (14-16)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #45 of 330 (24-12)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #136 of 335 (15-17)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #242 of 346 (11-20)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #154 of 345 (16-16)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #245 of 347 (9-23)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #172 of 351 (14-16)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #233 of 351 (15-20)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #292 of 351 (11-20)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #131 of 351 (18-14)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #15 of 351 (26-7)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #13 of 353 (29-10)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #14 of 353 (25-6)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #77 of 347 (13-14)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #14 of 358 (28-6)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #20 of 363 (21-13)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #6 of 362 (27-8)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #2 of 364 (32-6)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #27 of 365 (22-16) 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 22–16 #27 of 365 · 19.19 –
2024–25 32–6 #2 of 364 · 29.57 –
2023–24 27–8 #6 of 362 · 23.37 –
2022–23 21–13 #20 of 363 · 15.79 –
2021–22 28–6 #14 of 358 · 18.52 –
2020–21 13–14 #77 of 347 · 8.21 –
2019–20 25–6 – #14 of 353 · 128.23
2018–19 29–10 – #13 of 353 · 159.24
2017–18 26–7 – #15 of 351 · 154.42
2016–17 18–14 – #131 of 351 · 53.60
2015–16 11–20 – #292 of 351 · -23.39
2014–15 15–20 – #233 of 351 · 11.52
2013–14 14–16 – #172 of 351 · 36.34
2012–13 9–23 – #245 of 347 · -5.74
2011–12 16–16 – #154 of 345 · 43.99
2010–11 11–20 – #242 of 346 · 0.96
2009–10 15–17 – #136 of 335 · 50.78
2008–09 24–12 – #45 of 330 · 107.82
2007–08 14–16 – #161 of 328 · 35.56
2006–07 17–15 – #114 of 326 · 58.69
2005–06 12–16 – #148 of 326 · 39.24
2004–05 13–17 – #217 of 326 · 13.00