The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Cal State Bakersfield

Big West · 3–0

Power-11.3#308 of 365
Résumé+0.41#99 · wins above average
Movement+4up from #312 last week
Best winNorth Dakota State (91–80)
Schedule faced-17.8 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-6.0 avg opponent
Returning production12% of last season's win shares · #258 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production2.4 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+21.2 avg× 27%+5.8
Opponents faced-17.8 avg× 27%-4.9
Preseason prior-16.8× 73%-12.2
Power-11.3

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 Stanton non-D1 W 93–54 +24.9 +14.1 +0.6
2 vs North Dakota State W 91–80 -5.1 +16.1 +0.4
3 at Western Illinois W 91–83 +7.7 +0.3 -0.1
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-12.2
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Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 at North Dakota State -11.0 16%
4 at Idaho -11.0 16%
5 at Pepperdine -7.9 24%
5 vs Northern Arizona +2.8 60%

Season by season

Best finish: #55 in 2015–16. 16 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 2010–11 (MRI Classic): #313 of 346 (9-19)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #209 of 345 (16-14)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #246 of 347 (10-16)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #214 of 351 (13-19)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #184 of 351 (14-19)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #55 of 351 (24-9)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #63 of 351 (24-10)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #229 of 351 (12-18)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #185 of 353 (15-16)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #222 of 353 (9-19)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #147 of 347 (15-11)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #262 of 358 (8-19)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #305 of 363 (11-22)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #266 of 362 (13-19)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #267 of 364 (14-19)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #344 of 365 (8-24) MRI 2.0Classic 2010–11 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 8–24 #344 of 365 · -15.35 –
2024–25 14–19 #267 of 364 · -7.02 –
2023–24 13–19 #266 of 362 · -6.19 –
2022–23 11–22 #305 of 363 · -9.22 –
2021–22 8–19 #262 of 358 · -6.28 –
2020–21 15–11 #147 of 347 · 1.29 –
2019–20 9–19 – #222 of 353 · 6.55
2018–19 15–16 – #185 of 353 · 24.26
2017–18 12–18 – #229 of 351 · 12.56
2016–17 24–10 – #63 of 351 · 92.34
2015–16 24–9 – #55 of 351 · 103.29
2014–15 14–19 – #184 of 351 · 30.09
2013–14 13–19 – #214 of 351 · 19.49
2012–13 10–16 – #246 of 347 · -6.00
2011–12 16–14 – #209 of 345 · 17.58
2010–11 9–19 – #313 of 346 · -40.66