The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Central Arkansas

UAC · 2–1

Power-1.5#161 of 365
Résumé+0.12#167 · wins above average
Movement-1down from #160 last week
Best winOral Roberts (85–55)
Worst lossOle Miss (60–92)
Schedule faced-12.8 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-5.9 avg opponent
Returning production55% of last season's win shares · #29 of 364
Incoming production1.3 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+13.8 avg× 27%+3.8
Opponents faced-12.8 avg× 27%-3.5
Preseason prior-2.5× 73%-1.8
Power-1.5

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 Oral Roberts W 85–55 +10.6 +19.4 +1.8
2 at Ole Miss L 60–92 -21.8 -10.2 -1.2
3 vs Ecclesia non-D1 W 127–54 +34.6 +38.4 -0.3
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-1.8
Power-1.5

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 at Arkansas -26.2 1%
4 at Oklahoma State -20.8 3%
4 at Jacksonville +1.9 57%
5 at North Florida +7.7 76%
5 vs Southwestern Christian non-D1 +34.6 100%
7 at Colorado -12.8 12%
11 at Tarleton State +0.1 50%
11 at UT Arlington -0.2 49%

Season by season

Best finish: #194 in 2025–26. 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): #330 of 346 (5-24)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #316 of 345 (8-21)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #259 of 347 (11-17)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #328 of 351 (8-21)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #350 of 351 (2-27)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #316 of 351 (7-21)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #324 of 351 (8-24)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #200 of 351 (18-17)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #318 of 353 (11-19)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #291 of 353 (9-21)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #302 of 347 (5-19)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #314 of 358 (11-20)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #337 of 363 (9-22)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #341 of 362 (9-23)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #348 of 364 (9-24)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #194 of 365 (22-12) 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 22–12 #194 of 365 · -2.19 –
2024–25 9–24 #348 of 364 · -15.42 –
2023–24 9–23 #341 of 362 · -14.63 –
2022–23 9–22 #337 of 363 · -12.84 –
2021–22 11–20 #314 of 358 · -11.16 –
2020–21 5–19 #302 of 347 · -10.00 –
2019–20 9–21 – #291 of 353 · -24.09
2018–19 11–19 – #318 of 353 · -41.81
2017–18 18–17 – #200 of 351 · 25.76
2016–17 8–24 – #324 of 351 · -44.15
2015–16 7–21 – #316 of 351 · -36.82
2014–15 2–27 – #350 of 351 · -127.21
2013–14 8–21 – #328 of 351 · -49.47
2012–13 11–17 – #259 of 347 · -15.95
2011–12 8–21 – #316 of 345 · -50.61
2010–11 5–24 – #330 of 346 · -62.85