The MRI
2025–26 · Final

Clemson

ACC · 24–11

Power+15.9#34 of 365
Résumé+12.88#33 · wins above average
Trendrating by week
Best winLouisville (80–75)
Worst lossGeorgetown (74–79)
Schedule faced+7.9 avg opponent

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 number that moves a rating, rather than the win or loss alone.

WkOpponentResult ExpectedPerf
1 vs New Hampshire W 88–38 +33.2 +16.8
1 vs Gardner-Webb W 97–59 +39.7 -1.7
2 vs Morehead State W 83–56 +27.1 -0.1
2 at Georgetown L 74–79 +6.2 -11.2
3 vs North Alabama W 81–61 +31.4 -11.4
3 N West Virginia W 70–67 +4.1 -1.1
3 N Georgia W 97–94 -0.6 +3.6
4 vs Alabama A&M W 92–56 +31.3 +4.7
5 at Alabama L 84–90 -11.3 +5.3
6 at BYU L 64–67 -6.1 +3.1
6 vs Mercer W 70–63 +17.9 -10.9
7 vs South Carolina W 68–61 +13.2 -6.2
7 vs Cincinnati W 68–65 +4.2 -1.2
9 at Syracuse W 64–61 +7.1 -4.1
9 at Pittsburgh W 73–68 +7.6 -2.6
10 vs SMU W 74–70 +4.7 -0.7
10 at Notre Dame W 76–61 +8.1 +6.9
11 vs Boston College W 74–50 +20.2 +3.8
11 vs Miami W 69–59 +5.1 +4.9
12 vs NC State L 76–80 +4.8 -8.8
12 at Georgia Tech W 77–63 +14.4 -0.4
13 vs Pittsburgh W 63–52 +13.0 -2.0
14 at Stanford W 66–64 +4.1 -2.1
14 at California W 77–55 +6.1 +15.9
15 vs Virginia Tech L 66–76 +9.7 -19.6
15 at Duke L 54–67 -18.6 +5.6
16 at Wake Forest L 77–85 +4.3 -12.3
16 vs Florida State L 65–70 +9.9 -14.9
17 vs Louisville W 80–75 -1.3 +6.3
18 at North Carolina L 63–67 -4.5 +0.5
18 vs Georgia Tech W 79–76 +19.8 -16.8
19 N Wake Forest W 71–62 +7.0 +2.0
19 N North Carolina W 80–79 -1.8 +2.8
19 N Duke L 61–73 -15.9 +3.9
20 N Iowa L 61–67 -1.9 -4.1

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
Season complete.

Season by season

Best finish: #17 in 2008–09. 22 rated seasons. Two ratings appear here and their numbers are not comparable; the rank is. Season links open that year's game log.

25ClassicMRI 2.0 1 200 2004–05: #74 of 326 (16-16)2005–06: #50 of 326 (19-13)2006–07: #25 of 326 (25-11)2007–08: #29 of 328 (24-10)2008–09: #17 of 330 (23-9)2009–10: #35 of 335 (21-11)2010–11: #36 of 346 (22-12)2011–12: #90 of 345 (16-15)2012–13: #151 of 347 (13-18)2013–14: #56 of 351 (23-13)2014–15: #135 of 351 (16-15)2015–16: #98 of 351 (17-14)2016–17: #78 of 351 (17-15)2017–18: #20 of 351 (24-9)2018–19: #46 of 353 (20-14)2019–20: #119 of 353 (16-15)2020–21: #79 of 347 (16-8)2021–22: #77 of 358 (17-16)2022–23: #64 of 363 (23-11)2023–24: #26 of 362 (24-12)2024–25: #21 of 364 (27-7)2025–26: #34 of 365 (24-11) 2004–05 2025–26

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 200 — this team's own range, not the size of the field. Each row below says what its rank was out of. Hover a point for the season.

SeasonRankRec Rating 
2025–26 34 of 365 24–11 15.89 Power
2024–25 21 of 364 27–7 18.12 Power
2023–24 26 of 362 24–12 14.58 Power
2022–23 64 of 363 23–11 9.93 Power
2021–22 77 of 358 17–16 8.17 Power
2020–21 79 of 347 16–8 7.46 Power
2019–20 119 of 353 16–15 54.52 MRI
2018–19 46 of 353 20–14 100.64 MRI
2017–18 20 of 351 24–9 145.47 MRI
2016–17 78 of 351 17–15 82.36 MRI
2015–16 98 of 351 17–14 73.85 MRI
2014–15 135 of 351 16–15 51.49 MRI
2013–14 56 of 351 23–13 98.07 MRI
2012–13 151 of 347 13–18 37.52 MRI
2011–12 90 of 345 16–15 75.61 MRI
2010–11 36 of 346 22–12 116.95 MRI
2009–10 35 of 335 21–11 127.30 MRI
2008–09 17 of 330 23–9 147.20 MRI
2007–08 29 of 328 24–10 131.36 MRI
2006–07 25 of 326 25–11 129.53 MRI
2005–06 50 of 326 19–13 98.12 MRI
2004–05 74 of 326 16–16 76.27 MRI