The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Coastal Carolina

Sun Belt · 2–2

Power-9.0#279 of 365
Résumé-0.58#356 · wins above average
Movement-1down from #278 last week
Best winSouth Carolina Upstate (65–56)
Worst lossEastern Michigan (70–71)
Schedule faced-8.9 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-3.6 avg opponent
Returning production17% of last season's win shares · #217 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production5.4 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#179 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 4 games, w is 33%, so the preseason prior is 67% of this rating — mostly preseason, for now. Every game played shrinks that share.

PartValueWeightAdds
Margin counted-1.8 avg× 33%-0.6
Opponents faced-8.9 avg× 33%-3.0
Preseason prior-8.1× 67%-5.4
Power-9.0

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 Eastern Michigan L 70–71 -2.7 +1.7 -1.1
2 at Duke L 52–113 -43.6 -17.4 -0.8
3 vs South Carolina Upstate W 65–56 +8.0 +1.0 -0.7
3 vs Virginia-Lynchburg non-D1 W 103–54 +27.2 +21.8 -1.0
Preseason prior (67% of the rating)-5.4
Power-9.0

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
4 at Wisconsin -28.3 0%
4 at Tennessee -40.4 0%
5 vs Campbell +1.1 54%
5 vs Western Illinois +15.9 93%
8 at Georgia Southern -2.5 41%
8 at Troy -9.4 20%
10 vs Louisiana Tech -1.5 45%
10 vs UL Monroe +11.6 85%

Season by season

Best finish: #46 in 2009–10. 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): #271 of 326 (10-19)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #128 of 326 (20-10)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #176 of 326 (15-15)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #271 of 328 (13-15)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #267 of 330 (11-20)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #46 of 335 (28-7)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #51 of 346 (28-6)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #131 of 345 (19-11)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #186 of 347 (11-15)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #134 of 351 (21-13)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #68 of 351 (24-10)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #130 of 351 (21-12)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #202 of 351 (20-19)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #190 of 351 (14-18)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #148 of 353 (15-17)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #183 of 353 (14-17)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #107 of 347 (18-8)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #134 of 358 (19-14)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #260 of 363 (11-20)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #321 of 362 (9-22)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #329 of 364 (10-22)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #264 of 365 (19-13) 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 19–13 #264 of 365 · -6.94 –
2024–25 10–22 #329 of 364 · -12.26 –
2023–24 9–22 #321 of 362 · -11.37 –
2022–23 11–20 #260 of 363 · -5.95 –
2021–22 19–14 #134 of 358 · 2.92 –
2020–21 18–8 #107 of 347 · 5.06 –
2019–20 14–17 – #183 of 353 · 30.12
2018–19 15–17 – #148 of 353 · 40.00
2017–18 14–18 – #190 of 351 · 29.33
2016–17 20–19 – #202 of 351 · 27.98
2015–16 21–12 – #130 of 351 · 57.65
2014–15 24–10 – #68 of 351 · 86.51
2013–14 21–13 – #134 of 351 · 49.46
2012–13 11–15 – #186 of 347 · 23.78
2011–12 19–11 – #131 of 345 · 51.72
2010–11 28–6 – #51 of 346 · 104.81
2009–10 28–7 – #46 of 335 · 115.96
2008–09 11–20 – #267 of 330 · -12.45
2007–08 13–15 – #271 of 328 · -16.46
2006–07 15–15 – #176 of 326 · 27.48
2005–06 20–10 – #128 of 326 · 47.10
2004–05 10–19 – #271 of 326 · -13.01