The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Colorado State

Pac-12 · 3–0

Power+8.8#87 of 365
Résumé+1.05#33 · wins above average
Movement+2up from #89 last week
Best winMontana State (84–74)
Schedule faced-2.4 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+7.2 avg opponent
Returning production61% of last season's win shares · #19 of 364
Incoming production3.7 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#54 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 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+9.9 avg× 27%+2.7
Opponents faced-2.4 avg× 27%-0.6
Preseason prior+9.2× 73%+6.7
Power+8.8

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 Montana State W 84–74 +10.1 -0.1 +0.8
2 vs Idaho W 78–67 +15.0 -4.0 +0.5
3 vs Portland State W 87–71 +17.2 -1.2 +0.8
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)+6.7
Power+8.8

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Loyola Chicago +16.3 93%
4 vs North Dakota State +15.0 91%
5 N Arizona -16.2 7%
6 at Colorado -2.5 41%
8 N Nevada -1.9 43%

Season by season

Best finish: #17 in 2012–13. 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): #181 of 326 (11-16)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #151 of 326 (16-15)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #115 of 326 (17-13)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #309 of 328 (7-25)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #227 of 330 (9-22)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #142 of 335 (16-16)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #98 of 346 (19-13)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #81 of 345 (20-12)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #17 of 347 (23-8)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #103 of 351 (16-16)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #41 of 351 (27-7)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #153 of 351 (18-16)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #73 of 351 (23-12)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #278 of 351 (11-21)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #203 of 353 (11-20)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #102 of 353 (19-12)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #74 of 347 (20-8)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #45 of 358 (25-6)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #114 of 363 (15-18)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #48 of 362 (25-11)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #47 of 364 (26-10)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #90 of 365 (21-13) 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 21–13 #90 of 365 · 7.82 –
2024–25 26–10 #47 of 364 · 13.44 –
2023–24 25–11 #48 of 362 · 12.27 –
2022–23 15–18 #114 of 363 · 4.14 –
2021–22 25–6 #45 of 358 · 11.04 –
2020–21 20–8 #74 of 347 · 8.44 –
2019–20 19–12 – #102 of 353 · 65.36
2018–19 11–20 – #203 of 353 · 15.61
2017–18 11–21 – #278 of 351 · -11.52
2016–17 23–12 – #73 of 351 · 84.40
2015–16 18–16 – #153 of 351 · 50.75
2014–15 27–7 – #41 of 351 · 110.73
2013–14 16–16 – #103 of 351 · 66.78
2012–13 23–8 – #17 of 347 · 144.85
2011–12 20–12 – #81 of 345 · 81.54
2010–11 19–13 – #98 of 346 · 69.64
2009–10 16–16 – #142 of 335 · 48.75
2008–09 9–22 – #227 of 330 · 4.53
2007–08 7–25 – #309 of 328 · -47.73
2006–07 17–13 – #115 of 326 · 58.61
2005–06 16–15 – #151 of 326 · 37.00
2004–05 11–16 – #181 of 326 · 25.17