The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Denver

WCC · 0–2

Power-4.3#204 of 365
Résumé-0.67#394 · wins above average
Movement+7up from #211 last week
Worst lossUC Riverside (60–64)
Schedule faced+5.0 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-0.8 avg opponent
Returning production36% of last season's win shares · #84 of 364
Incoming production4.1 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 2 games, w is 20%, so the preseason prior is 80% of this rating — mostly preseason, for now. Every game played shrinks that share.

PartValueWeightAdds
Margin counted-0.1 avg× 20%+0.0
Opponents faced+5.0 avg× 20%+1.0
Preseason prior-6.6× 80%-5.3
Power-4.3

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 at Wisconsin L 68–75 -23.7 +16.7 +1.4
2 at UC Riverside L 60–64 -0.9 -3.1 -0.4
Preseason prior (80% of the rating)-5.3
Power-4.3

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Wyoming -6.5 28%
4 vs Colorado-Colorado Springs non-D1 +31.8 100%
4 at Eastern Michigan -4.0 36%
5 at Kansas -38.5 0%
5 at New Mexico State -4.1 36%
6 at Air Force +3.5 62%
10 at Colorado -15.6 8%

Season by season

Best finish: #56 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): #94 of 326 (19-11)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #190 of 326 (16-15)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #325 of 326 (4-25)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #252 of 328 (11-19)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #220 of 330 (15-16)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #175 of 335 (19-13)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #226 of 346 (13-17)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #73 of 345 (22-9)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #56 of 347 (21-9)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #152 of 351 (16-15)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #224 of 351 (12-18)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #204 of 351 (16-15)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #178 of 351 (16-14)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #212 of 351 (15-15)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #310 of 353 (7-22)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #319 of 353 (6-24)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #335 of 347 (2-19)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #318 of 358 (11-21)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #314 of 363 (15-17)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #272 of 362 (17-17)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #321 of 364 (11-21)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #256 of 365 (15-17) 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 15–17 #256 of 365 · -6.56 –
2024–25 11–21 #321 of 364 · -11.35 –
2023–24 17–17 #272 of 362 · -6.61 –
2022–23 15–17 #314 of 363 · -10.09 –
2021–22 11–21 #318 of 358 · -11.47 –
2020–21 2–19 #335 of 347 · -15.66 –
2019–20 6–24 – #319 of 353 · -45.86
2018–19 7–22 – #310 of 353 · -37.69
2017–18 15–15 – #212 of 351 · 21.42
2016–17 16–14 – #178 of 351 · 36.83
2015–16 16–15 – #204 of 351 · 20.35
2014–15 12–18 – #224 of 351 · 14.81
2013–14 16–15 – #152 of 351 · 44.12
2012–13 21–9 – #56 of 347 · 97.81
2011–12 22–9 – #73 of 345 · 86.74
2010–11 13–17 – #226 of 346 · 11.00
2009–10 19–13 – #175 of 335 · 33.74
2008–09 15–16 – #220 of 330 · 8.38
2007–08 11–19 – #252 of 328 · -8.12
2006–07 4–25 – #325 of 326 · -87.61
2005–06 16–15 – #190 of 326 · 24.38
2004–05 19–11 – #94 of 326 · 66.19