The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Drake

MVC · 2–0

Power+1.5#134 of 365
Résumé+0.19#148 · wins above average
Movement+1up from #135 last week
Best winSouthern (75–68)
Schedule faced-17.6 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-0.8 avg opponent
Returning production43% of last season's win shares · #57 of 364
Incoming production7.7 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#84 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 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+21.2 avg× 20%+4.2
Opponents faced-17.6 avg× 20%-3.5
Preseason prior+1.0× 80%+0.8
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 Central College non-D1 W 101–48 +37.7 +15.3 +1.4
2 vs Southern W 75–68 +13.9 -6.9 -0.7
Preseason prior (80% of the rating)+0.8
Power+1.5

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs South Dakota +17.0 94%
4 vs Tarleton State +9.1 80%
4 vs Charleston +0.2 51%
4 at Missouri State +4.2 65%
5 N Boise State -10.6 17%
5 N North Dakota State +4.8 67%
5 N North Texas -2.4 41%

Season by season

Best finish: #16 in 2007–08. 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): #160 of 326 (13-15)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #163 of 326 (12-19)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #117 of 326 (17-15)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #16 of 328 (28-5)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #146 of 330 (17-16)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #199 of 335 (14-19)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #251 of 346 (13-18)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #172 of 345 (17-15)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #191 of 347 (14-17)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #200 of 351 (15-16)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #311 of 351 (9-22)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #290 of 351 (7-24)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #300 of 351 (7-24)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #197 of 351 (17-17)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #119 of 353 (22-10)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #163 of 353 (18-14)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #52 of 347 (26-5)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #76 of 358 (25-11)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #59 of 363 (27-8)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #57 of 362 (28-7)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #60 of 364 (31-4)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #172 of 365 (14-20) 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 14–20 #172 of 365 · -1.01 –
2024–25 31–4 #60 of 364 · 10.98 –
2023–24 28–7 #57 of 362 · 11.43 –
2022–23 27–8 #59 of 363 · 10.55 –
2021–22 25–11 #76 of 358 · 8.33 –
2020–21 26–5 #52 of 347 · 9.83 –
2019–20 18–14 – #163 of 353 · 37.09
2018–19 22–10 – #119 of 353 · 56.81
2017–18 17–17 – #197 of 351 · 26.38
2016–17 7–24 – #300 of 351 · -26.36
2015–16 7–24 – #290 of 351 · -22.00
2014–15 9–22 – #311 of 351 · -28.16
2013–14 15–16 – #200 of 351 · 26.38
2012–13 14–17 – #191 of 347 · 22.61
2011–12 17–15 – #172 of 345 · 34.25
2010–11 13–18 – #251 of 346 · -2.39
2009–10 14–19 – #199 of 335 · 18.73
2008–09 17–16 – #146 of 330 · 42.59
2007–08 28–5 – #16 of 328 · 144.86
2006–07 17–15 – #117 of 326 · 55.60
2005–06 12–19 – #163 of 326 · 34.01
2004–05 13–15 – #160 of 326 · 32.30