The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Duquesne

A-10 · 3–0

Power-2.9#181 of 365
Résumé+0.52#82 · wins above average
Movement-15down from #166 last week
Best winWashington State (72–71)
Schedule faced-13.0 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-1.5 avg opponent
Returning production28% of last season's win shares · #142 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production5.7 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 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+0.8 avg× 27%+0.2
Opponents faced-13.0 avg× 27%-3.6
Preseason prior+0.6× 73%+0.5
Power-2.9

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 Purdue Fort Wayne W 78–71 +8.1 -1.1 -0.5
2 vs Central State (OH) non-D1 W 68–58 +33.3 -23.3 -1.9
3 vs Washington State W 72–71 +3.8 -2.8 -1.0
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)+0.5
Power-2.9

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Binghamton +12.4 87%
4 N Howard -0.8 47%
4 N Wyoming -8.0 23%
5 N High Point -16.8 6%
5 vs South Carolina State +11.9 86%

Season by season

Best finish: #46 in 2010–11. 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): #297 of 326 (8-22)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #319 of 326 (3-24)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #256 of 326 (10-19)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #71 of 328 (17-13)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #89 of 330 (21-13)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #173 of 335 (16-16)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #46 of 346 (19-13)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #156 of 345 (16-15)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #294 of 347 (8-22)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #183 of 351 (13-17)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #244 of 351 (12-19)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #178 of 351 (17-17)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #248 of 351 (10-22)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #192 of 351 (16-16)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #173 of 353 (19-13)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #83 of 353 (21-9)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #127 of 347 (9-9)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #284 of 358 (6-24)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #146 of 363 (20-13)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #93 of 362 (25-12)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #127 of 364 (13-19)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #134 of 365 (18-15) 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 18–15 #134 of 365 · 2.27 –
2024–25 13–19 #127 of 364 · 2.39 –
2023–24 25–12 #93 of 362 · 6.60 –
2022–23 20–13 #146 of 363 · 1.51 –
2021–22 6–24 #284 of 358 · -8.14 –
2020–21 9–9 #127 of 347 · 2.90 –
2019–20 21–9 – #83 of 353 · 77.00
2018–19 19–13 – #173 of 353 · 29.81
2017–18 16–16 – #192 of 351 · 27.81
2016–17 10–22 – #248 of 351 · 3.80
2015–16 17–17 – #178 of 351 · 34.26
2014–15 12–19 – #244 of 351 · 5.13
2013–14 13–17 – #183 of 351 · 32.07
2012–13 8–22 – #294 of 347 · -28.23
2011–12 16–15 – #156 of 345 · 42.87
2010–11 19–13 – #46 of 346 · 107.50
2009–10 16–16 – #173 of 335 · 34.29
2008–09 21–13 – #89 of 330 · 75.30
2007–08 17–13 – #71 of 328 · 85.81
2006–07 10–19 – #256 of 326 · -10.88
2005–06 3–24 – #319 of 326 · -66.75
2004–05 8–22 – #297 of 326 · -33.41