The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Fairfield

Metro · 1–2

Power-8.0#264 of 365
Résumé-0.54#324 · wins above average
Movement-20down from #244 last week
Best winBryant (68–59)
Worst lossVermont (67–79)
Schedule faced-0.2 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-9.9 avg opponent
Returning production44% of last season's win shares · #52 of 364
Incoming production4.4 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#150 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-14.1 avg× 27%-3.9
Opponents faced-0.2 avg× 27%+0.0
Preseason prior-5.7× 73%-4.1
Power-8.0

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 Vermont L 67–79 -2.2 -9.8 -2.6
2 at Bryant W 68–59 +3.0 +6.0 +0.7
3 at Wisconsin L 42–89 -27.4 -19.6 -2.0
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-4.1
Power-8.0

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs NJIT +12.0 86%
4 vs St. Joseph's (NY) non-D1 +28.1 100%
4 at Long Island University -2.8 40%
5 vs Navy -0.5 48%
5 vs Central Connecticut +3.6 63%
7 at Providence -23.5 2%

Season by season

Best finish: #66 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): #176 of 326 (14-15)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #273 of 326 (9-19)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #198 of 326 (13-19)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #233 of 328 (14-16)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #167 of 330 (17-15)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #107 of 335 (23-11)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #66 of 346 (25-8)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #123 of 345 (17-14)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #161 of 347 (19-15)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #308 of 351 (7-25)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #299 of 351 (7-24)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #209 of 351 (19-14)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #225 of 351 (16-15)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #210 of 351 (17-16)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #274 of 353 (9-22)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #278 of 353 (12-20)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #308 of 347 (10-17)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #225 of 358 (15-18)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #249 of 363 (13-18)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #180 of 362 (24-13)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #325 of 364 (12-20)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #262 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 #262 of 365 · -6.87 –
2024–25 12–20 #325 of 364 · -11.67 –
2023–24 24–13 #180 of 362 · -1.54 –
2022–23 13–18 #249 of 363 · -5.29 –
2021–22 15–18 #225 of 358 · -3.67 –
2020–21 10–17 #308 of 347 · -10.78 –
2019–20 12–20 – #278 of 353 · -14.96
2018–19 9–22 – #274 of 353 · -14.06
2017–18 17–16 – #210 of 351 · 22.00
2016–17 16–15 – #225 of 351 · 14.12
2015–16 19–14 – #209 of 351 · 17.23
2014–15 7–24 – #299 of 351 · -25.45
2013–14 7–25 – #308 of 351 · -32.11
2012–13 19–15 – #161 of 347 · 35.07
2011–12 17–14 – #123 of 345 · 59.52
2010–11 25–8 – #66 of 346 · 88.91
2009–10 23–11 – #107 of 335 · 64.88
2008–09 17–15 – #167 of 330 · 32.83
2007–08 14–16 – #233 of 328 · -0.40
2006–07 13–19 – #198 of 326 · 18.02
2005–06 9–19 – #273 of 326 · -14.45
2004–05 14–15 – #176 of 326 · 26.77