The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

George Mason

A-10 · 3–0

Power+8.6#90 of 365
Résumé+0.48#90 · wins above average
Movement-5down from #85 last week
Best winUMBC (82–54)
Schedule faced-12.3 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-3.0 avg opponent
Returning production13% of last season's win shares · #256 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production16.9 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#67 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+18.6 avg× 27%+5.1
Opponents faced-12.3 avg× 27%-3.4
Preseason prior+9.4× 73%+6.9
Power+8.6

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 UMBC W 82–54 +17.3 +10.7 +2.0
2 vs Coppin State W 68–51 +29.4 -12.4 -0.2
3 N Kansas City W 76–68 +21.8 -13.8 -0.1
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)+6.9
Power+8.6

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 N Bradley +12.2 87%
4 vs North Carolina Central +26.8 99%
4 vs South Florida -2.4 42%
5 vs Longwood +15.9 92%
5 vs Marist +17.0 94%

Season by season

Best finish: #15 in 2005–06. 22 seasons rated. The two columns' numbers are not comparable; the rank within each is. Season links open that year's game log.

25 1 300 2004–05 (MRI Classic): #135 of 326 (16-13)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #15 of 326 (27-8)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #101 of 326 (18-15)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #50 of 328 (23-11)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #71 of 330 (22-11)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #188 of 335 (17-15)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #19 of 346 (27-7)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #97 of 345 (24-9)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #140 of 347 (18-14)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #215 of 351 (11-20)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #261 of 351 (9-22)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #225 of 351 (11-21)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #112 of 351 (20-14)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #240 of 351 (16-17)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #135 of 353 (18-15)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #156 of 353 (17-15)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #169 of 347 (13-9)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #144 of 358 (14-16)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #141 of 363 (20-13)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #111 of 362 (20-12)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #78 of 364 (27-9)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #93 of 365 (23-10) MRI 2.0Classic 2004–05 2025–26

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 300 — 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 23–10 #93 of 365 · 7.28 –
2024–25 27–9 #78 of 364 · 8.46 –
2023–24 20–12 #111 of 362 · 4.96 –
2022–23 20–13 #141 of 363 · 1.86 –
2021–22 14–16 #144 of 358 · 2.48 –
2020–21 13–9 #169 of 347 · -0.34 –
2019–20 17–15 – #156 of 353 · 40.01
2018–19 18–15 – #135 of 353 · 46.93
2017–18 16–17 – #240 of 351 · 6.70
2016–17 20–14 – #112 of 351 · 63.46
2015–16 11–21 – #225 of 351 · 9.19
2014–15 9–22 – #261 of 351 · -1.08
2013–14 11–20 – #215 of 351 · 18.59
2012–13 18–14 – #140 of 347 · 42.57
2011–12 24–9 – #97 of 345 · 71.89
2010–11 27–7 – #19 of 346 · 149.56
2009–10 17–15 – #188 of 335 · 26.63
2008–09 22–11 – #71 of 330 · 87.75
2007–08 23–11 – #50 of 328 · 102.42
2006–07 18–15 – #101 of 326 · 64.71
2005–06 27–8 – #15 of 326 · 128.76
2004–05 16–13 – #135 of 326 · 42.88