The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

George Washington

A-10 · 3–0

Power+9.2#84 of 365
Résumé+0.78#45 · wins above average
Movement+4up from #88 last week
Best winElon (69–50)
Schedule faced-5.7 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-2.0 avg opponent
Returning production12% of last season's win shares · #268 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production9.3 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+23.5 avg× 27%+6.4
Opponents faced-5.7 avg× 27%-1.6
Preseason prior+6.0× 73%+4.4
Power+9.2

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 Navy W 91–39 +16.8 +35.2 +3.2
2 vs Hampton W 75–61 +20.8 -6.8 +0.3
3 vs Elon W 69–50 +16.0 +3.0 +1.3
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)+4.4
Power+9.2

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Harvard +10.4 83%
4 vs Ferrum non-D1 +45.4 100%
4 N UAB +10.0 82%
4 N Western Kentucky +7.2 74%
5 vs UMBC +18.0 95%
6 vs SE Louisiana +22.4 98%
7 vs American University +13.1 88%
7 at Boston College -0.7 48%

Season by season

Best finish: #20 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 1 400 2004–05 (MRI Classic): #36 of 326 (22-8)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #20 of 326 (27-3)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #75 of 326 (23-9)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #225 of 328 (9-17)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #221 of 330 (10-18)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #125 of 335 (16-15)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #164 of 346 (17-14)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #207 of 345 (10-21)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #124 of 347 (13-17)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #48 of 351 (24-9)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #87 of 351 (22-13)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #33 of 351 (28-10)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #141 of 351 (20-15)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #216 of 351 (15-18)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #311 of 353 (9-24)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #274 of 353 (12-20)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #268 of 347 (5-12)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #261 of 358 (12-18)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #223 of 363 (16-16)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #222 of 362 (15-17)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #136 of 364 (21-13)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #83 of 365 (19-16) 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 19–16 #83 of 365 · 8.65 –
2024–25 21–13 #136 of 364 · 2.02 –
2023–24 15–17 #222 of 362 · -4.07 –
2022–23 16–16 #223 of 363 · -3.65 –
2021–22 12–18 #261 of 358 · -6.26 –
2020–21 5–12 #268 of 347 · -7.30 –
2019–20 12–20 – #274 of 353 · -12.82
2018–19 9–24 – #311 of 353 · -37.83
2017–18 15–18 – #216 of 351 · 18.85
2016–17 20–15 – #141 of 351 · 48.48
2015–16 28–10 – #33 of 351 · 126.02
2014–15 22–13 – #87 of 351 · 78.55
2013–14 24–9 – #48 of 351 · 104.80
2012–13 13–17 – #124 of 347 · 50.22
2011–12 10–21 – #207 of 345 · 18.22
2010–11 17–14 – #164 of 346 · 38.59
2009–10 16–15 – #125 of 335 · 55.13
2008–09 10–18 – #221 of 330 · 8.24
2007–08 9–17 – #225 of 328 · 4.59
2006–07 23–9 – #75 of 326 · 85.82
2005–06 27–3 – #20 of 326 · 122.31
2004–05 22–8 – #36 of 326 · 110.98