The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Georgia State

Sun Belt · 1–3

Power-6.6#251 of 365
Résumé-1.66#509 · wins above average
Movement-4down from #247 last week
Best winAndrew (111–61)
Worst lossFresno State (92–95)
Schedule faced-8.8 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-5.1 avg opponent
Returning production2% of last season's win shares · #326 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production14.3 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#136 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 4 games, w is 33%, so the preseason prior is 67% of this rating — mostly preseason, for now. Every game played shrinks that share.

PartValueWeightAdds
Margin counted+5.8 avg× 33%+1.9
Opponents faced-8.8 avg× 33%-2.9
Preseason prior-8.3× 67%-5.6
Power-6.6

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 Bowling Green L 73–76 -2.1 -0.9 -1.2
2 at Charlotte L 67–77 -9.5 -0.5 -0.6
2 vs Andrew non-D1 W 111–61 +29.6 +20.4 +1.1
3 at Fresno State L 92–95 -2.2 -0.8 -0.3
Preseason prior (67% of the rating)-5.6
Power-6.6

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Norfolk State +11.9 86%
4 at Jacksonville State -5.7 30%
5 N Tulane -1.1 46%
5 N Florida Gulf Coast -1.8 44%
6 at UL Monroe +8.1 77%
8 at James Madison -8.3 22%
8 at Pittsburgh -19.3 4%
10 vs Southern Miss +1.7 56%

Season by season

Best finish: #40 in 2014–15. 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): #223 of 326 (13-15)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #285 of 326 (7-22)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #286 of 326 (11-20)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #249 of 328 (9-21)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #250 of 330 (12-20)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #206 of 335 (12-20)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #202 of 346 (12-19)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #69 of 345 (21-11)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #188 of 347 (14-16)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #52 of 351 (25-9)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #40 of 351 (25-10)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #184 of 351 (16-14)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #122 of 351 (20-13)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #96 of 351 (24-11)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #129 of 353 (23-10)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #123 of 353 (17-13)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #105 of 347 (16-6)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #118 of 358 (18-11)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #265 of 363 (10-21)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #204 of 362 (14-17)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #256 of 364 (14-19)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #301 of 365 (10-22) 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 10–22 #301 of 365 · -10.60 –
2024–25 14–19 #256 of 364 · -6.50 –
2023–24 14–17 #204 of 362 · -3.29 –
2022–23 10–21 #265 of 363 · -6.38 –
2021–22 18–11 #118 of 358 · 3.87 –
2020–21 16–6 #105 of 347 · 5.36 –
2019–20 17–13 – #123 of 353 · 51.98
2018–19 23–10 – #129 of 353 · 50.44
2017–18 24–11 – #96 of 351 · 76.26
2016–17 20–13 – #122 of 351 · 57.05
2015–16 16–14 – #184 of 351 · 30.70
2014–15 25–10 – #40 of 351 · 111.55
2013–14 25–9 – #52 of 351 · 101.30
2012–13 14–16 – #188 of 347 · 23.30
2011–12 21–11 – #69 of 345 · 89.56
2010–11 12–19 – #202 of 346 · 22.86
2009–10 12–20 – #206 of 335 · 16.93
2008–09 12–20 – #250 of 330 · -3.45
2007–08 9–21 – #249 of 328 · -7.28
2006–07 11–20 – #286 of 326 · -29.89
2005–06 7–22 – #285 of 326 · -21.53
2004–05 13–15 – #223 of 326 · 10.17