The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Holy Cross

Patriot · 0–3

Power-16.4#352 of 365
Résumé-0.84#453 · wins above average
Movement-6down from #346 last week
Worst lossFurman (67–80)
Schedule faced+8.2 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-7.3 avg opponent
Returning production26% of last season's win shares · #150 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production0.0 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#166 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-31.0 avg× 27%-8.4
Opponents faced+8.2 avg× 27%+2.2
Preseason prior-14.0× 73%-10.2
Power-16.4

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 at Rhode Island L 59–103 -23.4 -20.6 -3.0
2 at Villanova L 66–95 -35.8 +6.8 -1.1
3 vs Furman L 67–80 -17.4 +4.4 -2.1
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-10.2
Power-16.4

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs UAlbany +1.2 54%
4 vs Brown -4.4 35%
4 vs Harvard -15.3 8%
5 at Dartmouth -14.3 10%
5 vs New Hampshire -3.7 37%

Season by season

Best finish: #35 in 2004–05. 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): #35 of 326 (24-7)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #77 of 326 (20-12)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #56 of 326 (25-9)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #142 of 328 (15-14)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #123 of 330 (18-14)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #237 of 335 (9-22)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #233 of 346 (8-21)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #237 of 345 (15-15)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #250 of 347 (12-18)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #141 of 351 (20-14)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #219 of 351 (14-16)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #293 of 351 (15-20)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #226 of 351 (15-17)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #298 of 351 (12-19)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #234 of 353 (16-17)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #345 of 353 (3-28)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #318 of 347 (5-11)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #345 of 358 (9-22)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #344 of 363 (10-22)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #347 of 362 (10-23)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #314 of 364 (13-19)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #324 of 365 (11-22) 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 11–22 #324 of 365 · -12.63 –
2024–25 13–19 #314 of 364 · -10.99 –
2023–24 10–23 #347 of 362 · -15.88 –
2022–23 10–22 #344 of 363 · -13.97 –
2021–22 9–22 #345 of 358 · -15.66 –
2020–21 5–11 #318 of 347 · -11.92 –
2019–20 3–28 – #345 of 353 · -91.41
2018–19 16–17 – #234 of 353 · 0.97
2017–18 12–19 – #298 of 351 · -22.04
2016–17 15–17 – #226 of 351 · 13.49
2015–16 15–20 – #293 of 351 · -23.61
2014–15 14–16 – #219 of 351 · 17.10
2013–14 20–14 – #141 of 351 · 47.23
2012–13 12–18 – #250 of 347 · -7.49
2011–12 15–15 – #237 of 345 · 4.82
2010–11 8–21 – #233 of 346 · 5.84
2009–10 9–22 – #237 of 335 · 5.93
2008–09 18–14 – #123 of 330 · 55.53
2007–08 15–14 – #142 of 328 · 45.84
2006–07 25–9 – #56 of 326 · 100.39
2005–06 20–12 – #77 of 326 · 82.86
2004–05 24–7 – #35 of 326 · 111.29