The MRI
2025–26 · Final
MRI Champion · 1 basketball title 2022–23

Houston

Big 12 · 30–7

Power+28.1#5 of 365
Résumé+20.34#7 · wins above average
Trendrating by week
Best winTexas Tech (69–65)
Worst lossKansas (56–69)
Schedule faced+11.1 avg opponent

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 number that moves a rating, rather than the win or loss alone.

WkOpponentResult ExpectedPerf
1 vs Lehigh W 75–57 +40.3 -22.3
1 vs Towson W 65–48 +29.9 -12.9
2 vs Oakland W 78–45 +30.6 +2.4
2 N Auburn W 73–72 +9.6 -8.6
3 vs Rider W 91–45 +48.8 -2.8
4 N Syracuse W 78–74 +22.1 -18.1
4 N Tennessee L 73–76 +5.0 -8.0
4 N Notre Dame W 66–56 +23.1 -13.1
5 N Florida State W 82–67 +19.4 -4.4
6 vs Jackson State W 80–38 +46.7 -4.7
6 vs New Orleans W 99–57 +37.6 +4.4
7 N Arkansas W 94–85 +7.1 +1.9
9 vs Middle Tennessee W 69–60 +29.9 -20.9
9 at Cincinnati W 67–60 +11.0 -4.0
10 vs Texas Tech W 69–65 +9.4 -5.4
10 at Baylor W 77–55 +11.9 +10.1
11 vs West Virginia W 77–48 +19.1 +9.9
11 vs Arizona State W 103–73 +22.5 +7.5
12 at Texas Tech L 86–90 +3.9 -7.9
13 at TCU W 79–70 +12.5 -3.5
13 vs Cincinnati W 76–54 +16.5 +5.5
14 vs UCF W 79–55 +19.6 +4.4
14 at BYU W 77–66 +6.2 +4.8
15 at Utah W 66–52 +22.5 -8.5
15 vs Kansas State W 78–64 +25.9 -11.9
16 at Iowa State L 67–70 -1.2 -1.8
16 vs Arizona L 66–73 -0.5 -6.5
17 at Kansas L 56–69 +5.1 -18.1
17 vs Colorado W 102–62 +22.3 +17.7
18 vs Baylor W 77–64 +17.4 -4.4
18 at Oklahoma State W 82–75 +17.6 -10.6
19 N BYU W 73–66 +8.9 -1.9
19 N Kansas W 69–47 +7.9 +14.1
19 N Arizona L 74–79 -3.2 -1.8
20 N Idaho W 78–47 +28.7 +2.3
20 N Texas A&M W 88–57 +12.5 +18.5
21 N Illinois L 55–65 +1.5 -11.5

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
Season complete.

Season by season

Best finish: #1 in 2022–23. 22 rated seasons. Two ratings appear here and their numbers are not comparable; the rank is. Season links open that year's game log.

25ClassicMRI 2.0 1 300 2004–05: #99 of 326 (18-13)2005–06: #69 of 326 (21-10)2006–07: #110 of 326 (18-15)2007–08: #41 of 328 (24-10)2008–09: #50 of 330 (21-12)2009–10: #96 of 335 (19-16)2010–11: #253 of 346 (12-18)2011–12: #192 of 345 (15-15)2012–13: #130 of 347 (18-12)2013–14: #199 of 351 (17-16)2014–15: #218 of 351 (13-19)2015–16: #57 of 351 (22-10)2016–17: #39 of 351 (21-11)2017–18: #11 of 351 (27-8)2018–19: #8 of 353 (33-4)2019–20: #9 of 353 (22-8)2020–21: #3 of 347 (28-4)2021–22: #2 of 358 (32-6)2022–23: #1 of 363 (33-4)2023–24: #2 of 362 (32-5)2024–25: #2 of 364 (35-5)2025–26: #5 of 365 (30-7) 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. Each row below says what its rank was out of. Hover a point for the season.

SeasonRankRec Rating 
2025–26 5 of 365 30–7 28.14 Power
2024–25 2 of 364 35–5 29.08 Power
2023–24 2 of 362 32–5 26.25 Power
2022–23 1 of 363 33–4 23.42 Power
2021–22 2 of 358 32–6 22.97 Power
2020–21 3 of 347 28–4 20.84 Power
2019–20 9 of 353 22–8 142.28 MRI
2018–19 8 of 353 33–4 189.89 MRI
2017–18 11 of 351 27–8 162.17 MRI
2016–17 39 of 351 21–11 114.67 MRI
2015–16 57 of 351 22–10 102.87 MRI
2014–15 218 of 351 13–19 17.58 MRI
2013–14 199 of 351 17–16 26.43 MRI
2012–13 130 of 347 18–12 46.86 MRI
2011–12 192 of 345 15–15 22.97 MRI
2010–11 253 of 346 12–18 -2.90 MRI
2009–10 96 of 335 19–16 70.19 MRI
2008–09 50 of 330 21–12 102.60 MRI
2007–08 41 of 328 24–10 113.37 MRI
2006–07 110 of 326 18–15 59.99 MRI
2005–06 69 of 326 21–10 86.70 MRI
2004–05 99 of 326 18–13 62.10 MRI