The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Jacksonville State

CUSA · 1–2

Power-3.9#200 of 365
Résumé-0.55#340 · wins above average
Movement-2down from #198 last week
Best winLaGrange (123–59)
Worst lossSouth Alabama (80–83)
Schedule faced-2.7 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-2.7 avg opponent
Returning production0% of last season's win shares · #335 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production5.6 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+2.6 avg× 27%+0.7
Opponents faced-2.7 avg× 27%-0.7
Preseason prior-5.3× 73%-3.9
Power-3.9

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 LaGrange non-D1 W 123–59 +32.3 +31.7 +0.7
2 at South Alabama L 80–83 -2.2 -0.8 -0.1
3 at Houston L 46–92 -37.4 -8.6 -0.6
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-3.9
Power-3.9

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs UAB -0.1 50%
4 at Louisiana Tech -2.3 42%
4 vs Georgia State +5.7 70%
5 N Pacific -3.6 37%
5 N UC Davis +2.7 60%
5 N Omaha +7.0 74%
10 vs Middle Tennessee +1.7 56%
10 vs Western Kentucky -3.0 39%

Season by season

Best finish: #72 in 2018–19. 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): #288 of 326 (7-22)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #178 of 326 (16-13)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #287 of 326 (9-21)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #307 of 328 (7-22)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #216 of 330 (11-17)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #254 of 335 (11-19)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #300 of 346 (5-25)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #177 of 345 (15-17)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #181 of 347 (15-11)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #302 of 351 (10-21)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #316 of 351 (12-19)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #295 of 351 (8-23)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #162 of 351 (20-15)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #83 of 351 (23-13)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #72 of 353 (22-9)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #224 of 353 (11-19)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #148 of 347 (18-9)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #132 of 358 (21-11)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #220 of 363 (13-18)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #185 of 362 (14-18)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #130 of 364 (23-13)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #191 of 365 (15-17) 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 15–17 #191 of 365 · -1.91 –
2024–25 23–13 #130 of 364 · 2.36 –
2023–24 14–18 #185 of 362 · -2.02 –
2022–23 13–18 #220 of 363 · -3.39 –
2021–22 21–11 #132 of 358 · 2.94 –
2020–21 18–9 #148 of 347 · 1.19 –
2019–20 11–19 – #224 of 353 · 6.43
2018–19 22–9 – #72 of 353 · 81.20
2017–18 23–13 – #83 of 351 · 82.67
2016–17 20–15 – #162 of 351 · 40.77
2015–16 8–23 – #295 of 351 · -24.30
2014–15 12–19 – #316 of 351 · -31.81
2013–14 10–21 – #302 of 351 · -27.91
2012–13 15–11 – #181 of 347 · 24.84
2011–12 15–17 – #177 of 345 · 32.50
2010–11 5–25 – #300 of 346 · -28.74
2009–10 11–19 – #254 of 335 · -1.52
2008–09 11–17 – #216 of 330 · 11.51
2007–08 7–22 – #307 of 328 · -42.84
2006–07 9–21 – #287 of 326 · -30.00
2005–06 16–13 – #178 of 326 · 29.14
2004–05 7–22 – #288 of 326 · -26.71