MRI Champion · 2 basketball titles 2011–12, 2014–15

Kentucky

SEC · 22–14

Power+18.1#26 of 365

Résumé+13.41#31 · wins above average

Trendrating by week

Best winSt. John's (78–66)
Worst lossMissouri (68–73)
Schedule faced+13.0 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.

Wk		Opponent	Result	Expected	Perf
1	vs	Nicholls	W 77–51	+27.6	-1.6
1	vs	Valparaiso	W 107–59	+21.5	+26.5
2	at	Louisville	L 88–96	-4.5	-3.5
2	vs	Eastern Illinois	W 99–53	+32.4	+13.6
3	N	Michigan State	L 66–83	-6.2	-10.8
3	vs	Loyola Maryland	W 88–46	+33.0	+9.0
4	vs	Tennessee Tech	W 104–54	+31.6	+18.4
5	vs	North Carolina	L 64–67	+3.2	-6.2
5	vs	Gonzaga	L 59–94	-3.9	-31.1
6	vs	North Carolina Central	W 103–67	+35.0	+1.0
6	vs	Indiana	W 72–60	+6.6	+5.4
7	N	St. John's	W 78–66	-5.3	+17.3
8	vs	Bellarmine	W 99–85	+30.3	-16.3
9	at	Alabama	L 74–89	-9.0	-6.0
10	vs	Missouri	L 68–73	+8.2	-13.2
10	vs	Mississippi State	W 92–68	+14.7	+9.3
11	at	LSU	W 75–74	+5.9	-4.9
11	at	Tennessee	W 80–78	-7.7	+9.7
12	vs	Texas	W 85–80	+5.2	-0.2
12	vs	Ole Miss	W 72–63	+11.1	-2.1
13	at	Vanderbilt	L 55–80	-6.2	-18.8
13	at	Arkansas	W 85–77	-5.6	+13.6
14	vs	Oklahoma	W 94–78	+7.0	+9.0
14	vs	Tennessee	W 74–71	-2.2	+5.2
15	at	Florida	L 83–92	-13.7	+4.7
16	vs	Georgia	L 78–86	+4.4	-12.4
16	at	Auburn	L 74–75	-3.1	+2.1
17	at	South Carolina	W 72–63	+10.0	-1.0
17	vs	Vanderbilt	W 91–77	-0.7	+14.7
18	at	Texas A&M	L 85–96	-0.2	-10.8
18	vs	Florida	L 77–84	-8.2	+1.2
19	N	LSU	W 87–82	+8.6	-3.6
19	N	Missouri	W 78–72	+5.4	+0.6
19	N	Florida	L 63–71	-10.9	+2.9
20	N	Santa Clara	W 89–84	+2.9	+2.1
20	N	Iowa State	L 63–82	-8.5	-10.5

Remaining schedule

Wk		Opponent	Projected	Win prob
Season complete.

Season by season

Best finish: #1 in 2014–15. 22 rated seasons. Two ratings appear here and their numbers are not comparable; the rank is. Season links open that year's game log.

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 150 — 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.

Season	Rank	Rec	Rating
2025–26	26 of 365	22–14	18.14	Power
2024–25	18 of 364	24–12	19.00	Power
2023–24	19 of 362	23–10	16.28	Power
2022–23	22 of 363	22–12	14.65	Power
2021–22	10 of 358	26–8	19.13	Power
2020–21	70 of 347	9–16	8.06	Power
2019–20	23 of 353	25–6	114.74	MRI
2018–19	7 of 353	30–7	192.92	MRI
2017–18	31 of 351	23–11	126.05	MRI
2016–17	4 of 351	32–6	214.21	MRI
2015–16	5 of 351	27–9	187.28	MRI
2014–15	1 of 351	38–1	283.82	MRI
2013–14	10 of 351	29–11	170.55	MRI
2012–13	51 of 347	21–11	101.72	MRI
2011–12	1 of 345	38–2	245.44	MRI
2010–11	7 of 346	29–9	182.86	MRI
2009–10	3 of 335	35–3	221.13	MRI
2008–09	41 of 330	22–14	111.26	MRI
2007–08	113 of 328	18–13	60.83	MRI
2006–07	30 of 326	22–12	126.92	MRI
2005–06	43 of 326	22–13	102.63	MRI
2004–05	15 of 326	27–6	150.74	MRI