The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Lindenwood

OVC · 2–2

Power-7.7#262 of 365
Résumé-0.12#207 · wins above average
Movement+2up from #264 last week
Best winCentral Bible (120–46)
Worst lossTCU (59–98)
Schedule faced-9.1 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-8.5 avg opponent
Returning production0% of last season's win shares · #335 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production4.2 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 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+4.8 avg× 33%+1.6
Opponents faced-9.1 avg× 33%-3.0
Preseason prior-9.4× 67%-6.3
Power-7.7

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 TCU L 59–98 -23.9 -15.1 -1.8
2 vs Central Bible non-D1 W 120–46 +28.4 +45.6 +1.4
2 vs East-West University non-D1 W 115–44 +28.4 +42.6 -0.4
3 at Nebraska L 60–94 -35.6 +1.6 -0.6
Preseason prior (67% of the rating)-6.3
Power-7.7

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 at Omaha +0.2 51%
4 at Northern Iowa -15.9 7%
5 N New Haven +5.6 69%
5 at Stony Brook -5.5 31%
9 at Kansas State -16.7 6%
10 at SIU Edwardsville -5.9 30%
10 vs UT Martin -0.5 48%
11 at Southern Indiana +2.1 57%

Season by season

Best finish: #248 in 2025–26. 4 seasons rated. Season links open that year's game log.

25 1 400 2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #350 of 363 (11-21)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #353 of 362 (9-22)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #332 of 364 (16-17)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #248 of 365 (18-15) 2022–23 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. Hover a point for the season.

SeasonRec MRI 2.0MRI Classic
2025–26 18–15 #248 of 365 · -6.14 –
2024–25 16–17 #332 of 364 · -12.67 –
2023–24 9–22 #353 of 362 · -17.45 –
2022–23 11–21 #350 of 363 · -14.79 –