The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Louisiana Tech

Sun Belt · 2–1

Power-4.5#211 of 365
Résumé+0.30#120 · wins above average
Movement-34down from #177 last week
Best winKent State (85–75)
Worst lossLSU (50–90)
Schedule faced-4.4 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-6.7 avg opponent
Returning production7% of last season's win shares · #292 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production0.0 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#98 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+4.3 avg× 27%+1.2
Opponents faced-4.4 avg× 27%-1.2
Preseason prior-6.2× 73%-4.5
Power-4.5

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 Kent State W 85–75 -0.5 +10.5 +0.5
2 vs Arkansas-Monticello non-D1 W 76–17 +31.6 +27.4 +1.4
3 at LSU L 50–90 -21.8 -18.2 -1.9
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-4.5
Power-4.5

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 at Nicholls +0.8 53%
4 vs Jacksonville State +2.3 58%
4 vs Tulane +3.9 64%
5 vs Alcorn State +19.4 96%
5 vs Texas State -4.0 36%
8 at Troy -5.0 32%
8 vs App State +0.1 50%
10 at Coastal Carolina +1.5 55%

Season by season

Best finish: #18 in 2013–14. 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): #131 of 326 (14-15)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #92 of 326 (20-13)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #229 of 326 (10-20)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #321 of 328 (6-24)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #189 of 330 (15-18)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #89 of 335 (24-11)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #252 of 346 (12-20)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #197 of 345 (18-17)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #50 of 347 (25-6)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #18 of 351 (29-8)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #47 of 351 (27-9)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #114 of 351 (23-10)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #48 of 351 (23-10)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #158 of 351 (17-16)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #107 of 353 (18-13)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #64 of 353 (20-8)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #49 of 347 (24-8)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #81 of 358 (24-10)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #144 of 363 (15-18)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #92 of 362 (22-10)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #116 of 364 (20-12)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #192 of 365 (20-14) 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 20–14 #192 of 365 · -2.01 –
2024–25 20–12 #116 of 364 · 3.70 –
2023–24 22–10 #92 of 362 · 6.83 –
2022–23 15–18 #144 of 363 · 1.80 –
2021–22 24–10 #81 of 358 · 7.81 –
2020–21 24–8 #49 of 347 · 10.03 –
2019–20 20–8 – #64 of 353 · 85.03
2018–19 18–13 – #107 of 353 · 60.49
2017–18 17–16 – #158 of 351 · 44.55
2016–17 23–10 – #48 of 351 · 104.00
2015–16 23–10 – #114 of 351 · 64.32
2014–15 27–9 – #47 of 351 · 103.87
2013–14 29–8 – #18 of 351 · 157.07
2012–13 25–6 – #50 of 347 · 102.00
2011–12 18–17 – #197 of 345 · 21.35
2010–11 12–20 – #252 of 346 · -2.40
2009–10 24–11 – #89 of 335 · 76.55
2008–09 15–18 – #189 of 330 · 24.78
2007–08 6–24 – #321 of 328 · -68.38
2006–07 10–20 – #229 of 326 · 2.44
2005–06 20–13 – #92 of 326 · 70.49
2004–05 14–15 – #131 of 326 · 45.63