The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Loyola Chicago

A-10 · 2–1

Power-4.6#212 of 365
Résumé-0.55#332 · wins above average
Movement-36down from #176 last week
Best winWest Georgia (76–53)
Worst lossAir Force (93–107)
Schedule faced-13.7 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+3.2 avg opponent
Returning production12% of last season's win shares · #261 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production11.0 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#70 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+11.7 avg× 27%+3.2
Opponents faced-13.7 avg× 27%-3.8
Preseason prior-5.5× 73%-4.0
Power-4.6

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 The Citadel W 77–52 +14.2 +10.8 +0.8
2 vs West Georgia W 76–53 +12.9 +10.1 +0.7
3 at Air Force L 93–107 +3.2 -17.2 -2.1
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-4.0
Power-4.6

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 at Colorado State -16.3 7%
4 vs Wichita State -13.4 11%
5 N San José State +1.7 56%
5 N Seattle U -3.1 39%
5 at Massachusetts -5.2 32%
8 N Florida Atlantic -5.8 30%
8 N Nevada -15.3 8%

Season by season

Best finish: #11 in 2020–21. 22 seasons rated. The two columns' numbers are not comparable; the rank within each is. Season links open that year's game log.

25 1 300 2004–05 (MRI Classic): #228 of 326 (13-17)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #129 of 326 (19-11)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #90 of 326 (21-11)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #219 of 328 (12-19)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #245 of 330 (14-18)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #235 of 335 (14-16)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #122 of 346 (16-15)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #299 of 345 (7-23)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #172 of 347 (14-16)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #265 of 351 (10-22)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #123 of 351 (24-13)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #212 of 351 (15-17)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #101 of 351 (18-14)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #23 of 351 (32-6)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #91 of 353 (19-14)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #92 of 353 (20-11)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #11 of 347 (26-5)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #26 of 358 (25-8)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #225 of 363 (10-21)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #107 of 362 (23-10)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #103 of 364 (26-11)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #270 of 365 (9-24) MRI 2.0Classic 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. 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 9–24 #270 of 365 · -7.61 –
2024–25 26–11 #103 of 364 · 5.34 –
2023–24 23–10 #107 of 362 · 5.33 –
2022–23 10–21 #225 of 363 · -3.80 –
2021–22 25–8 #26 of 358 · 13.93 –
2020–21 26–5 #11 of 347 · 16.31 –
2019–20 20–11 – #92 of 353 · 71.49
2018–19 19–14 – #91 of 353 · 67.74
2017–18 32–6 – #23 of 351 · 137.07
2016–17 18–14 – #101 of 351 · 67.26
2015–16 15–17 – #212 of 351 · 14.31
2014–15 24–13 – #123 of 351 · 56.29
2013–14 10–22 – #265 of 351 · -4.13
2012–13 14–16 – #172 of 347 · 27.96
2011–12 7–23 – #299 of 345 · -30.26
2010–11 16–15 – #122 of 346 · 58.47
2009–10 14–16 – #235 of 335 · 6.10
2008–09 14–18 – #245 of 330 · -0.06
2007–08 12–19 – #219 of 328 · 6.79
2006–07 21–11 – #90 of 326 · 73.44
2005–06 19–11 – #129 of 326 · 46.69
2004–05 13–17 – #228 of 326 · 8.45