The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Mercyhurst

NEC · 1–3

Power-9.7#290 of 365
Résumé-0.46#303 · wins above average
Movement-1down from #289 last week
Best winPenn State-Shenango (89–50)
Worst lossPenn State (57–72)
Schedule faced-0.4 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-10.4 avg opponent
Returning production19% of last season's win shares · #203 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production5.3 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-9.5 avg× 33%-3.2
Opponents faced-0.4 avg× 33%-0.2
Preseason prior-9.5× 67%-6.3
Power-9.7

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 Marquette L 43–78 -30.6 -4.4 -1.2
2 at Notre Dame L 56–83 -25.0 -2.0 -1.2
2 vs Penn State-Shenango non-D1 W 89–50 +26.5 +12.5 -0.2
3 at Penn State L 57–72 -17.4 +2.4 -0.8
Preseason prior (67% of the rating)-6.3
Power-9.7

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 at James Madison -11.4 15%
4 at Canisius +4.9 67%
4 N Western Illinois +12.2 87%
4 N UAlbany +5.0 67%
5 vs Fredonia State non-D1 +26.5 99%
7 at Syracuse -26.8 1%
8 at St. Bonaventure -14.1 10%

Season by season

Best finish: #282 in 2025–26. 2 seasons rated. Season links open that year's game log.

SeasonRec MRI 2.0MRI Classic
2025–26 17–17 #282 of 365 · -8.74 –
2024–25 15–16 #341 of 364 · -14.88 –