MRI Champion · 1 basketball title 2025–26

Michigan

Big Ten · 37–3

Power+32.6#1 of 365

Résumé+30.01#1 · wins above average

Trendrating by week

Best winArizona (91–73)
Worst lossWisconsin (88–91)
Schedule faced+14.9 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	Oakland	W 121–78	+35.1	+7.9
2	N	Wake Forest	W 85–84	+23.8	-22.8
2	at	TCU	W 67–63	+16.9	-12.9
3	vs	Middle Tennessee	W 86–61	+34.3	-9.3
4	N	San Diego State	W 94–54	+18.9	+21.1
4	N	Auburn	W 102–72	+14.1	+15.9
4	N	Gonzaga	W 101–61	+7.9	+32.1
5	vs	Rutgers	W 101–60	+32.6	+8.4
6	vs	Villanova	W 89–61	+19.8	+8.2
6	at	Maryland	W 101–83	+24.6	-6.6
7	vs	La Salle	W 102–50	+41.3	+10.7
9	vs	McNeese	W 112–71	+25.4	+15.6
9	vs	USC	W 96–66	+26.6	+3.4
10	at	Penn State	W 74–72	+27.3	-25.3
10	vs	Wisconsin	L 88–91	+15.9	-18.9
11	at	Washington	W 82–72	+19.0	-9.0
11	at	Oregon	W 81–71	+22.7	-12.7
12	vs	Indiana	W 86–72	+21.1	-7.1
12	vs	Ohio State	W 74–62	+17.8	-5.8
13	vs	Nebraska	W 75–72	+14.4	-11.4
13	at	Michigan State	W 83–71	+5.5	+6.5
14	vs	Penn State	W 110–69	+32.8	+8.2
14	at	Ohio State	W 82–61	+12.3	+8.7
15	at	Northwestern	W 87–75	+19.5	-7.5
15	vs	UCLA	W 86–56	+18.3	+11.7
16	at	Purdue	W 91–80	+4.3	+6.7
16	N	Duke	L 63–68	+0.8	-5.8
17	vs	Minnesota	W 77–67	+28.3	-18.3
17	at	Illinois	W 84–70	+3.3	+10.7
18	at	Iowa	W 71–68	+12.1	-9.1
18	vs	Michigan State	W 90–80	+11.0	-1.0
19	N	Ohio State	W 71–67	+15.0	-11.0
19	N	Wisconsin	W 68–65	+13.1	-10.1
19	N	Purdue	L 72–80	+7.0	-15.0
20	N	Howard	W 101–80	+34.5	-13.5
20	N	Saint Louis	W 95–72	+16.1	+6.9
21	N	Alabama	W 90–77	+8.2	+4.8
21	N	Tennessee	W 95–62	+9.5	+23.5
22	N	Arizona	W 91–73	+1.2	+16.8
23	N	UConn	W 69–63	+8.3	-2.3

Remaining schedule

Wk		Opponent	Projected	Win prob
Season complete.

Season by season

Best finish: #1 in 2025–26. 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 250 — 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	1 of 365	37–3	32.60	Power
2024–25	29 of 364	27–10	16.16	Power
2023–24	129 of 362	8–24	3.37	Power
2022–23	42 of 363	18–16	11.79	Power
2021–22	23 of 358	19–15	14.30	Power
2020–21	4 of 347	23–5	19.18	Power
2019–20	52 of 353	19–12	89.84	MRI
2018–19	9 of 353	30–7	187.43	MRI
2017–18	12 of 351	32–7	161.11	MRI
2016–17	24 of 351	26–12	138.23	MRI
2015–16	76 of 351	23–13	85.20	MRI
2014–15	132 of 351	16–16	52.68	MRI
2013–14	28 of 351	28–9	134.34	MRI
2012–13	18 of 347	25–7	141.46	MRI
2011–12	66 of 345	24–10	90.58	MRI
2010–11	78 of 346	21–14	79.77	MRI
2009–10	128 of 335	15–17	53.80	MRI
2008–09	81 of 330	21–14	80.91	MRI
2007–08	208 of 328	10–22	13.54	MRI
2006–07	52 of 326	22–13	105.50	MRI
2005–06	41 of 326	22–11	103.91	MRI
2004–05	175 of 326	13–17	26.86	MRI