The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Middle Tennessee

CUSA · 2–1

Power-2.6#179 of 365
Résumé+0.14#162 · wins above average
Movement-14down from #165 last week
Best winEvansville (73–68)
Worst lossKansas (45–89)
Schedule faced-5.5 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-4.0 avg opponent
Returning production23% of last season's win shares · #178 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production4.1 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#117 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-0.2 avg× 27%+0.0
Opponents faced-5.5 avg× 27%-1.5
Preseason prior-1.5× 73%-1.1
Power-2.6

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 Fisk non-D1 W 117–73 +33.5 +10.5 +0.1
2 at Kansas L 45–89 -36.8 -7.2 -0.5
3 vs Evansville W 73–68 +11.4 -6.4 -1.1
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-1.1
Power-2.6

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Southeast Missouri State +4.8 67%
4 at Georgia Southern +3.8 64%
4 N Temple +1.1 54%
5 vs Toccoa Falls non-D1 +33.5 100%
10 at Jacksonville State -1.7 44%
10 at Kennesaw State -7.7 24%
11 vs Sam Houston +1.0 54%
11 vs New Mexico State +3.6 63%

Season by season

Best finish: #14 in 2012–13. 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): #68 of 326 (19-12)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #122 of 326 (16-12)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #181 of 326 (15-17)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #148 of 328 (17-15)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #99 of 330 (18-14)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #108 of 335 (19-14)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #134 of 346 (16-16)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #41 of 345 (26-7)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #14 of 347 (28-5)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #43 of 351 (24-9)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #144 of 351 (19-17)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #95 of 351 (25-10)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #18 of 351 (31-5)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #28 of 351 (25-8)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #289 of 353 (9-21)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #316 of 353 (5-23)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #310 of 347 (5-18)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #114 of 358 (26-11)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #117 of 363 (19-14)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #260 of 362 (14-19)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #131 of 364 (22-12)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #158 of 365 (17-15) 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 17–15 #158 of 365 · 0.16 –
2024–25 22–12 #131 of 364 · 2.31 –
2023–24 14–19 #260 of 362 · -5.92 –
2022–23 19–14 #117 of 363 · 3.84 –
2021–22 26–11 #114 of 358 · 4.34 –
2020–21 5–18 #310 of 347 · -10.90 –
2019–20 5–23 – #316 of 353 · -42.72
2018–19 9–21 – #289 of 353 · -22.18
2017–18 25–8 – #28 of 351 · 128.45
2016–17 31–5 – #18 of 351 · 152.16
2015–16 25–10 – #95 of 351 · 75.49
2014–15 19–17 – #144 of 351 · 48.35
2013–14 24–9 – #43 of 351 · 111.57
2012–13 28–5 – #14 of 347 · 152.84
2011–12 26–7 – #41 of 345 · 111.45
2010–11 16–16 – #134 of 346 · 51.23
2009–10 19–14 – #108 of 335 · 64.72
2008–09 18–14 – #99 of 330 · 66.76
2007–08 17–15 – #148 of 328 · 41.80
2006–07 15–17 – #181 of 326 · 25.30
2005–06 16–12 – #122 of 326 · 52.11
2004–05 19–12 – #68 of 326 · 82.01