The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Milwaukee

Horizon · 2–2

Power-5.3#227 of 365
Résumé+0.19#149 · wins above average
Movement+34up from #261 last week
Best winIndiana State (82–73)
Worst lossSanta Clara (72–95)
Schedule faced-0.9 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+11.9 avg opponent
Returning production30% of last season's win shares · #127 of 364
Incoming production0.4 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+2.0 avg× 33%+0.7
Opponents faced-0.9 avg× 33%-0.3
Preseason prior-8.5× 67%-5.7
Power-5.3

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 USC L 63–95 -28.3 -3.7 -0.9
2 at Santa Clara L 72–95 -19.8 -3.2 -0.9
2 vs Ripon non-D1 W 99–48 +30.9 +20.1 +1.0
3 at Indiana State W 82–73 -0.6 +9.6 +1.2
Preseason prior (67% of the rating)-5.7
Power-5.3

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 at TCU -21.5 2%
4 vs St. Thomas-Minnesota -3.0 39%
5 at Florida -37.0 0%
5 at Oregon State -13.3 11%

Season by season

Best finish: #28 in 2004–05. 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): #28 of 326 (25-6)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #34 of 326 (22-9)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #267 of 326 (9-22)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #174 of 328 (14-16)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #183 of 330 (17-14)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #132 of 335 (20-14)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #167 of 346 (19-14)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #150 of 345 (20-13)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #332 of 347 (6-24)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #202 of 351 (21-14)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #246 of 351 (14-16)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #125 of 351 (20-13)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #288 of 351 (11-24)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #204 of 351 (16-17)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #306 of 353 (8-22)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #235 of 353 (10-19)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #247 of 347 (10-12)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #320 of 358 (10-22)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #233 of 363 (22-12)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #231 of 362 (20-15)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #132 of 364 (21-11)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #254 of 365 (12-20) 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 12–20 #254 of 365 · -6.36 –
2024–25 21–11 #132 of 364 · 2.22 –
2023–24 20–15 #231 of 362 · -4.31 –
2022–23 22–12 #233 of 363 · -4.43 –
2021–22 10–22 #320 of 358 · -11.52 –
2020–21 10–12 #247 of 347 · -5.38 –
2019–20 10–19 – #235 of 353 · 3.68
2018–19 8–22 – #306 of 353 · -36.09
2017–18 16–17 – #204 of 351 · 24.64
2016–17 11–24 – #288 of 351 · -18.12
2015–16 20–13 – #125 of 351 · 60.32
2014–15 14–16 – #246 of 351 · 4.38
2013–14 21–14 – #202 of 351 · 25.66
2012–13 6–24 – #332 of 347 · -68.12
2011–12 20–13 – #150 of 345 · 45.57
2010–11 19–14 – #167 of 346 · 35.97
2009–10 20–14 – #132 of 335 · 52.17
2008–09 17–14 – #183 of 330 · 28.89
2007–08 14–16 – #174 of 328 · 29.32
2006–07 9–22 – #267 of 326 · -15.53
2005–06 22–9 – #34 of 326 · 111.97
2004–05 25–6 – #28 of 326 · 117.13