The MRI
2025–26 · Final

Minnesota

Big Ten · 15–18

Power+7.1#89 of 365
Résumé+4.62#99 · wins above average
Trendrating by week
Best winMichigan State (76–73)
Worst lossPenn State (75–77)
Schedule faced+8.4 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.

WkOpponentResult ExpectedPerf
1 vs Gardner-Webb W 87–60 +30.9 -3.9
1 vs Alcorn State W 95–50 +27.6 +17.4
2 at Missouri L 60–83 -8.4 -14.6
2 vs Green Bay W 72–65 +15.1 -8.1
3 vs Chicago State W 66–54 +27.4 -15.4
3 N San Francisco L 65–77 +3.0 -15.0
4 N Stanford L 68–72 -2.0 -2.0
4 N Santa Clara L 75–86 -8.1 -2.9
5 vs Indiana W 73–64 -4.4 +13.4
6 at Purdue L 57–85 -21.2 -6.8
6 vs Texas Southern W 89–53 +21.5 +14.5
7 vs Campbell W 78–50 +12.4 +15.6
9 vs Fairleigh Dickinson W 60–43 +23.1 -6.1
9 at Northwestern W 84–78 -6.0 +12.0
10 vs Iowa W 70–67 -8.0 +11.0
10 vs USC L 69–70 +1.1 -2.1
11 vs Wisconsin L 75–78 -9.7 +6.7
11 at Illinois L 67–77 -22.3 +12.3
12 at Ohio State L 74–82 -13.2 +5.2
12 vs Nebraska L 57–76 -11.2 -7.8
13 at Wisconsin L 63–67 -15.1 +11.1
13 at Penn State L 75–77 +1.8 -3.8
14 vs Michigan State W 76–73 -14.6 +17.6
14 vs Maryland L 62–67 +4.5 -9.5
15 at Washington L 57–69 -6.5 -5.5
16 at Oregon W 61–44 -2.8 +19.8
16 vs Rutgers W 80–61 +7.1 +11.9
17 at Michigan L 67–77 -28.3 +18.3
17 vs UCLA W 78–73 -7.3 +12.3
18 at Indiana L 47–77 -9.9 -20.1
18 vs Northwestern W 67–66 -0.6 +1.6
19 N Rutgers L 67–72 +4.3 -9.3
22 N Baylor L 48–67 -6.4 -12.6

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
Season complete.

Season by season

Best finish: #24 in 2012–13. 22 rated seasons. Two ratings appear here and their numbers are not comparable; the rank is. Season links open that year's game log.

25ClassicMRI 2.0 1 300 2004–05: #37 of 326 (21-10)2005–06: #79 of 326 (16-15)2006–07: #251 of 326 (9-22)2007–08: #77 of 328 (20-14)2008–09: #53 of 330 (22-11)2009–10: #32 of 335 (21-14)2010–11: #100 of 346 (17-14)2011–12: #85 of 345 (23-15)2012–13: #24 of 347 (20-12)2013–14: #49 of 351 (25-13)2014–15: #65 of 351 (18-15)2015–16: #283 of 351 (8-23)2016–17: #38 of 351 (24-10)2017–18: #175 of 351 (14-17)2018–19: #77 of 353 (22-14)2019–20: #77 of 353 (15-16)2020–21: #106 of 347 (14-15)2021–22: #121 of 358 (13-17)2022–23: #223 of 363 (9-22)2023–24: #100 of 362 (19-15)2024–25: #102 of 364 (15-17)2025–26: #89 of 365 (15-18) 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. Each row below says what its rank was out of. Hover a point for the season.

SeasonRankRec Rating 
2025–26 89 of 365 15–18 7.07 Power
2024–25 102 of 364 15–17 5.18 Power
2023–24 100 of 362 19–15 5.73 Power
2022–23 223 of 363 9–22 -3.48 Power
2021–22 121 of 358 13–17 4.00 Power
2020–21 106 of 347 14–15 5.72 Power
2019–20 77 of 353 15–16 79.55 MRI
2018–19 77 of 353 22–14 74.09 MRI
2017–18 175 of 351 14–17 38.15 MRI
2016–17 38 of 351 24–10 114.74 MRI
2015–16 283 of 351 8–23 -17.71 MRI
2014–15 65 of 351 18–15 87.38 MRI
2013–14 49 of 351 25–13 103.94 MRI
2012–13 24 of 347 20–12 132.53 MRI
2011–12 85 of 345 23–15 80.07 MRI
2010–11 100 of 346 17–14 69.33 MRI
2009–10 32 of 335 21–14 129.55 MRI
2008–09 53 of 330 22–11 100.92 MRI
2007–08 77 of 328 20–14 80.14 MRI
2006–07 251 of 326 9–22 -7.51 MRI
2005–06 79 of 326 16–15 79.14 MRI
2004–05 37 of 326 21–10 106.06 MRI