The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Missouri State

CUSA · 3–0

Power-5.7#234 of 365
Résumé+0.06#180 · wins above average
Movement+7up from #241 last week
Best winLincoln (MO) (88–60)
Schedule faced-24.7 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-1.0 avg opponent
Returning production18% of last season's win shares · #213 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production0.0 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 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+23.3 avg× 27%+6.3
Opponents faced-24.7 avg× 27%-6.7
Preseason prior-7.3× 73%-5.3
Power-5.7

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 vs Lincoln (MO) non-D1 W 88–60 +30.5 -2.5 +0.2
2 vs Truman State non-D1 W 79–62 +30.5 -13.5 -0.7
3 vs Newman University non-D1 W 89–62 +30.5 -3.5 +0.1
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-5.3
Power-5.7

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
4 vs Abilene Christian +8.1 77%
4 vs Drake -4.2 35%
5 at Oral Roberts +0.6 52%
8 N Iowa State -33.0 0%
10 at Sam Houston -8.0 23%
10 at New Mexico State -5.4 31%
11 vs Delaware +5.7 70%
11 vs Liberty -4.5 34%

Season by season

Best finish: #23 in 2005–06. 22 seasons rated. The two columns' numbers are not comparable; the rank within each is. Season links open that year's game log.

25 1 300 2004–05 (MRI Classic): #46 of 326 (19-13)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #23 of 326 (22-9)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #41 of 326 (22-11)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #112 of 328 (17-16)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #211 of 330 (11-20)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #55 of 335 (24-12)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #52 of 346 (26-9)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #106 of 345 (16-16)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #263 of 347 (9-22)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #154 of 351 (20-13)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #263 of 351 (11-20)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #253 of 351 (13-19)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #134 of 351 (17-16)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #98 of 351 (18-15)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #178 of 353 (15-16)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #94 of 353 (16-17)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #100 of 347 (17-7)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #66 of 358 (23-11)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #130 of 363 (17-15)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #161 of 362 (17-16)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #238 of 364 (9-23)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #209 of 365 (16-18) MRI 2.0Classic 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. 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 16–18 #209 of 365 · -3.43 –
2024–25 9–23 #238 of 364 · -5.32 –
2023–24 17–16 #161 of 362 · 0.80 –
2022–23 17–15 #130 of 363 · 2.91 –
2021–22 23–11 #66 of 358 · 9.54 –
2020–21 17–7 #100 of 347 · 5.61 –
2019–20 16–17 – #94 of 353 · 69.54
2018–19 15–16 – #178 of 353 · 27.29
2017–18 18–15 – #98 of 351 · 74.98
2016–17 17–16 – #134 of 351 · 53.01
2015–16 13–19 – #253 of 351 · -5.94
2014–15 11–20 – #263 of 351 · -1.80
2013–14 20–13 – #154 of 351 · 43.33
2012–13 9–22 – #263 of 347 · -16.69
2011–12 16–16 – #106 of 345 · 66.80
2010–11 26–9 – #52 of 346 · 104.46
2009–10 24–12 – #55 of 335 · 107.43
2008–09 11–20 – #211 of 330 · 15.26
2007–08 17–16 – #112 of 328 · 61.34
2006–07 22–11 – #41 of 326 · 118.21
2005–06 22–9 – #23 of 326 · 119.11
2004–05 19–13 – #46 of 326 · 100.64