The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Morehead State

OVC · 1–2

Power-12.5#319 of 365
Résumé-0.37#272 · wins above average
Movement-6down from #313 last week
Best winVirginia-Lynchburg (114–60)
Worst lossWestern Kentucky (58–83)
Schedule faced-7.9 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-7.8 avg opponent
Returning production27% of last season's win shares · #146 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-7.9 avg× 27%-2.1
Opponents faced-7.9 avg× 27%-2.2
Preseason prior-11.2× 73%-8.2
Power-12.5

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 Western Kentucky L 58–83 -17.5 -7.5 -2.1
2 vs Virginia-Lynchburg non-D1 W 114–60 +23.7 +30.3 -0.9
2 at Louisville L 57–107 -39.7 -10.3 -1.3
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-8.2
Power-12.5

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs IU Indianapolis +3.5 62%
4 vs Miami (OH)-Hamilton non-D1 +23.7 98%
4 at Ohio -15.1 8%
4 at Elon -11.6 15%
5 N Charleston Southern -3.5 37%
5 at East Tennessee State -18.5 5%
8 at Tennessee -43.9 0%
10 at UT Martin -11.2 15%

Season by season

Best finish: #48 in 2009–10. 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): #295 of 326 (11-16)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #315 of 326 (4-23)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #199 of 326 (12-18)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #222 of 328 (15-15)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #111 of 330 (20-16)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #48 of 335 (24-11)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #55 of 346 (23-10)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #175 of 345 (16-14)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #182 of 347 (13-18)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #99 of 351 (20-14)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #125 of 351 (17-17)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #86 of 351 (23-14)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #155 of 351 (14-16)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #270 of 351 (8-21)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #271 of 353 (11-20)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #296 of 353 (11-19)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #141 of 347 (23-8)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #121 of 358 (23-11)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #213 of 363 (22-12)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #115 of 362 (26-9)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #298 of 364 (15-17)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #289 of 365 (20-13) 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 20–13 #289 of 365 · -9.09 –
2024–25 15–17 #298 of 364 · -9.49 –
2023–24 26–9 #115 of 362 · 4.15 –
2022–23 22–12 #213 of 363 · -2.77 –
2021–22 23–11 #121 of 358 · 3.80 –
2020–21 23–8 #141 of 347 · 1.68 –
2019–20 11–19 – #296 of 353 · -26.00
2018–19 11–20 – #271 of 353 · -12.52
2017–18 8–21 – #270 of 351 · -6.96
2016–17 14–16 – #155 of 351 · 42.61
2015–16 23–14 – #86 of 351 · 79.62
2014–15 17–17 – #125 of 351 · 55.83
2013–14 20–14 – #99 of 351 · 69.76
2012–13 13–18 – #182 of 347 · 24.29
2011–12 16–14 – #175 of 345 · 33.99
2010–11 23–10 – #55 of 346 · 102.15
2009–10 24–11 – #48 of 335 · 111.18
2008–09 20–16 – #111 of 330 · 61.44
2007–08 15–15 – #222 of 328 · 5.47
2006–07 12–18 – #199 of 326 · 17.81
2005–06 4–23 – #315 of 326 · -65.45
2004–05 11–16 – #295 of 326 · -29.06