The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Murray State

MVC · 3–0

Power+6.5#99 of 365
Résumé+0.49#89 · wins above average
Movement+5up from #104 last week
Best winTennessee State (94–64)
Schedule faced-13.0 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+0.6 avg opponent
Returning production30% of last season's win shares · #130 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production7.4 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#150 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+30.9 avg× 27%+8.4
Opponents faced-13.0 avg× 27%-3.5
Preseason prior+2.1× 73%+1.6
Power+6.5

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 N Tennessee State W 94–64 +12.9 +17.1 +2.8
2 vs Northwestern State W 93–71 +20.8 +1.2 +0.9
3 vs Alcorn State W 94–57 +30.4 +6.6 +1.2
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)+1.6
Power+6.5

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Texas Southern +23.9 98%
4 N Hofstra +5.3 69%
4 N NC State -13.1 12%
6 vs Washington State +13.1 88%

Season by season

Best finish: #15 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 1 200 2004–05 (MRI Classic): #80 of 326 (17-11)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #37 of 326 (24-7)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #188 of 326 (16-14)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #133 of 328 (18-13)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #100 of 330 (19-12)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #15 of 335 (31-5)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #79 of 346 (23-9)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #22 of 345 (31-2)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #96 of 347 (19-10)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #88 of 351 (23-11)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #31 of 351 (29-6)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #155 of 351 (17-14)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #188 of 351 (16-17)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #32 of 351 (26-6)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #25 of 353 (26-5)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #86 of 353 (21-9)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #122 of 347 (13-13)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #35 of 358 (31-3)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #184 of 363 (17-15)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #172 of 362 (12-20)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #134 of 364 (16-17)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #132 of 365 (20-13) MRI 2.0Classic 2004–05 2025–26

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 200 — 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 #132 of 365 · 2.55 –
2024–25 16–17 #134 of 364 · 2.05 –
2023–24 12–20 #172 of 362 · -0.39 –
2022–23 17–15 #184 of 363 · -0.86 –
2021–22 31–3 #35 of 358 · 11.99 –
2020–21 13–13 #122 of 347 · 3.36 –
2019–20 21–9 – #86 of 353 · 75.99
2018–19 26–5 – #25 of 353 · 127.80
2017–18 26–6 – #32 of 351 · 125.57
2016–17 16–17 – #188 of 351 · 33.37
2015–16 17–14 – #155 of 351 · 49.28
2014–15 29–6 – #31 of 351 · 127.04
2013–14 23–11 – #88 of 351 · 75.87
2012–13 19–10 – #96 of 347 · 61.11
2011–12 31–2 – #22 of 345 · 139.28
2010–11 23–9 – #79 of 346 · 79.64
2009–10 31–5 – #15 of 335 · 149.72
2008–09 19–12 – #100 of 330 · 66.52
2007–08 18–13 – #133 of 328 · 51.11
2006–07 16–14 – #188 of 326 · 22.09
2005–06 24–7 – #37 of 326 · 107.94
2004–05 17–11 – #80 of 326 · 73.92