The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Nevada

Mountain West · 2–1

Power+10.7#76 of 365
Résumé+0.93#39 · wins above average
Movement-9down from #67 last week
Best winSaint Mary's (96–95)
Worst lossUC Santa Barbara (63–76)
Schedule faced+5.7 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-0.3 avg opponent
Returning production40% of last season's win shares · #65 of 364
Incoming production8.5 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#71 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+8.1 avg× 27%+2.2
Opponents faced+5.7 avg× 27%+1.5
Preseason prior+9.6× 73%+7.0
Power+10.7

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 Robert Morris W 86–49 +17.0 +20.0 +2.7
2 N Saint Mary's W 96–95 -3.9 +4.9 +1.5
3 at UC Santa Barbara L 63–76 +2.0 -15.0 -0.5
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)+7.0
Power+10.7

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Utah Valley +10.4 83%
4 vs Idaho +16.9 94%
5 N San Francisco +9.9 82%
5 N Santa Clara -0.8 47%
5 vs Humboldt State non-D1 +46.9 100%
6 vs Pacific +14.0 90%
7 vs Loyola Marymount +16.2 93%
7 vs Sam Houston +14.3 90%

Season by season

Best finish: #14 in 2018–19. 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): #34 of 326 (25-7)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #19 of 326 (27-6)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #31 of 326 (29-5)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #92 of 328 (21-12)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #85 of 330 (21-13)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #83 of 335 (21-13)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #188 of 346 (13-19)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #64 of 345 (28-7)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #224 of 347 (11-19)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #185 of 351 (15-17)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #267 of 351 (9-22)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #122 of 351 (24-14)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #27 of 351 (28-7)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #17 of 351 (29-8)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #14 of 353 (29-5)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #66 of 353 (19-12)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #103 of 347 (16-10)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #140 of 358 (13-18)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #83 of 363 (22-11)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #43 of 362 (26-8)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #73 of 364 (17-16)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #81 of 365 (24-13) 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 24–13 #81 of 365 · 8.70 –
2024–25 17–16 #73 of 364 · 8.97 –
2023–24 26–8 #43 of 362 · 12.87 –
2022–23 22–11 #83 of 363 · 8.28 –
2021–22 13–18 #140 of 358 · 2.73 –
2020–21 16–10 #103 of 347 · 5.45 –
2019–20 19–12 – #66 of 353 · 83.99
2018–19 29–5 – #14 of 353 · 154.25
2017–18 29–8 – #17 of 351 · 151.56
2016–17 28–7 – #27 of 351 · 128.00
2015–16 24–14 – #122 of 351 · 60.70
2014–15 9–22 – #267 of 351 · -4.60
2013–14 15–17 – #185 of 351 · 31.97
2012–13 11–19 – #224 of 347 · 5.93
2011–12 28–7 – #64 of 345 · 91.86
2010–11 13–19 – #188 of 346 · 29.66
2009–10 21–13 – #83 of 335 · 82.32
2008–09 21–13 – #85 of 330 · 77.12
2007–08 21–12 – #92 of 328 · 71.68
2006–07 29–5 – #31 of 326 · 126.79
2005–06 27–6 – #19 of 326 · 122.51
2004–05 25–7 – #34 of 326 · 111.64