The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

New Mexico State

CUSA · 1–2

Power-3.2#184 of 365
Résumé-0.62#374 · wins above average
Movement+8up from #192 last week
Best winWestern New Mexico (73–66)
Worst lossUTEP (58–60)
Schedule faced-2.1 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-1.7 avg opponent
Returning production14% of last season's win shares · #245 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production11.8 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#103 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-9.4 avg× 27%-2.5
Opponents faced-2.1 avg× 27%-0.6
Preseason prior-0.1× 73%-0.1
Power-3.2

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 Western New Mexico non-D1 W 73–66 +32.9 -25.9 -2.0
2 at Gonzaga L 68–109 -32.3 -8.7 -0.9
3 at UTEP L 58–60 +1.1 -3.1 -0.2
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-0.1
Power-3.2

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 N San Diego State -15.8 8%
4 vs UTEP +7.0 74%
4 N Robert Morris +0.1 50%
5 N Ohio -2.9 40%
5 vs Denver +4.1 64%
10 vs Florida International +2.1 58%
10 vs Missouri State +5.4 69%
11 at Western Kentucky -8.2 23%

Season by season

Best finish: #21 in 2011–12. 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): #311 of 326 (6-24)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #149 of 326 (16-14)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #74 of 326 (25-9)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #54 of 328 (21-14)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #150 of 330 (17-15)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #146 of 335 (22-12)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #155 of 346 (16-17)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #21 of 345 (27-10)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #64 of 347 (23-10)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #40 of 351 (26-10)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #53 of 351 (23-11)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #65 of 351 (23-11)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #36 of 351 (28-6)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #25 of 351 (28-6)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #23 of 353 (28-5)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #47 of 353 (23-6)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #114 of 347 (12-8)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #73 of 358 (27-7)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #156 of 363 (9-15)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #273 of 362 (13-19)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #154 of 364 (17-15)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #173 of 365 (16-16) 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 16–16 #173 of 365 · -1.06 –
2024–25 17–15 #154 of 364 · 0.66 –
2023–24 13–19 #273 of 362 · -6.70 –
2022–23 9–15 #156 of 363 · 0.87 –
2021–22 27–7 #73 of 358 · 8.85 –
2020–21 12–8 #114 of 347 · 4.46 –
2019–20 23–6 – #47 of 353 · 92.96
2018–19 28–5 – #23 of 353 · 131.29
2017–18 28–6 – #25 of 351 · 134.44
2016–17 28–6 – #36 of 351 · 115.84
2015–16 23–11 – #65 of 351 · 97.18
2014–15 23–11 – #53 of 351 · 96.38
2013–14 26–10 – #40 of 351 · 115.10
2012–13 23–10 – #64 of 347 · 89.98
2011–12 27–10 – #21 of 345 · 140.16
2010–11 16–17 – #155 of 346 · 41.63
2009–10 22–12 – #146 of 335 · 47.70
2008–09 17–15 – #150 of 330 · 41.19
2007–08 21–14 – #54 of 328 · 99.52
2006–07 25–9 – #74 of 326 · 86.47
2005–06 16–14 – #149 of 326 · 38.97
2004–05 6–24 – #311 of 326 · -49.47