The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

New Mexico

Mountain West · 3–0

Power+14.2#57 of 365
Résumé+0.57#71 · wins above average
Movement—unchanged from #57 last week
Best winUtah Tech (100–60)
Schedule faced-8.9 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+2.7 avg opponent
Returning production36% of last season's win shares · #87 of 364
Incoming production7.2 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+29.4 avg× 27%+8.0
Opponents faced-8.9 avg× 27%-2.4
Preseason prior+11.8× 73%+8.6
Power+14.2

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 Utah Tech W 100–60 +23.3 +16.7 +2.6
2 vs Northern Arizona W 94–65 +28.3 +0.7 +1.6
3 vs Little Rock W 94–69 +26.6 -1.6 +1.4
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)+8.6
Power+14.2

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 at Santa Clara -0.3 49%
4 at Wichita State -0.6 48%
5 vs Mississippi Valley State +42.4 100%
5 vs Utah State -1.6 44%
10 at UTEP +18.5 95%
11 vs Nevada +6.4 72%
13 vs San José State +23.4 98%
13 vs Grand Canyon +1.7 56%

Season by season

Best finish: #8 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 1 300 2004–05 (MRI Classic): #30 of 326 (26-7)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #135 of 326 (17-13)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #149 of 326 (15-17)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #30 of 328 (24-9)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #39 of 330 (22-12)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #17 of 335 (30-5)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #42 of 346 (22-13)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #8 of 345 (28-7)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #26 of 347 (29-5)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #31 of 351 (27-7)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #126 of 351 (15-16)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #107 of 351 (17-15)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #128 of 351 (17-14)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #131 of 351 (19-15)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #198 of 353 (13-18)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #147 of 353 (18-14)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #286 of 347 (6-16)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #216 of 358 (13-19)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #78 of 363 (22-12)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #26 of 362 (26-10)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #37 of 364 (27-8)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #48 of 365 (26-11) 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 26–11 #48 of 365 · 14.04 –
2024–25 27–8 #37 of 364 · 15.50 –
2023–24 26–10 #26 of 362 · 15.47 –
2022–23 22–12 #78 of 363 · 8.65 –
2021–22 13–19 #216 of 358 · -3.04 –
2020–21 6–16 #286 of 347 · -8.68 –
2019–20 18–14 – #147 of 353 · 43.84
2018–19 13–18 – #198 of 353 · 19.64
2017–18 19–15 – #131 of 351 · 56.85
2016–17 17–14 – #128 of 351 · 56.11
2015–16 17–15 – #107 of 351 · 69.00
2014–15 15–16 – #126 of 351 · 55.69
2013–14 27–7 – #31 of 351 · 132.94
2012–13 29–5 – #26 of 347 · 130.81
2011–12 28–7 – #8 of 345 · 171.81
2010–11 22–13 – #42 of 346 · 110.97
2009–10 30–5 – #17 of 335 · 147.85
2008–09 22–12 – #39 of 330 · 111.71
2007–08 24–9 – #30 of 328 · 129.57
2006–07 15–17 – #149 of 326 · 38.92
2005–06 17–13 – #135 of 326 · 43.71
2004–05 26–7 – #30 of 326 · 114.11