The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

North Carolina Central

MEAC · 0–3

Power-15.3#345 of 365
Résumé-1.43#504 · wins above average
Movement-11down from #334 last week
Worst lossVMI (51–65)
Schedule faced-1.3 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-7.9 avg opponent
Returning production0% of last season's win shares · #335 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production2.1 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-8.8 avg× 27%-2.4
Opponents faced-1.3 avg× 27%-0.4
Preseason prior-17.2× 73%-12.5
Power-15.3

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 Georgia L 62–78 -32.0 +16.0 -0.1
2 at Longwood L 75–80 -13.9 +8.9 -0.4
3 at VMI L 51–65 -5.0 -9.0 -2.3
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-12.5
Power-15.3

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 at Liberty -20.0 3%
4 vs Virginia-Lynchburg non-D1 +20.9 97%
4 at George Mason -26.8 1%
5 vs Carolina University non-D1 +20.9 97%
5 at Gardner-Webb +0.4 51%
7 at Iowa State -45.6 0%

Season by season

Best finish: #37 in 2013–14. 16 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 2010–11 (MRI Classic): #278 of 346 (15-15)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #189 of 345 (17-15)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #132 of 347 (19-9)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #37 of 351 (28-6)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #84 of 351 (25-8)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #252 of 351 (13-19)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #72 of 351 (25-9)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #261 of 351 (19-16)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #237 of 353 (15-16)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #226 of 353 (15-13)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #298 of 347 (5-9)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #281 of 358 (16-15)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #175 of 363 (18-12)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #210 of 362 (18-13)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #287 of 364 (14-19)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #338 of 365 (14-18) MRI 2.0Classic 2010–11 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 14–18 #338 of 365 · -14.45 –
2024–25 14–19 #287 of 364 · -8.55 –
2023–24 18–13 #210 of 362 · -3.55 –
2022–23 18–12 #175 of 363 · -0.24 –
2021–22 16–15 #281 of 358 · -7.95 –
2020–21 5–9 #298 of 347 · -9.20 –
2019–20 15–13 – #226 of 353 · 6.27
2018–19 15–16 – #237 of 353 · 0.12
2017–18 19–16 – #261 of 351 · -2.85
2016–17 25–9 – #72 of 351 · 84.93
2015–16 13–19 – #252 of 351 · -4.03
2014–15 25–8 – #84 of 351 · 79.42
2013–14 28–6 – #37 of 351 · 119.61
2012–13 19–9 – #132 of 347 · 46.43
2011–12 17–15 – #189 of 345 · 26.25
2010–11 15–15 – #278 of 346 · -14.11