The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

North Dakota State

Summit · 1–3

Power-3.3#190 of 365
Résumé-1.20#496 · wins above average
Movement-1down from #189 last week
Best winMinnesota Crookston (90–59)
Worst lossCal State Bakersfield (80–91)
Schedule faced-5.4 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-5.8 avg opponent
Returning production18% of last season's win shares · #208 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production3.6 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 4 games, w is 33%, so the preseason prior is 67% of this rating — mostly preseason, for now. Every game played shrinks that share.

PartValueWeightAdds
Margin counted-4.9 avg× 33%-1.6
Opponents faced-5.4 avg× 33%-1.8
Preseason prior+0.2× 67%+0.1
Power-3.3

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 vs Minnesota Crookston non-D1 W 90–59 +32.9 -1.9 +0.4
2 at Saint Mary's L 64–105 -20.9 -20.1 -1.8
2 at San Francisco L 70–79 -7.0 -2.0 -0.4
2 at Cal State Bakersfield L 80–91 +5.1 -16.1 -1.6
Preseason prior (67% of the rating)+0.1
Power-3.3

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Illinois State -7.2 26%
3 vs Cal State Bakersfield +11.0 84%
4 at Colorado State -15.0 9%
5 vs Wisconsin-Stout non-D1 +32.9 100%
5 N North Texas -7.2 26%
5 N Drake -4.8 33%
5 N Boise State -15.3 8%
6 vs UC Davis +6.3 72%

Season by season

Best finish: #45 in 2013–14. 18 seasons rated. The two columns' numbers are not comparable; the rank within each is. Season links open that year's game log.

25 1 250 2008–09 (MRI Classic): #48 of 330 (26-7)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #225 of 335 (11-18)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #154 of 346 (14-15)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #126 of 345 (16-13)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #61 of 347 (22-9)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #45 of 351 (26-7)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #129 of 351 (23-10)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #131 of 351 (20-13)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #144 of 351 (19-11)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #191 of 351 (15-17)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #207 of 353 (17-16)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #96 of 353 (23-8)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #136 of 347 (15-12)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #139 of 358 (23-10)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #218 of 363 (16-17)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #245 of 362 (15-17)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #151 of 364 (21-11)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #115 of 365 (27-8) MRI 2.0Classic 2008–09 2025–26

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 250 — 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 27–8 #115 of 365 · 3.74 –
2024–25 21–11 #151 of 364 · 0.92 –
2023–24 15–17 #245 of 362 · -5.11 –
2022–23 16–17 #218 of 363 · -3.24 –
2021–22 23–10 #139 of 358 · 2.74 –
2020–21 15–12 #136 of 347 · 2.37 –
2019–20 23–8 – #96 of 353 · 68.91
2018–19 17–16 – #207 of 353 · 14.60
2017–18 15–17 – #191 of 351 · 28.28
2016–17 19–11 – #144 of 351 · 47.34
2015–16 20–13 – #131 of 351 · 57.51
2014–15 23–10 – #129 of 351 · 53.74
2013–14 26–7 – #45 of 351 · 111.12
2012–13 22–9 – #61 of 347 · 93.20
2011–12 16–13 – #126 of 345 · 55.61
2010–11 14–15 – #154 of 346 · 41.66
2009–10 11–18 – #225 of 335 · 9.22
2008–09 26–7 – #48 of 330 · 105.57