The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Northeastern

CAA · 1–2

Power-8.2#266 of 365
Résumé-0.17#219 · wins above average
Movement+14up from #280 last week
Best winHarvard (74–70)
Worst lossBoston University (85–93)
Schedule faced+5.7 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-0.7 avg opponent
Returning production39% of last season's win shares · #71 of 364
Incoming production1.3 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#174 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-10.2 avg× 27%-2.8
Opponents faced+5.7 avg× 27%+1.6
Preseason prior-9.6× 73%-7.0
Power-8.2

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 at Boston University L 85–93 -4.5 -3.5 -1.0
2 at Virginia L 72–97 -33.1 +8.1 -0.2
3 vs Harvard W 74–70 -7.1 +11.1 +0.0
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-7.0
Power-8.2

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Yale -8.6 22%
4 at Butler -19.8 4%
4 at Stonehill +4.3 65%
5 at Wisconsin -27.6 1%
5 at Northwestern -23.1 2%
7 at Boston College -18.2 5%
10 at Charleston -15.4 8%
10 at UNC Wilmington -15.0 9%

Season by season

Best finish: #68 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 1 400 2004–05 (MRI Classic): #111 of 326 (21-10)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #127 of 326 (19-11)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #243 of 326 (13-19)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #168 of 328 (14-17)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #107 of 330 (19-13)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #100 of 335 (20-13)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #243 of 346 (11-20)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #248 of 345 (14-17)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #165 of 347 (20-12)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #244 of 351 (11-21)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #110 of 351 (23-12)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #176 of 351 (18-15)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #196 of 351 (15-16)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #75 of 351 (23-10)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #68 of 353 (23-11)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #120 of 353 (17-16)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #170 of 347 (10-9)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #263 of 358 (9-22)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #309 of 363 (10-20)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #262 of 362 (12-20)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #209 of 364 (17-15)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #290 of 365 (7-24) 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 7–24 #290 of 365 · -9.13 –
2024–25 17–15 #209 of 364 · -3.15 –
2023–24 12–20 #262 of 362 · -5.96 –
2022–23 10–20 #309 of 363 · -9.47 –
2021–22 9–22 #263 of 358 · -6.35 –
2020–21 10–9 #170 of 347 · -0.37 –
2019–20 17–16 – #120 of 353 · 54.18
2018–19 23–11 – #68 of 353 · 82.46
2017–18 23–10 – #75 of 351 · 87.55
2016–17 15–16 – #196 of 351 · 30.05
2015–16 18–15 – #176 of 351 · 35.86
2014–15 23–12 – #110 of 351 · 64.41
2013–14 11–21 – #244 of 351 · 8.04
2012–13 20–12 – #165 of 347 · 33.64
2011–12 14–17 – #248 of 345 · -0.89
2010–11 11–20 – #243 of 346 · 0.94
2009–10 20–13 – #100 of 335 · 67.58
2008–09 19–13 – #107 of 330 · 62.25
2007–08 14–17 – #168 of 328 · 31.15
2006–07 13–19 – #243 of 326 · -5.35
2005–06 19–11 – #127 of 326 · 49.22
2004–05 21–10 – #111 of 326 · 53.78