The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Northern Colorado

Big Sky · 2–1

Power-1.2#155 of 365
Résumé-0.09#202 · wins above average
Movement+14up from #169 last week
Best winColorado College (117–64)
Worst lossArizona State (63–90)
Schedule faced-16.6 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-6.3 avg opponent
Returning production18% of last season's win shares · #214 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production3.9 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+17.5 avg× 27%+4.8
Opponents faced-16.6 avg× 27%-4.5
Preseason prior-2.0× 73%-1.5
Power-1.2

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 Colorado College non-D1 W 117–64 +35.0 +18.0 +0.8
2 at Arizona State L 63–90 -18.1 -8.9 -1.2
3 vs Northern New Mexico non-D1 W 102–52 +35.0 +15.0 +0.7
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-1.5
Power-1.2

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs South Dakota State +2.2 58%
4 at BYU -24.7 1%
4 vs Justice College non-D1 +35.0 100%
5 N SE Louisiana +9.1 80%
5 at San Diego +1.3 55%
6 vs Idaho +5.1 68%
6 vs Eastern Washington +7.2 74%
10 at Montana -0.9 47%

Season by season

Best finish: #72 in 2017–18. 19 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 2007–08 (MRI Classic): #213 of 328 (13-16)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #208 of 330 (14-18)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #76 of 335 (25-8)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #87 of 346 (21-11)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #247 of 345 (7-19)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #220 of 347 (11-18)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #175 of 351 (18-14)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #200 of 351 (15-15)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #302 of 351 (10-21)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #263 of 351 (11-18)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #72 of 351 (26-12)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #143 of 353 (19-11)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #78 of 353 (20-9)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #166 of 347 (11-11)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #196 of 358 (22-16)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #250 of 363 (12-20)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #208 of 362 (19-14)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #123 of 364 (25-10)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #146 of 365 (20-12) MRI 2.0Classic 2007–08 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 20–12 #146 of 365 · 0.90 –
2024–25 25–10 #123 of 364 · 2.78 –
2023–24 19–14 #208 of 362 · -3.53 –
2022–23 12–20 #250 of 363 · -5.36 –
2021–22 22–16 #196 of 358 · -1.56 –
2020–21 11–11 #166 of 347 · -0.17 –
2019–20 20–9 – #78 of 353 · 78.92
2018–19 19–11 – #143 of 353 · 42.43
2017–18 26–12 – #72 of 351 · 89.64
2016–17 11–18 – #263 of 351 · -5.70
2015–16 10–21 – #302 of 351 · -28.19
2014–15 15–15 – #200 of 351 · 24.83
2013–14 18–14 – #175 of 351 · 35.56
2012–13 11–18 – #220 of 347 · 7.50
2011–12 7–19 – #247 of 345 · -0.84
2010–11 21–11 – #87 of 346 · 77.59
2009–10 25–8 – #76 of 335 · 85.48
2008–09 14–18 – #208 of 330 · 19.03
2007–08 13–16 – #213 of 328 · 10.50