The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Old Dominion

Sun Belt · 4–0

Power-2.4#175 of 365
Résumé+0.73#51 · wins above average
Movement+24up from #199 last week
Best winWestern Michigan (61–49)
Schedule faced-18.8 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-3.6 avg opponent
Returning production27% of last season's win shares · #147 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production3.3 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+26.9 avg× 33%+9.0
Opponents faced-18.8 avg× 33%-6.3
Preseason prior-7.6× 67%-5.1
Power-2.4

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 Western Michigan W 61–49 +0.7 +11.3 +0.8
2 vs Regent non-D1 W 91–47 +33.8 +10.2 -0.5
2 at Bucknell W 82–62 +11.8 +8.2 +1.6
3 at Norfolk State W 71–60 +10.2 +0.8 +0.8
Preseason prior (67% of the rating)-5.1
Power-2.4

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Longwood +4.9 67%
4 at Virginia -27.3 1%
5 vs Hampton +9.2 80%
5 at Virginia Tech -21.1 3%
6 vs Richmond -4.2 35%
8 at Marshall -3.3 38%
8 at South Alabama -0.7 48%
10 vs Charleston Southern +9.6 81%

Season by season

Best finish: #16 in 2009–10. 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): #43 of 326 (28-6)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #52 of 326 (24-10)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #44 of 326 (24-9)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #110 of 328 (18-16)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #49 of 330 (25-10)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #16 of 335 (27-9)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #26 of 346 (27-7)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #87 of 345 (19-12)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #265 of 347 (5-25)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #148 of 351 (18-18)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #29 of 351 (27-8)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #52 of 351 (25-13)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #88 of 351 (19-12)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #34 of 351 (25-7)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #62 of 353 (26-9)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #168 of 353 (13-19)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #154 of 347 (15-8)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #192 of 358 (13-19)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #186 of 363 (19-12)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #296 of 362 (7-25)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #290 of 364 (15-20)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #252 of 365 (12-21) 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 12–21 #252 of 365 · -6.31 –
2024–25 15–20 #290 of 364 · -8.85 –
2023–24 7–25 #296 of 362 · -8.33 –
2022–23 19–12 #186 of 363 · -0.97 –
2021–22 13–19 #192 of 358 · -1.06 –
2020–21 15–8 #154 of 347 · 0.74 –
2019–20 13–19 – #168 of 353 · 36.34
2018–19 26–9 – #62 of 353 · 86.84
2017–18 25–7 – #34 of 351 · 122.69
2016–17 19–12 – #88 of 351 · 77.78
2015–16 25–13 – #52 of 351 · 105.76
2014–15 27–8 – #29 of 351 · 127.69
2013–14 18–18 – #148 of 351 · 45.12
2012–13 5–25 – #265 of 347 · -18.17
2011–12 19–12 – #87 of 345 · 78.15
2010–11 27–7 – #26 of 346 · 131.14
2009–10 27–9 – #16 of 335 · 148.28
2008–09 25–10 – #49 of 330 · 105.16
2007–08 18–16 – #110 of 328 · 62.26
2006–07 24–9 – #44 of 326 · 115.11
2005–06 24–10 – #52 of 326 · 95.92
2004–05 28–6 – #43 of 326 · 102.31