The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Pennsylvania

Ivy · 1–2

Power+0.5#142 of 365
Résumé-0.21#225 · wins above average
Movement+4up from #146 last week
Best winHoward (78–65)
Worst lossNavy (76–81)
Schedule faced+7.4 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-4.5 avg opponent
Returning production78% of last season's win shares · #8 of 364
Incoming production0.4 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#146 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-8.2 avg× 27%-2.2
Opponents faced+7.4 avg× 27%+2.0
Preseason prior+1.0× 73%+0.7
Power+0.5

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 Illinois L 70–112 -31.5 -10.5 -0.7
3 vs Howard W 78–65 +5.6 +7.4 +0.8
3 at Navy L 76–81 +2.1 -7.1 -0.3
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)+0.7
Power+0.5

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 at Saint Joseph's -5.5 31%
4 vs DeSales non-D1 +36.7 100%
4 at La Salle +2.1 57%
5 vs Drexel +11.1 84%
5 vs Towson +3.7 63%
5 vs Bucknell +20.5 97%
9 vs American University +4.3 65%
11 at Princeton -0.8 47%

Season by season

Best finish: #51 in 2004–05. 21 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): #51 of 326 (20-9)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #65 of 326 (20-9)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #68 of 326 (22-9)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #292 of 328 (13-18)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #258 of 330 (10-18)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #305 of 335 (6-22)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #215 of 346 (13-15)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #140 of 345 (19-12)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #299 of 347 (9-22)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #301 of 351 (8-20)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #295 of 351 (9-19)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #251 of 351 (11-17)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #183 of 351 (13-15)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #102 of 351 (24-9)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #122 of 353 (18-12)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #193 of 353 (15-11)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #309 of 358 (12-16)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #171 of 363 (17-13)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #200 of 362 (11-18)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #293 of 364 (8-19)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #167 of 365 (18-12) 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 18–12 #167 of 365 · -0.53 –
2024–25 8–19 #293 of 364 · -9.10 –
2023–24 11–18 #200 of 362 · -3.04 –
2022–23 17–13 #171 of 363 · -0.11 –
2021–22 12–16 #309 of 358 · -10.73 –
2019–20 15–11 – #193 of 353 · 23.55
2018–19 18–12 – #122 of 353 · 53.75
2017–18 24–9 – #102 of 351 · 71.46
2016–17 13–15 – #183 of 351 · 34.82
2015–16 11–17 – #251 of 351 · -3.74
2014–15 9–19 – #295 of 351 · -22.26
2013–14 8–20 – #301 of 351 · -27.71
2012–13 9–22 – #299 of 347 · -31.25
2011–12 19–12 – #140 of 345 · 48.43
2010–11 13–15 – #215 of 346 · 17.19
2009–10 6–22 – #305 of 335 · -40.43
2008–09 10–18 – #258 of 330 · -6.66
2007–08 13–18 – #292 of 328 · -27.67
2006–07 22–9 – #68 of 326 · 90.88
2005–06 20–9 – #65 of 326 · 88.86
2004–05 20–9 – #51 of 326 · 97.75