The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Rhode Island

A-10 · 4–0

Power+4.1#113 of 365
Résumé+0.71#55 · wins above average
Movement-10down from #103 last week
Best winMonmouth (84–66)
Schedule faced-11.9 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-5.3 avg opponent
Returning production30% of last season's win shares · #123 of 364
Incoming production7.1 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#97 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 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+20.8 avg× 33%+6.9
Opponents faced-11.9 avg× 33%-4.0
Preseason prior+1.7× 67%+1.2
Power+4.1

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 Holy Cross W 103–59 +23.4 +20.6 +1.7
2 N Monmouth W 84–66 +5.8 +12.2 +2.0
3 vs Maine W 71–65 +20.2 -14.2 -1.0
3 vs Maryland Eastern Shore W 67–47 +23.4 -3.4 +0.2
Preseason prior (67% of the rating)+1.2
Power+4.1

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Princeton +8.7 79%
4 N Liberty +2.4 58%
5 N UAB +4.9 67%
5 vs American International non-D1 +40.3 100%
6 vs Brown +16.1 93%
6 vs Providence -5.4 31%
9 vs Buffalo +13.5 89%

Season by season

Best finish: #29 in 2017–18. 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): #264 of 326 (6-21)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #146 of 326 (14-14)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #155 of 326 (19-14)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #63 of 328 (21-12)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #60 of 330 (23-11)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #59 of 335 (26-10)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #130 of 346 (20-14)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #278 of 345 (7-24)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #249 of 347 (8-21)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #163 of 351 (14-18)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #52 of 351 (23-10)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #85 of 351 (17-15)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #31 of 351 (25-10)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #29 of 351 (26-8)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #111 of 353 (18-15)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #42 of 353 (21-9)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #119 of 347 (10-15)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #149 of 358 (15-16)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #256 of 363 (9-22)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #249 of 362 (12-20)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #159 of 364 (18-13)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #140 of 365 (16-16) 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 16–16 #140 of 365 · 1.58 –
2024–25 18–13 #159 of 364 · 0.03 –
2023–24 12–20 #249 of 362 · -5.31 –
2022–23 9–22 #256 of 363 · -5.86 –
2021–22 15–16 #149 of 358 · 2.04 –
2020–21 10–15 #119 of 347 · 4.20 –
2019–20 21–9 – #42 of 353 · 96.65
2018–19 18–15 – #111 of 353 · 59.05
2017–18 26–8 – #29 of 351 · 127.06
2016–17 25–10 – #31 of 351 · 121.26
2015–16 17–15 – #85 of 351 · 80.20
2014–15 23–10 – #52 of 351 · 99.11
2013–14 14–18 – #163 of 351 · 40.51
2012–13 8–21 – #249 of 347 · -7.38
2011–12 7–24 – #278 of 345 · -14.94
2010–11 20–14 – #130 of 346 · 52.79
2009–10 26–10 – #59 of 335 · 102.03
2008–09 23–11 – #60 of 330 · 95.10
2007–08 21–12 – #63 of 328 · 91.66
2006–07 19–14 – #155 of 326 · 36.23
2005–06 14–14 – #146 of 326 · 39.97
2004–05 6–21 – #264 of 326 · -10.80