The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Rutgers

Big Ten · 2–0

Power+9.4#82 of 365
Résumé+0.18#153 · wins above average
Movement+8up from #90 last week
Best winNew Haven (81–54)
Schedule faced-15.2 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-0.9 avg opponent
Returning production64% of last season's win shares · #14 of 364
Incoming production10.5 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#120 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 2 games, w is 20%, so the preseason prior is 80% of this rating — mostly preseason, for now. Every game played shrinks that share.

PartValueWeightAdds
Margin counted+30.1 avg× 20%+6.0
Opponents faced-15.2 avg× 20%-3.0
Preseason prior+8.0× 80%+6.4
Power+9.4

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 New Haven W 81–54 +25.6 +1.4 +1.3
3 vs NJIT W 101–64 +29.4 +7.6 +1.7
Preseason prior (80% of the rating)+6.4
Power+9.4

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Bryant +26.3 99%
4 N Houston -21.2 3%
5 vs Sacred Heart +22.2 98%
8 vs Army +22.6 98%

Season by season

Best finish: #35 in 2019–20. 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): #227 of 326 (10-19)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #94 of 326 (19-13)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #260 of 326 (10-19)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #254 of 328 (11-20)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #215 of 330 (11-21)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #232 of 335 (15-17)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #138 of 346 (15-17)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #157 of 345 (14-16)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #146 of 347 (15-16)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #220 of 351 (12-21)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #290 of 351 (10-22)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #338 of 351 (7-25)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #198 of 351 (15-18)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #166 of 351 (15-19)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #133 of 353 (14-17)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #35 of 353 (19-11)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #41 of 347 (16-12)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #78 of 358 (18-14)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #41 of 363 (19-15)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #96 of 362 (15-17)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #72 of 364 (15-17)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #110 of 365 (14-20) 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 14–20 #110 of 365 · 4.07 –
2024–25 15–17 #72 of 364 · 8.98 –
2023–24 15–17 #96 of 362 · 6.42 –
2022–23 19–15 #41 of 363 · 12.26 –
2021–22 18–14 #78 of 358 · 8.14 –
2020–21 16–12 #41 of 347 · 10.79 –
2019–20 19–11 – #35 of 353 · 103.53
2018–19 14–17 – #133 of 353 · 47.13
2017–18 15–19 – #166 of 351 · 40.49
2016–17 15–18 – #198 of 351 · 29.41
2015–16 7–25 – #338 of 351 · -66.21
2014–15 10–22 – #290 of 351 · -18.94
2013–14 12–21 – #220 of 351 · 16.71
2012–13 15–16 – #146 of 347 · 39.03
2011–12 14–16 – #157 of 345 · 41.74
2010–11 15–17 – #138 of 346 · 49.75
2009–10 15–17 – #232 of 335 · 6.80
2008–09 11–21 – #215 of 330 · 12.13
2007–08 11–20 – #254 of 328 · -9.18
2006–07 10–19 – #260 of 326 · -12.54
2005–06 19–13 – #94 of 326 · 68.76
2004–05 10–19 – #227 of 326 · 9.25