The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

SE Louisiana

Southland · 1–2

Power-10.2#293 of 365
Résumé+0.21#145 · wins above average
Movement-7down from #286 last week
Best winLittle Rock (83–79)
Worst lossOle Miss (51–91)
Schedule faced+9.4 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+9.0 avg opponent
Returning production2% of last season's win shares · #324 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production6.8 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 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-17.3 avg× 27%-4.7
Opponents faced+9.4 avg× 27%+2.6
Preseason prior-11.1× 73%-8.1
Power-10.2

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 at Auburn L 59–92 -33.5 +0.5 -1.0
2 at Little Rock W 83–79 -3.8 +7.8 +0.5
3 at Ole Miss L 51–91 -30.6 -9.4 -1.6
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-8.1
Power-10.2

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
4 at Texas A&M -34.3 0%
4 at Kennesaw State -15.3 8%
5 N Northern Colorado -9.1 20%
6 at George Washington -22.4 2%
6 at Saint Louis -31.9 0%
9 at Dayton -17.2 6%

Season by season

Best finish: #87 in 2004–05. 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): #87 of 326 (23-9)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #160 of 326 (16-12)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #224 of 326 (16-14)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #163 of 328 (17-13)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #188 of 330 (13-17)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #177 of 335 (19-12)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #218 of 346 (15-14)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #262 of 345 (12-17)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #274 of 347 (11-18)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #293 of 351 (12-18)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #293 of 351 (9-23)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #305 of 351 (12-21)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #191 of 351 (16-16)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #188 of 351 (22-12)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #202 of 353 (15-16)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #341 of 353 (5-23)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #321 of 347 (8-18)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #267 of 358 (19-15)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #261 of 363 (18-14)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #287 of 362 (15-17)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #220 of 364 (18-14)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #293 of 365 (9-22) 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 9–22 #293 of 365 · -9.59 –
2024–25 18–14 #220 of 364 · -3.70 –
2023–24 15–17 #287 of 362 · -7.80 –
2022–23 18–14 #261 of 363 · -6.09 –
2021–22 19–15 #267 of 358 · -7.00 –
2020–21 8–18 #321 of 347 · -12.30 –
2019–20 5–23 – #341 of 353 · -71.83
2018–19 15–16 – #202 of 353 · 15.88
2017–18 22–12 – #188 of 351 · 29.84
2016–17 16–16 – #191 of 351 · 31.76
2015–16 12–21 – #305 of 351 · -31.89
2014–15 9–23 – #293 of 351 · -20.58
2013–14 12–18 – #293 of 351 · -22.50
2012–13 11–18 – #274 of 347 · -21.41
2011–12 12–17 – #262 of 345 · -7.38
2010–11 15–14 – #218 of 346 · 16.19
2009–10 19–12 – #177 of 335 · 32.27
2008–09 13–17 – #188 of 330 · 25.19
2007–08 17–13 – #163 of 328 · 34.97
2006–07 16–14 – #224 of 326 · 6.34
2005–06 16–12 – #160 of 326 · 34.57
2004–05 23–9 – #87 of 326 · 70.01