The MRI
2025–26 · Final

SMU

ACC · 20–14

Power+14.0#43 of 365
Résumé+9.65#55 · wins above average
Trendrating by week
Best winLouisville (95–85)
Worst lossSyracuse (78–79)
Schedule faced+8.4 avg opponent

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 number that moves a rating, rather than the win or loss alone.

WkOpponentResult ExpectedPerf
1 vs Tarleton State W 96–76 +21.7 -1.7
1 vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W 69–58 +18.6 -7.6
2 vs Murray State W 102–91 +13.2 -2.2
2 vs Butler W 87–85 +9.3 -7.3
3 vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff W 106–60 +31.8 +14.2
3 vs Arkansas State W 100–69 +12.8 +18.2
4 vs Radford W 89–72 +21.0 -4.0
4 at Mississippi State W 87–81 +5.1 +0.9
5 at Vanderbilt L 69–88 -10.4 -8.6
5 N Texas A&M W 93–80 -1.6 +14.6
6 N LSU L 77–89 +4.5 -16.5
7 vs Central Arkansas W 99–82 +18.5 -1.5
8 vs Cal State Fullerton W 110–63 +21.2 +25.8
9 vs North Carolina W 97–83 -1.0 +15.0
10 at Clemson L 70–74 -4.7 +0.7
10 at Duke L 75–82 -20.6 +13.6
11 vs Virginia Tech W 77–76 +7.7 -6.7
11 vs Virginia L 68–72 -1.6 -2.4
12 at Wake Forest W 91–79 +2.4 +9.6
12 vs Florida State W 83–80 +8.0 -5.0
13 at Louisville L 74–88 -8.7 -5.3
14 vs NC State L 83–84 +2.9 -3.9
14 at Pittsburgh W 86–67 +5.7 +13.3
15 vs Notre Dame W 89–81 +11.7 -3.7
15 at Syracuse L 78–79 +5.2 -6.2
16 vs Louisville W 95–85 -3.2 +13.2
16 vs Boston College W 94–70 +18.3 +5.7
17 at California L 69–73 +4.2 -8.2
17 at Stanford L 75–95 +2.2 -22.2
18 vs Miami L 69–77 +3.2 -11.2
18 at Florida State L 78–91 +2.5 -15.5
19 N Syracuse W 86–69 +7.9 +9.1
19 N Louisville L 58–62 -5.9 +1.9
20 N Miami (OH) L 79–89 +5.6 -15.6

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
Season complete.

Season by season

Best finish: #8 in 2016–17. 22 rated seasons. Two ratings appear here and their numbers are not comparable; the rank is. Season links open that year's game log.

25ClassicMRI 2.0 1 300 2004–05: #123 of 326 (14-13)2005–06: #174 of 326 (13-16)2006–07: #182 of 326 (14-17)2007–08: #295 of 328 (10-20)2008–09: #241 of 330 (9-21)2009–10: #154 of 335 (14-17)2010–11: #168 of 346 (20-15)2011–12: #225 of 345 (13-19)2012–13: #176 of 347 (14-17)2013–14: #26 of 351 (27-10)2014–15: #18 of 351 (27-7)2015–16: #16 of 351 (25-5)2016–17: #8 of 351 (30-5)2017–18: #80 of 351 (17-16)2018–19: #118 of 353 (15-17)2019–20: #87 of 353 (19-11)2020–21: #58 of 347 (11-6)2021–22: #53 of 358 (24-9)2022–23: #186 of 363 (10-22)2023–24: #81 of 362 (20-13)2024–25: #48 of 364 (24-11)2025–26: #43 of 365 (20-14) 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. Each row below says what its rank was out of. Hover a point for the season.

SeasonRankRec Rating 
2025–26 43 of 365 20–14 13.97 Power
2024–25 48 of 364 24–11 12.46 Power
2023–24 81 of 362 20–13 7.77 Power
2022–23 186 of 363 10–22 -0.64 Power
2021–22 53 of 358 24–9 10.39 Power
2020–21 58 of 347 11–6 9.07 Power
2019–20 87 of 353 19–11 75.73 MRI
2018–19 118 of 353 15–17 56.92 MRI
2017–18 80 of 351 17–16 85.33 MRI
2016–17 8 of 351 30–5 193.28 MRI
2015–16 16 of 351 25–5 160.65 MRI
2014–15 18 of 351 27–7 144.23 MRI
2013–14 26 of 351 27–10 140.65 MRI
2012–13 176 of 347 14–17 25.63 MRI
2011–12 225 of 345 13–19 12.38 MRI
2010–11 168 of 346 20–15 35.96 MRI
2009–10 154 of 335 14–17 40.50 MRI
2008–09 241 of 330 9–21 0.60 MRI
2007–08 295 of 328 10–20 -32.28 MRI
2006–07 182 of 326 14–17 25.04 MRI
2005–06 174 of 326 13–16 29.51 MRI
2004–05 123 of 326 14–13 50.07 MRI