The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

South Dakota State

Summit · 3–0

Power-0.4#150 of 365
Résumé+1.21#22 · wins above average
Movement+12up from #162 last week
Best winKansas State (68–66)
Schedule faced-5.6 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-8.3 avg opponent
Returning production41% of last season's win shares · #61 of 364
Incoming production1.3 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+14.2 avg× 27%+3.9
Opponents faced-5.6 avg× 27%-1.5
Preseason prior-3.8× 73%-2.8
Power-0.4

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 at Kansas State W 68–66 -9.4 +11.4 +1.6
2 vs Briar Cliff non-D1 W 71–49 +35.7 -13.7 -0.2
3 vs Valparaiso W 81–69 +1.6 +10.4 +1.0
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-2.8
Power-0.4

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 at Northern Colorado -2.2 42%
4 vs Mayville State non-D1 +35.7 100%
4 at Idaho State +10.2 82%
5 vs Abilene Christian +13.3 89%
5 N South Alabama +4.2 65%
5 N Fresno State +6.9 73%
10 at Nevada -14.1 10%
11 at Kansas City +9.9 82%

Season by season

Best finish: #36 in 2011–12. 18 seasons rated. The two columns' numbers are not comparable; the rank within each is. Season links open that year's game log.

25 1 250 2008–09 (MRI Classic): #242 of 330 (13-20)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #186 of 335 (14-16)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #93 of 346 (19-12)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #36 of 345 (24-8)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #76 of 347 (22-9)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #113 of 351 (19-13)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #63 of 351 (24-11)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #44 of 351 (26-8)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #208 of 351 (18-17)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #47 of 351 (28-7)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #54 of 353 (23-9)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #115 of 353 (20-10)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #88 of 347 (16-7)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #53 of 358 (30-5)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #149 of 363 (19-13)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #137 of 362 (22-13)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #128 of 364 (20-12)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #199 of 365 (14-18) MRI 2.0Classic 2008–09 2025–26

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 250 — 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 14–18 #199 of 365 · -2.36 –
2024–25 20–12 #128 of 364 · 2.38 –
2023–24 22–13 #137 of 362 · 2.60 –
2022–23 19–13 #149 of 363 · 1.42 –
2021–22 30–5 #53 of 358 · 10.62 –
2020–21 16–7 #88 of 347 · 7.12 –
2019–20 20–10 – #115 of 353 · 57.18
2018–19 23–9 – #54 of 353 · 94.77
2017–18 28–7 – #47 of 351 · 107.52
2016–17 18–17 – #208 of 351 · 24.89
2015–16 26–8 – #44 of 351 · 111.27
2014–15 24–11 – #63 of 351 · 89.98
2013–14 19–13 – #113 of 351 · 62.28
2012–13 22–9 – #76 of 347 · 76.08
2011–12 24–8 – #36 of 345 · 114.73
2010–11 19–12 – #93 of 346 · 74.05
2009–10 14–16 – #186 of 335 · 27.53
2008–09 13–20 – #242 of 330 · 0.58