The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Southeast Missouri State

OVC · 2–1

Power-4.5#208 of 365
Résumé+0.17#157 · wins above average
Movement+5up from #213 last week
Best winLipscomb (86–79)
Worst lossSouth Carolina (68–78)
Schedule faced-7.5 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-9.7 avg opponent
Returning production26% of last season's win shares · #161 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production1.6 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+6.8 avg× 27%+1.8
Opponents faced-7.5 avg× 27%-2.0
Preseason prior-6.0× 73%-4.3
Power-4.5

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 Lipscomb W 86–79 +0.0 +7.0 +0.1
2 vs Webster non-D1 W 90–65 +31.6 -6.6 -0.4
2 at South Carolina L 68–78 -15.6 +5.6 +0.1
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-4.3
Power-4.5

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 at Middle Tennessee -4.8 33%
4 vs Midway University non-D1 +31.6 100%
4 at St. Thomas-Minnesota -8.2 23%
5 vs Purdue Fort Wayne +6.5 72%
5 at Kansas City +5.8 70%
6 at Wichita State -19.3 4%
10 at Eastern Illinois +6.1 71%
10 vs Southern Indiana +11.2 84%

Season by season

Best finish: #158 in 2013–14. 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): #179 of 326 (15-14)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #291 of 326 (7-20)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #304 of 326 (11-20)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #291 of 328 (12-19)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #328 of 330 (3-27)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #306 of 335 (7-23)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #305 of 346 (10-22)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #206 of 345 (15-16)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #203 of 347 (15-16)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #158 of 351 (18-14)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #227 of 351 (13-17)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #337 of 351 (5-24)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #234 of 351 (15-18)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #252 of 351 (14-17)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #304 of 353 (8-21)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #335 of 353 (5-24)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #301 of 347 (11-16)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #264 of 358 (14-18)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #252 of 363 (19-17)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #344 of 362 (9-22)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #205 of 364 (21-12)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #208 of 365 (20-13) 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 20–13 #208 of 365 · -3.42 –
2024–25 21–12 #205 of 364 · -3.07 –
2023–24 9–22 #344 of 362 · -15.42 –
2022–23 19–17 #252 of 363 · -5.58 –
2021–22 14–18 #264 of 358 · -6.72 –
2020–21 11–16 #301 of 347 · -9.50 –
2019–20 5–24 – #335 of 353 · -62.83
2018–19 8–21 – #304 of 353 · -32.96
2017–18 14–17 – #252 of 351 · 1.58
2016–17 15–18 – #234 of 351 · 10.68
2015–16 5–24 – #337 of 351 · -62.55
2014–15 13–17 – #227 of 351 · 13.78
2013–14 18–14 – #158 of 351 · 41.73
2012–13 15–16 – #203 of 347 · 18.10
2011–12 15–16 – #206 of 345 · 18.58
2010–11 10–22 – #305 of 346 · -33.55
2009–10 7–23 – #306 of 335 · -43.39
2008–09 3–27 – #328 of 330 · -103.19
2007–08 12–19 – #291 of 328 · -27.38
2006–07 11–20 – #304 of 326 · -41.06
2005–06 7–20 – #291 of 326 · -29.78
2004–05 15–14 – #179 of 326 · 26.20