The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Southern Illinois

MVC · 2–1

Power-0.1#145 of 365
Résumé-0.21#226 · wins above average
Movement+14up from #159 last week
Best winRichmond (80–70)
Worst lossKansas City (93–100)
Schedule faced-11.3 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-2.6 avg opponent
Returning production32% of last season's win shares · #109 of 364
Incoming production0.0 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#150 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 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+13.5 avg× 27%+3.7
Opponents faced-11.3 avg× 27%-3.1
Preseason prior-0.9× 73%-0.7
Power-0.1

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 Maryville University (MO) non-D1 W 82–40 +36.1 +5.9 +1.0
2 at Kansas City L 93–100 +10.2 -17.2 -1.4
3 vs Richmond W 80–70 -1.9 +11.9 +1.0
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-0.7
Power-0.1

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
4 N Liberty -1.8 43%
4 N UT Martin +4.2 65%
5 vs Portland State +8.3 78%

Season by season

Best finish: #29 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 1 300 2004–05 (MRI Classic): #29 of 326 (27-8)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #62 of 326 (22-11)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #43 of 326 (29-7)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #70 of 328 (18-15)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #207 of 330 (13-18)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #143 of 335 (15-15)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #237 of 346 (13-19)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #260 of 345 (8-23)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #209 of 347 (13-17)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #170 of 351 (14-19)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #217 of 351 (12-21)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #105 of 351 (22-10)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #174 of 351 (17-16)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #147 of 351 (20-13)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #140 of 353 (17-15)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #205 of 353 (15-16)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #222 of 347 (12-14)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #150 of 358 (16-15)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #124 of 363 (23-10)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #128 of 362 (19-13)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #202 of 364 (14-19)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #135 of 365 (16-16) MRI 2.0Classic 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. 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 16–16 #135 of 365 · 2.20 –
2024–25 14–19 #202 of 364 · -2.53 –
2023–24 19–13 #128 of 362 · 2.99 –
2022–23 23–10 #124 of 363 · 3.25 –
2021–22 16–15 #150 of 358 · 2.03 –
2020–21 12–14 #222 of 347 · -3.46 –
2019–20 15–16 – #205 of 353 · 15.80
2018–19 17–15 – #140 of 353 · 45.13
2017–18 20–13 – #147 of 351 · 49.37
2016–17 17–16 – #174 of 351 · 37.67
2015–16 22–10 – #105 of 351 · 69.48
2014–15 12–21 – #217 of 351 · 18.06
2013–14 14–19 – #170 of 351 · 37.86
2012–13 13–17 – #209 of 347 · 13.39
2011–12 8–23 – #260 of 345 · -6.42
2010–11 13–19 – #237 of 346 · 4.34
2009–10 15–15 – #143 of 335 · 48.60
2008–09 13–18 – #207 of 330 · 19.33
2007–08 18–15 – #70 of 328 · 87.63
2006–07 29–7 – #43 of 326 · 115.46
2005–06 22–11 – #62 of 326 · 90.06
2004–05 27–8 – #29 of 326 · 115.31