The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Southern Utah

Big Sky · 3–1

Power-6.2#241 of 365
Résumé-0.09#201 · wins above average
Movement-22down from #219 last week
Best winWest Coast Baptist (134–69)
Worst lossHigh Point (59–88)
Schedule faced-23.7 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-4.2 avg opponent
Returning production30% of last season's win shares · #124 of 364
Incoming production2.9 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#157 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 4 games, w is 33%, so the preseason prior is 67% of this rating — mostly preseason, for now. Every game played shrinks that share.

PartValueWeightAdds
Margin counted+23.8 avg× 33%+7.9
Opponents faced-23.7 avg× 33%-7.9
Preseason prior-9.4× 67%-6.2
Power-6.2

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 vs West Coast Baptist non-D1 W 134–69 +29.9 +35.1 +0.7
2 vs Grace University non-D1 W 97–53 +29.9 +14.1 +0.7
2 vs Bethesda University non-D1 W 143–49 +29.9 +64.1 -0.2
3 at High Point L 59–88 -23.1 -5.9 -1.2
Preseason prior (67% of the rating)-6.2
Power-6.2

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 at Wake Forest -18.5 5%
4 at Texas -30.4 0%
5 N Arkansas State -3.2 39%
5 at Florida International -6.8 27%
5 N Long Beach State +2.6 59%
6 vs Idaho State +10.3 82%
6 vs Weber State +8.9 79%
7 at San José State -3.0 39%

Season by season

Best finish: #94 in 2020–21. 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): #285 of 326 (13-14)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #290 of 326 (10-20)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #190 of 326 (16-14)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #210 of 328 (11-19)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #256 of 330 (11-20)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #316 of 335 (7-22)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #263 of 346 (11-19)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #218 of 345 (13-17)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #298 of 347 (9-20)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #351 of 351 (2-27)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #317 of 351 (10-19)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #340 of 351 (5-24)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #336 of 351 (6-27)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #282 of 351 (13-19)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #250 of 353 (15-17)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #157 of 353 (15-15)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #94 of 347 (20-4)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #130 of 358 (23-12)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #105 of 363 (24-13)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #236 of 362 (10-21)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #294 of 364 (12-19)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #286 of 365 (10-22) 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 10–22 #286 of 365 · -9.04 –
2024–25 12–19 #294 of 364 · -9.18 –
2023–24 10–21 #236 of 362 · -4.48 –
2022–23 24–13 #105 of 363 · 4.87 –
2021–22 23–12 #130 of 358 · 3.20 –
2020–21 20–4 #94 of 347 · 6.30 –
2019–20 15–15 – #157 of 353 · 39.19
2018–19 15–17 – #250 of 353 · -4.26
2017–18 13–19 – #282 of 351 · -14.60
2016–17 6–27 – #336 of 351 · -65.42
2015–16 5–24 – #340 of 351 · -69.35
2014–15 10–19 – #317 of 351 · -33.26
2013–14 2–27 – #351 of 351 · -115.24
2012–13 9–20 – #298 of 347 · -31.12
2011–12 13–17 – #218 of 345 · 13.78
2010–11 11–19 – #263 of 346 · -7.83
2009–10 7–22 – #316 of 335 · -55.47
2008–09 11–20 – #256 of 330 · -5.00
2007–08 11–19 – #210 of 328 · 13.13
2006–07 16–14 – #190 of 326 · 21.61
2005–06 10–20 – #290 of 326 · -27.41
2004–05 13–14 – #285 of 326 · -23.36