The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

St. Bonaventure

A-10 · 2–1

Power+1.5#135 of 365
Résumé-0.26#234 · wins above average
Movement+17up from #152 last week
Best winCornell (88–64)
Worst lossYoungstown State (71–79)
Schedule faced-8.5 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-6.7 avg opponent
Returning production10% of last season's win shares · #273 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production4.1 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+18.2 avg× 27%+5.0
Opponents faced-8.5 avg× 27%-2.3
Preseason prior-1.6× 73%-1.2
Power+1.5

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 Youngstown State L 71–79 +8.9 -16.9 -2.3
2 at Canisius W 88–49 +16.0 +23.0 +3.1
3 vs Cornell W 88–64 +7.8 +16.2 +1.9
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-1.2
Power+1.5

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Lafayette +15.2 92%
4 vs Buffalo +10.8 84%
5 N App State +3.1 61%
5 N Wright State -4.8 33%
5 N Belmont -2.1 42%
6 vs Florida Atlantic +3.2 61%
7 at Siena +0.1 50%
8 vs UAlbany +19.0 96%

Season by season

Best finish: #39 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): #324 of 326 (2-26)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #251 of 326 (8-19)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #318 of 326 (7-22)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #275 of 328 (8-22)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #194 of 330 (15-15)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #151 of 335 (15-16)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #180 of 346 (16-15)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #82 of 345 (20-12)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #155 of 347 (14-15)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #79 of 351 (18-15)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #108 of 351 (18-13)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #79 of 351 (22-9)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #82 of 351 (20-12)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #59 of 351 (26-8)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #103 of 353 (18-16)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #111 of 353 (18-12)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #39 of 347 (16-5)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #72 of 358 (23-10)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #180 of 363 (14-18)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #100 of 362 (20-13)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #115 of 364 (22-12)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #136 of 365 (17-17) 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 17–17 #136 of 365 · 2.11 –
2024–25 22–12 #115 of 364 · 3.77 –
2023–24 20–13 #100 of 362 · 5.77 –
2022–23 14–18 #180 of 363 · -0.44 –
2021–22 23–10 #72 of 358 · 8.86 –
2020–21 16–5 #39 of 347 · 11.18 –
2019–20 18–12 – #111 of 353 · 60.26
2018–19 18–16 – #103 of 353 · 63.30
2017–18 26–8 – #59 of 351 · 99.22
2016–17 20–12 – #82 of 351 · 81.78
2015–16 22–9 – #79 of 351 · 82.68
2014–15 18–13 – #108 of 351 · 65.18
2013–14 18–15 – #79 of 351 · 80.73
2012–13 14–15 – #155 of 347 · 36.72
2011–12 20–12 – #82 of 345 · 81.50
2010–11 16–15 – #180 of 346 · 32.24
2009–10 15–16 – #151 of 335 · 44.45
2008–09 15–15 – #194 of 330 · 23.20
2007–08 8–22 – #275 of 328 · -18.01
2006–07 7–22 – #318 of 326 · -56.97
2005–06 8–19 – #251 of 326 · -6.29
2004–05 2–26 – #324 of 326 · -92.18