The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Tarleton State

UAC · 2–1

Power-4.6#213 of 365
Résumé-0.54#325 · wins above average
Movement-3down from #210 last week
Best winCameron (86–60)
Worst lossSan Diego (90–96)
Schedule faced-18.8 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-6.1 avg opponent
Returning production15% of last season's win shares · #232 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production10.6 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 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+14.4 avg× 27%+3.9
Opponents faced-18.8 avg× 27%-5.1
Preseason prior-4.7× 73%-3.4
Power-4.6

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 Cameron non-D1 W 86–60 +31.6 -5.6 -0.1
2 at San Diego L 90–96 -2.1 -3.9 -0.6
3 vs UT Dallas non-D1 W 76–57 +31.6 -12.6 -0.5
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-3.4
Power-4.6

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Alcorn State +19.4 96%
4 at Drake -9.1 20%
4 at USC -27.6 1%
5 at Weber State +4.6 66%
5 at Texas Southern +7.0 74%
6 at Pittsburgh -17.3 6%
11 vs Central Arkansas -0.1 50%
11 vs Little Rock +7.8 76%

Season by season

Best finish: #134 in 2023–24. 6 seasons rated. Season links open that year's game log.

25 1 300 2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #249 of 347 (10-10)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #224 of 358 (14-17)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #161 of 363 (17-17)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #134 of 362 (25-10)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #280 of 364 (12-20)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #236 of 365 (14-18) 2020–21 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. Hover a point for the season.

SeasonRec MRI 2.0MRI Classic
2025–26 14–18 #236 of 365 · -5.47 –
2024–25 12–20 #280 of 364 · -8.14 –
2023–24 25–10 #134 of 362 · 2.71 –
2022–23 17–17 #161 of 363 · 0.45 –
2021–22 14–17 #224 of 358 · -3.44 –
2020–21 10–10 #249 of 347 · -5.64 –