The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Toledo

MAC · 1–3

Power+0.2#143 of 365
Résumé-0.38#276 · wins above average
Movement-9down from #134 last week
Best winMarshall (81–76)
Worst lossArkansas State (70–71)
Schedule faced+7.3 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-1.5 avg opponent
Returning production30% of last season's win shares · #128 of 364
Incoming production3.1 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#137 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-6.7 avg× 33%-2.2
Opponents faced+7.3 avg× 33%+2.4
Preseason prior-0.1× 67%+0.0
Power+0.2

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 at Arkansas State L 70–71 +0.3 -1.3 +0.3
2 at Michigan State L 61–91 -30.8 +0.8 -0.1
2 at Marshall W 81–76 -0.8 +5.8 +1.2
3 vs Wright State L 68–76 -3.2 -4.8 -1.2
Preseason prior (67% of the rating)+0.0
Power+0.2

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 at Detroit Mercy +8.3 78%
4 vs Robert Morris +6.5 72%
5 at Valparaiso -3.7 37%
6 at Ohio -2.4 41%
6 vs Kent State +4.2 65%
7 vs Eastern Michigan +6.4 72%
7 at Western Michigan -2.7 40%
10 at Central Michigan +3.0 61%

Season by season

Best finish: #51 in 2018–19. 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): #114 of 326 (16-13)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #101 of 326 (20-11)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #145 of 326 (19-13)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #293 of 328 (11-19)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #316 of 330 (7-25)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #333 of 335 (4-28)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #341 of 346 (4-28)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #201 of 345 (15-15)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #180 of 347 (15-13)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #54 of 351 (27-7)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #75 of 351 (20-13)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #102 of 351 (17-15)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #121 of 351 (17-17)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #85 of 351 (23-11)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #51 of 353 (24-8)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #149 of 353 (16-15)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #64 of 347 (21-9)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #70 of 358 (26-8)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #80 of 363 (27-8)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #121 of 362 (20-12)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #212 of 364 (18-15)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #139 of 365 (19-15) 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 19–15 #139 of 365 · 1.73 –
2024–25 18–15 #212 of 364 · -3.25 –
2023–24 20–12 #121 of 362 · 3.55 –
2022–23 27–8 #80 of 363 · 8.51 –
2021–22 26–8 #70 of 358 · 9.32 –
2020–21 21–9 #64 of 347 · 9.09 –
2019–20 16–15 – #149 of 353 · 43.11
2018–19 24–8 – #51 of 353 · 96.10
2017–18 23–11 – #85 of 351 · 80.70
2016–17 17–17 – #121 of 351 · 57.57
2015–16 17–15 – #102 of 351 · 71.91
2014–15 20–13 – #75 of 351 · 84.58
2013–14 27–7 – #54 of 351 · 100.01
2012–13 15–13 – #180 of 347 · 25.27
2011–12 15–15 – #201 of 345 · 19.88
2010–11 4–28 – #341 of 346 · -93.04
2009–10 4–28 – #333 of 335 · -88.39
2008–09 7–25 – #316 of 330 · -61.06
2007–08 11–19 – #293 of 328 · -30.30
2006–07 19–13 – #145 of 326 · 42.36
2005–06 20–11 – #101 of 326 · 62.65
2004–05 16–13 – #114 of 326 · 52.88