The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

UAB

American · 2–1

Power-0.8#152 of 365
Résumé-0.07#196 · wins above average
Movement+5up from #157 last week
Best winNicholls (70–63)
Worst lossMcNeese (78–99)
Schedule faced-7.4 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-5.2 avg opponent
Returning production6% of last season's win shares · #301 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production7.8 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#133 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+0.3 avg× 27%+0.1
Opponents faced-7.4 avg× 27%-2.1
Preseason prior+1.6× 73%+1.2
Power-0.8

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 N McNeese L 78–99 -7.3 -13.7 -2.1
2 vs Nicholls W 70–63 +10.4 -3.4 -0.5
3 vs Florida A&M W 92–64 +22.8 +5.2 +0.6
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)+1.2
Power-0.8

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 at Jacksonville State +0.1 50%
4 vs Florida International +4.6 66%
4 N George Washington -10.0 18%
5 N Rhode Island -4.9 33%
5 vs Auburn-Montgomery non-D1 +35.4 100%

Season by season

Best finish: #31 in 2021–22. 22 seasons rated. The two columns' numbers are not comparable; the rank within each is. Season links open that year's game log.

25 1 200 2004–05 (MRI Classic): #44 of 326 (22-11)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #51 of 326 (24-7)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #134 of 326 (15-16)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #53 of 328 (23-11)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #55 of 330 (22-12)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #45 of 335 (25-9)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #62 of 346 (22-9)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #159 of 345 (15-16)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #152 of 347 (15-17)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #104 of 351 (18-13)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #119 of 351 (20-16)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #78 of 351 (26-7)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #189 of 351 (17-16)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #73 of 351 (20-13)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #106 of 353 (18-15)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #161 of 353 (17-13)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #73 of 347 (22-7)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #31 of 358 (27-8)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #37 of 363 (29-10)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #102 of 362 (23-12)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #90 of 364 (24-13)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #112 of 365 (20-12) MRI 2.0Classic 2004–05 2025–26

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 200 — 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 20–12 #112 of 365 · 3.94 –
2024–25 24–13 #90 of 364 · 6.51 –
2023–24 23–12 #102 of 362 · 5.68 –
2022–23 29–10 #37 of 363 · 12.95 –
2021–22 27–8 #31 of 358 · 13.02 –
2020–21 22–7 #73 of 347 · 8.62 –
2019–20 17–13 – #161 of 353 · 37.46
2018–19 18–15 – #106 of 353 · 60.62
2017–18 20–13 – #73 of 351 · 89.37
2016–17 17–16 – #189 of 351 · 33.23
2015–16 26–7 – #78 of 351 · 84.08
2014–15 20–16 – #119 of 351 · 57.91
2013–14 18–13 – #104 of 351 · 65.71
2012–13 15–17 – #152 of 347 · 37.04
2011–12 15–16 – #159 of 345 · 41.12
2010–11 22–9 – #62 of 346 · 96.09
2009–10 25–9 – #45 of 335 · 116.68
2008–09 22–12 – #55 of 330 · 100.02
2007–08 23–11 – #53 of 328 · 100.54
2006–07 15–16 – #134 of 326 · 46.82
2005–06 24–7 – #51 of 326 · 97.36
2004–05 22–11 – #44 of 326 · 102.28