The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

UC Irvine

Big West · 3–0

Power+2.8#126 of 365
Résumé+0.27#129 · wins above average
Movement-5down from #121 last week
Best winSan José State (91–79)
Schedule faced-22.6 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+0.6 avg opponent
Returning production37% of last season's win shares · #81 of 364
Incoming production2.9 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#76 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+24.8 avg× 27%+6.8
Opponents faced-22.6 avg× 27%-6.2
Preseason prior+3.0× 73%+2.2
Power+2.8

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 vs Chapman non-D1 W 92–66 +39.0 -13.0 +0.2
2 vs San José State W 91–79 +12.0 +0.0 +0.3
3 vs Lincoln University (CA) non-D1 W 90–40 +39.0 +11.0 +0.1
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)+2.2
Power+2.8

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
4 at Stanford -12.1 14%
4 N San Diego +8.2 77%
4 N Loyola Marymount +5.4 69%
5 at Seattle U +1.3 55%

Season by season

Best finish: #48 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 1 300 2004–05 (MRI Classic): #185 of 326 (16-13)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #143 of 326 (16-13)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #180 of 326 (15-18)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #143 of 328 (18-15)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #248 of 330 (12-19)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #247 of 335 (14-18)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #238 of 346 (13-19)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #270 of 345 (12-21)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #158 of 347 (18-15)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #89 of 351 (23-12)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #104 of 351 (21-13)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #73 of 351 (28-10)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #100 of 351 (21-15)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #151 of 351 (18-17)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #48 of 353 (30-6)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #79 of 353 (19-11)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #99 of 347 (18-9)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #126 of 358 (15-10)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #104 of 363 (23-12)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #72 of 362 (24-10)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #67 of 364 (32-7)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #108 of 365 (23-12) MRI 2.0Classic 2004–05 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. 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 23–12 #108 of 365 · 4.16 –
2024–25 32–7 #67 of 364 · 9.70 –
2023–24 24–10 #72 of 362 · 8.53 –
2022–23 23–12 #104 of 363 · 4.90 –
2021–22 15–10 #126 of 358 · 3.47 –
2020–21 18–9 #99 of 347 · 5.65 –
2019–20 19–11 – #79 of 353 · 78.87
2018–19 30–6 – #48 of 353 · 100.00
2017–18 18–17 – #151 of 351 · 47.48
2016–17 21–15 – #100 of 351 · 67.51
2015–16 28–10 – #73 of 351 · 91.20
2014–15 21–13 – #104 of 351 · 68.23
2013–14 23–12 – #89 of 351 · 75.81
2012–13 18–15 – #158 of 347 · 35.46
2011–12 12–21 – #270 of 345 · -11.24
2010–11 13–19 – #238 of 346 · 3.54
2009–10 14–18 – #247 of 335 · 0.93
2008–09 12–19 – #248 of 330 · -3.21
2007–08 18–15 – #143 of 328 · 45.35
2006–07 15–18 – #180 of 326 · 26.24
2005–06 16–13 – #143 of 326 · 40.56
2004–05 16–13 – #185 of 326 · 23.78