The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

UNC Asheville

Big South · 2–2

Power-9.3#283 of 365
Résumé-0.73#418 · wins above average
Movement+5up from #288 last week
Best winWest Georgia (73–70)
Worst lossWestern Carolina (75–83)
Schedule faced-12.3 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+0.1 avg opponent
Returning production16% of last season's win shares · #226 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production2.9 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 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-0.9 avg× 33%-0.3
Opponents faced-12.3 avg× 33%-4.1
Preseason prior-7.2× 67%-4.9
Power-9.3

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 Richmond L 77–100 -17.0 -6.0 -1.5
2 vs Erskine non-D1 W 101–74 +26.9 +0.1 -0.9
2 vs Western Carolina L 75–83 -4.2 -3.8 -1.9
3 at West Georgia W 73–70 +2.3 +0.7 -0.1
Preseason prior (67% of the rating)-4.9
Power-9.3

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 at Georgia Tech -15.9 7%
4 vs Tennessee Tech +0.6 52%
4 at Samford -11.0 16%
5 at Florida State -26.6 1%
5 vs Georgia Southern +3.1 61%

Season by season

Best finish: #62 in 2016–17. 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): #256 of 326 (11-17)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #289 of 326 (9-19)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #252 of 326 (12-19)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #132 of 328 (23-10)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #246 of 330 (15-16)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #210 of 335 (15-16)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #109 of 346 (20-14)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #76 of 345 (24-10)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #189 of 347 (13-16)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #178 of 351 (17-15)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #215 of 351 (15-16)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #77 of 351 (22-12)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #62 of 351 (23-10)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #159 of 351 (21-13)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #350 of 353 (2-26)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #247 of 353 (13-16)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #207 of 347 (10-10)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #183 of 358 (17-15)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #137 of 363 (27-8)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #147 of 362 (22-12)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #172 of 364 (21-11)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #220 of 365 (15-17) 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 15–17 #220 of 365 · -4.55 –
2024–25 21–11 #172 of 364 · -0.66 –
2023–24 22–12 #147 of 362 · 1.58 –
2022–23 27–8 #137 of 363 · 2.40 –
2021–22 17–15 #183 of 358 · -0.59 –
2020–21 10–10 #207 of 347 · -2.72 –
2019–20 13–16 – #247 of 353 · 0.00
2018–19 2–26 – #350 of 353 · -115.47
2017–18 21–13 – #159 of 351 · 44.30
2016–17 23–10 – #62 of 351 · 92.50
2015–16 22–12 – #77 of 351 · 84.32
2014–15 15–16 – #215 of 351 · 18.47
2013–14 17–15 – #178 of 351 · 34.13
2012–13 13–16 – #189 of 347 · 22.90
2011–12 24–10 – #76 of 345 · 85.35
2010–11 20–14 – #109 of 346 · 66.76
2009–10 15–16 – #210 of 335 · 14.38
2008–09 15–16 – #246 of 330 · -0.15
2007–08 23–10 – #132 of 328 · 51.77
2006–07 12–19 – #252 of 326 · -8.93
2005–06 9–19 – #289 of 326 · -26.71
2004–05 11–17 – #256 of 326 · -7.27