The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

UNC Wilmington

CAA · 3–0

Power+3.8#117 of 365
Résumé+0.76#47 · wins above average
Movement+8up from #125 last week
Best winKent State (91–73)
Schedule faced-13.3 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-5.6 avg opponent
Returning production29% of last season's win shares · #134 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production4.5 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 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+21.1 avg× 27%+5.8
Opponents faced-13.3 avg× 27%-3.6
Preseason prior+2.3× 73%+1.6
Power+3.8

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 Mount Olive non-D1 W 101–65 +40.0 -4.0 +0.2
2 at East Carolina W 78–75 +8.2 -5.2 +0.5
3 vs Kent State W 91–73 +7.8 +10.2 +1.5
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)+1.6
Power+3.8

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Montreat non-D1 +40.0 100%
3 vs Louisiana +19.6 96%
4 at Long Island University +9.1 80%
4 at Norfolk State +16.4 93%
5 vs St. Thomas-Minnesota +6.0 71%
5 vs Princeton +8.4 78%
5 vs Liberty +5.0 68%
10 vs Campbell +13.9 90%

Season by season

Best finish: #24 in 2005–06. 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): #128 of 326 (18-10)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #24 of 326 (25-8)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #274 of 326 (7-22)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #147 of 328 (20-13)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #320 of 330 (7-25)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #280 of 335 (9-22)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #227 of 346 (13-18)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #274 of 345 (10-21)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #307 of 347 (9-20)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #297 of 351 (9-23)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #182 of 351 (18-14)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #66 of 351 (25-8)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #26 of 351 (29-6)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #238 of 351 (11-21)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #261 of 353 (9-23)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #318 of 353 (7-22)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #229 of 347 (7-10)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #172 of 358 (27-9)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #143 of 363 (24-10)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #110 of 362 (21-10)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #99 of 364 (27-8)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #103 of 365 (27-7) 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 27–7 #103 of 365 · 4.67 –
2024–25 27–8 #99 of 364 · 5.57 –
2023–24 21–10 #110 of 362 · 5.09 –
2022–23 24–10 #143 of 363 · 1.84 –
2021–22 27–9 #172 of 358 · 0.01 –
2020–21 7–10 #229 of 347 · -4.01 –
2019–20 7–22 – #318 of 353 · -45.77
2018–19 9–23 – #261 of 353 · -7.35
2017–18 11–21 – #238 of 351 · 7.43
2016–17 29–6 – #26 of 351 · 128.36
2015–16 25–8 – #66 of 351 · 96.98
2014–15 18–14 – #182 of 351 · 31.41
2013–14 9–23 – #297 of 351 · -23.74
2012–13 9–20 – #307 of 347 · -39.24
2011–12 10–21 – #274 of 345 · -13.50
2010–11 13–18 – #227 of 346 · 10.05
2009–10 9–22 – #280 of 335 · -17.99
2008–09 7–25 – #320 of 330 · -67.27
2007–08 20–13 – #147 of 328 · 41.90
2006–07 7–22 – #274 of 326 · -19.26
2005–06 25–8 – #24 of 326 · 118.18
2004–05 18–10 – #128 of 326 · 48.08