The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

UNLV

Mountain West · 2–0

Power+4.5#110 of 365
Résumé+0.52#83 · wins above average
Movement+4up from #114 last week
Best winSamford (88–79)
Schedule faced-6.2 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+3.7 avg opponent
Returning production22% of last season's win shares · #182 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production10.6 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#61 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 2 games, w is 20%, so the preseason prior is 80% of this rating — mostly preseason, for now. Every game played shrinks that share.

PartValueWeightAdds
Margin counted+7.5 avg× 20%+1.5
Opponents faced-6.2 avg× 20%-1.2
Preseason prior+5.3× 80%+4.2
Power+4.5

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 Northern Arizona W 89–77 +18.6 -6.6 -0.1
2 vs Samford W 88–79 +8.7 +0.3 +0.4
Preseason prior (80% of the rating)+4.2
Power+4.5

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Stanford -4.5 34%
4 N Kansas -26.7 1%
5 vs Eastern Washington +12.9 88%
5 vs UT Rio Grande Valley +13.9 90%
11 at Grand Canyon -13.9 10%
11 at San José State +7.8 76%
12 vs UTEP +14.7 91%
13 vs Hawai'i +9.6 81%

Season by season

Best finish: #20 in 2006–07. 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): #116 of 326 (17-14)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #93 of 326 (17-13)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #20 of 326 (30-7)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #33 of 328 (27-8)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #83 of 330 (21-11)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #40 of 335 (25-9)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #29 of 346 (24-9)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #29 of 345 (25-9)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #33 of 347 (24-9)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #76 of 351 (20-13)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #154 of 351 (18-15)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #117 of 351 (18-15)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #258 of 351 (11-21)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #88 of 351 (20-13)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #137 of 353 (17-14)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #90 of 353 (17-15)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #167 of 347 (12-15)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #112 of 358 (18-14)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #97 of 363 (19-13)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #82 of 362 (21-13)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #104 of 364 (18-15)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #106 of 365 (18-17) 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 18–17 #106 of 365 · 4.25 –
2024–25 18–15 #104 of 364 · 5.32 –
2023–24 21–13 #82 of 362 · 7.86 –
2022–23 19–13 #97 of 363 · 5.45 –
2021–22 18–14 #112 of 358 · 4.48 –
2020–21 12–15 #167 of 347 · -0.29 –
2019–20 17–15 – #90 of 353 · 72.91
2018–19 17–14 – #137 of 353 · 46.45
2017–18 20–13 – #88 of 351 · 80.01
2016–17 11–21 – #258 of 351 · -3.13
2015–16 18–15 – #117 of 351 · 62.84
2014–15 18–15 – #154 of 351 · 44.05
2013–14 20–13 – #76 of 351 · 81.87
2012–13 24–9 – #33 of 347 · 121.39
2011–12 25–9 – #29 of 345 · 130.34
2010–11 24–9 – #29 of 346 · 125.25
2009–10 25–9 – #40 of 335 · 120.69
2008–09 21–11 – #83 of 330 · 78.44
2007–08 27–8 – #33 of 328 · 124.17
2006–07 30–7 – #20 of 326 · 135.28
2005–06 17–13 – #93 of 326 · 69.06
2004–05 17–14 – #116 of 326 · 52.82