The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Utah Tech

Big Sky · 1–2

Power-6.1#238 of 365
Résumé-0.14#215 · wins above average
Movement-14down from #224 last week
Best winGrace University (103–52)
Worst lossNew Mexico (60–100)
Schedule faced+1.3 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-5.6 avg opponent
Returning production34% of last season's win shares · #97 of 364
Incoming production1.2 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#87 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-8.8 avg× 27%-2.4
Opponents faced+1.3 avg× 27%+0.4
Preseason prior-5.6× 73%-4.1
Power-6.1

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 New Mexico L 60–100 -23.3 -16.7 -1.9
2 vs Grace University non-D1 W 103–52 +30.0 +21.0 +1.0
3 at Utah State L 86–118 -27.8 -4.2 -1.1
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-4.1
Power-6.1

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 at California -15.1 8%
4 at Washington -18.1 5%
4 N South Dakota +6.4 72%
5 vs Bethesda University non-D1 +30.0 100%
5 at Santa Clara -20.6 3%
6 vs Weber State +9.0 79%
6 vs Idaho State +10.4 83%
10 at Idaho -5.8 30%

Season by season

Best finish: #172 in 2022–23. 6 seasons rated. Season links open that year's game log.

25 1 400 2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #333 of 347 (8-13)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #285 of 358 (13-18)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #172 of 363 (14-19)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #284 of 362 (11-20)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #309 of 364 (7-26)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #223 of 365 (19-15) 2020–21 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. Hover a point for the season.

SeasonRec MRI 2.0MRI Classic
2025–26 19–15 #223 of 365 · -4.79 –
2024–25 7–26 #309 of 364 · -10.68 –
2023–24 11–20 #284 of 362 · -7.60 –
2022–23 14–19 #172 of 363 · -0.18 –
2021–22 13–18 #285 of 358 · -8.16 –
2020–21 8–13 #333 of 347 · -15.49 –