The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Utah Valley

Big West · 2–0

Power+3.3#121 of 365
Résumé+0.27#128 · wins above average
Movement-2down from #119 last week
Best winWeber State (101–93)
Schedule faced-17.7 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-1.0 avg opponent
Returning production35% of last season's win shares · #88 of 364
Incoming production3.0 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 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+20.6 avg× 20%+4.1
Opponents faced-17.7 avg× 20%-3.5
Preseason prior+3.4× 80%+2.7
Power+3.3

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 vs Western Colorado non-D1 W 84–63 +39.4 -18.4 -0.3
2 at Weber State W 101–93 +12.5 -4.5 +0.9
Preseason prior (80% of the rating)+2.7
Power+3.3

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 at Nevada -10.4 17%
4 N East Carolina +10.7 83%
5 vs San José State +12.4 87%

Season by season

Best finish: #53 in 2017–18. 17 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 2009–10 (MRI Classic): #289 of 335 (12-18)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #157 of 346 (19-11)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #164 of 345 (20-11)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #283 of 347 (10-18)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #187 of 351 (20-12)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #304 of 351 (11-19)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #269 of 351 (12-18)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #153 of 351 (17-17)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #53 of 351 (23-10)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #81 of 353 (23-10)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #279 of 353 (8-19)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #220 of 347 (11-11)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #128 of 358 (20-12)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #67 of 363 (28-9)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #165 of 362 (16-16)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #114 of 364 (25-9)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #100 of 365 (25-9) MRI 2.0Classic 2009–10 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 25–9 #100 of 365 · 6.03 –
2024–25 25–9 #114 of 364 · 3.98 –
2023–24 16–16 #165 of 362 · 0.04 –
2022–23 28–9 #67 of 363 · 9.66 –
2021–22 20–12 #128 of 358 · 3.29 –
2020–21 11–11 #220 of 347 · -3.41 –
2019–20 8–19 – #279 of 353 · -16.21
2018–19 23–10 – #81 of 353 · 70.99
2017–18 23–10 – #53 of 351 · 103.75
2016–17 17–17 – #153 of 351 · 42.83
2015–16 12–18 – #269 of 351 · -12.43
2014–15 11–19 – #304 of 351 · -27.05
2013–14 20–12 – #187 of 351 · 31.44
2012–13 10–18 – #283 of 347 · -24.71
2011–12 20–11 – #164 of 345 · 37.95
2010–11 19–11 – #157 of 346 · 40.99
2009–10 12–18 – #289 of 335 · -23.35