The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

UTEP

Mountain West · 2–1

Power-7.3#256 of 365
Résumé-0.22#227 · wins above average
Movement+14up from #270 last week
Best winNew Mexico State (60–58)
Worst lossNorthern Kentucky (76–84)
Schedule faced-7.5 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+1.2 avg opponent
Returning production0% of last season's win shares · #335 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production8.5 win shares from other schools' players
Recruiting class#79 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+0.3 avg× 27%+0.1
Opponents faced-7.5 avg× 27%-2.1
Preseason prior-7.3× 73%-5.3
Power-7.3

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 N Northern Kentucky L 76–84 -2.8 -5.2 -1.5
3 vs Incarnate Word W 79–60 +10.5 +8.5 +0.3
3 vs New Mexico State W 60–58 -1.1 +3.1 -0.8
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-5.3
Power-7.3

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
4 vs Florida A&M +16.4 93%
4 at New Mexico State -7.0 26%
5 N Charleston -11.6 15%
6 at Colorado -18.6 5%
6 vs North Dakota +4.6 66%
10 vs New Mexico -18.5 5%
11 vs Wyoming -9.4 20%
11 at Air Force +0.5 52%

Season by season

Best finish: #27 in 2004–05. 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): #27 of 326 (26-8)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #47 of 326 (21-10)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #102 of 326 (14-17)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #117 of 328 (19-14)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #66 of 330 (23-14)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #36 of 335 (26-7)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #57 of 346 (25-10)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #158 of 345 (15-17)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #126 of 347 (18-14)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #78 of 351 (23-11)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #83 of 351 (22-11)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #179 of 351 (19-14)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #195 of 351 (15-17)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #271 of 351 (11-19)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #295 of 353 (6-21)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #201 of 353 (14-14)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #128 of 347 (12-12)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #154 of 358 (20-14)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #188 of 363 (14-18)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #168 of 362 (18-16)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #167 of 364 (18-15)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #265 of 365 (11-20) 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 11–20 #265 of 365 · -6.98 –
2024–25 18–15 #167 of 364 · -0.37 –
2023–24 18–16 #168 of 362 · -0.25 –
2022–23 14–18 #188 of 363 · -1.16 –
2021–22 20–14 #154 of 358 · 1.42 –
2020–21 12–12 #128 of 347 · 2.68 –
2019–20 14–14 – #201 of 353 · 18.54
2018–19 6–21 – #295 of 353 · -26.45
2017–18 11–19 – #271 of 351 · -7.72
2016–17 15–17 – #195 of 351 · 30.21
2015–16 19–14 – #179 of 351 · 32.61
2014–15 22–11 – #83 of 351 · 80.55
2013–14 23–11 – #78 of 351 · 81.10
2012–13 18–14 – #126 of 347 · 49.66
2011–12 15–17 – #158 of 345 · 41.43
2010–11 25–10 – #57 of 346 · 101.45
2009–10 26–7 – #36 of 335 · 127.27
2008–09 23–14 – #66 of 330 · 90.77
2007–08 19–14 – #117 of 328 · 58.89
2006–07 14–17 – #102 of 326 · 64.55
2005–06 21–10 – #47 of 326 · 99.94
2004–05 26–8 – #27 of 326 · 118.14