The MRI
2025–26 · Final

Wake Forest

ACC · 18–17

Power+8.8#73 of 365
Résumé+7.04#73 · wins above average
Trendrating by week
Best winClemson (85–77)
Worst lossBoston College (67–68)
Schedule faced+8.8 avg opponent

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 number that moves a rating, rather than the win or loss alone.

WkOpponentResult ExpectedPerf
1 vs American University W 88–74 +16.6 -2.6
1 vs Morehead State W 81–65 +20.0 -4.0
2 N Michigan L 84–85 -23.8 +22.8
2 vs UMass Lowell W 109–75 +19.6 +14.4
3 N Texas Tech L 83–84 -12.7 +11.7
3 N Memphis W 69–68 +4.9 -3.9
4 vs Campbell W 99–51 +14.2 +33.8
4 vs Northeastern W 86–73 +20.7 -7.7
5 vs Oklahoma L 68–86 -2.3 -15.7
5 at West Virginia W 75–66 -5.7 +14.7
6 vs Queens University W 111–73 +13.4 +24.6
7 vs Longwood W 71–68 +16.2 -13.2
7 vs Vanderbilt L 67–98 -10.0 -21.0
9 at NC State L 57–70 -7.7 -5.3
9 vs Virginia Tech W 81–78 +2.6 +0.4
10 vs Miami L 77–81 -1.9 -2.1
10 at North Carolina L 84–87 -11.6 +8.6
11 at Florida State W 69–68 -2.6 +3.6
12 vs SMU L 79–91 -2.4 -9.6
12 at Duke L 69–90 -25.7 +4.7
13 at Pittsburgh L 76–80 +0.5 -4.5
13 vs NC State L 78–96 -2.2 -15.8
14 vs Louisville L 80–88 -8.3 +0.3
15 at Georgia Tech W 83–67 +7.3 +8.7
15 vs Stanford W 68–63 +2.5 +2.5
16 vs Clemson W 85–77 -4.3 +12.3
16 at Virginia Tech L 63–82 -2.9 -16.1
17 at Boston College L 67–68 +7.7 -8.7
17 vs Syracuse W 88–83 +5.5 -0.5
18 at Virginia L 70–75 -12.2 +7.2
18 vs California W 80–73 +4.5 +2.5
19 N Virginia Tech W 95–89 -0.1 +6.1
19 N Clemson L 62–71 -7.0 -2.0
20 vs Navy W 82–72 +11.1 -1.1
20 vs Illinois State L 75–78 +4.8 -7.8

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
Season complete.

Season by season

Best finish: #9 in 2004–05. 22 rated seasons. Two ratings appear here and their numbers are not comparable; the rank is. Season links open that year's game log.

25ClassicMRI 2.0 1 400 2004–05: #9 of 326 (27-6)2005–06: #88 of 326 (17-17)2006–07: #167 of 326 (15-16)2007–08: #94 of 328 (17-13)2008–09: #26 of 330 (24-7)2009–10: #77 of 335 (20-11)2010–11: #324 of 346 (8-24)2011–12: #258 of 345 (13-18)2012–13: #198 of 347 (13-18)2013–14: #169 of 351 (17-16)2014–15: #163 of 351 (13-19)2015–16: #235 of 351 (11-20)2016–17: #53 of 351 (19-13)2017–18: #178 of 351 (11-20)2018–19: #221 of 353 (11-20)2019–20: #180 of 353 (13-18)2020–21: #238 of 347 (6-16)2021–22: #67 of 358 (25-10)2022–23: #83 of 363 (19-14)2023–24: #45 of 362 (21-14)2024–25: #69 of 364 (21-11)2025–26: #73 of 365 (18-17) 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. Each row below says what its rank was out of. Hover a point for the season.

SeasonRankRec Rating 
2025–26 73 of 365 18–17 8.85 Power
2024–25 69 of 364 21–11 9.07 Power
2023–24 45 of 362 21–14 12.25 Power
2022–23 83 of 363 19–14 7.65 Power
2021–22 67 of 358 25–10 9.62 Power
2020–21 238 of 347 6–16 -4.99 Power
2019–20 180 of 353 13–18 32.55 MRI
2018–19 221 of 353 11–20 6.14 MRI
2017–18 178 of 351 11–20 34.58 MRI
2016–17 53 of 351 19–13 98.93 MRI
2015–16 235 of 351 11–20 3.25 MRI
2014–15 163 of 351 13–19 38.11 MRI
2013–14 169 of 351 17–16 38.16 MRI
2012–13 198 of 347 13–18 19.36 MRI
2011–12 258 of 345 13–18 -6.23 MRI
2010–11 324 of 346 8–24 -55.65 MRI
2009–10 77 of 335 20–11 85.35 MRI
2008–09 26 of 330 24–7 129.84 MRI
2007–08 94 of 328 17–13 71.07 MRI
2006–07 167 of 326 15–16 30.18 MRI
2005–06 88 of 326 17–17 72.22 MRI
2004–05 9 of 326 27–6 159.59 MRI