The MRI
2025–26 · Final

West Virginia

Big 12 · 21–14

Power+11.8#53 of 365
Résumé+9.45#57 · wins above average
Trendrating by week
Best winKansas (86–75)
Worst lossUtah (56–61)
Schedule faced+7.6 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 Mount St. Mary's W 70–54 +21.9 -5.9
1 vs Campbell W 73–65 +17.1 -9.1
1 vs Lehigh W 69–47 +23.9 -1.9
2 vs Pittsburgh W 71–49 +9.0 +13.0
3 vs Lafayette W 81–59 +27.6 -5.6
3 N Clemson L 67–70 -4.1 +1.1
3 N Xavier L 68–78 +5.0 -15.0
4 vs Mercyhurst W 70–38 +23.4 +8.6
5 vs Coppin State W 91–49 +37.6 +4.4
5 vs Wake Forest L 66–75 +5.7 -14.7
6 vs Little Rock W 90–58 +24.0 +8.0
6 N Ohio State L 88–89 -5.8 +4.8
8 vs Mississippi Valley State W 86–51 +44.4 -9.4
9 at Iowa State L 59–80 -17.6 -3.4
10 vs Cincinnati W 62–60 +0.1 +1.9
10 vs Kansas W 86–75 -5.7 +16.7
11 at Houston L 48–77 -19.1 -9.9
11 vs Colorado W 72–61 +6.0 +5.0
12 at Arizona State W 75–63 +0.7 +11.3
12 at Arizona L 53–88 -22.3 -12.7
13 vs Kansas State W 59–54 +9.6 -4.6
13 vs Baylor L 53–63 +1.1 -11.1
14 at Cincinnati W 59–54 -5.3 +10.3
14 vs Texas Tech L 63–70 -7.0 -0.0
15 at UCF W 74–67 -2.2 +9.2
16 vs Utah L 56–61 +11.6 -16.6
16 at TCU L 54–60 -3.9 -2.1
17 at Oklahoma State L 84–91 +1.2 -8.2
17 vs BYU W 79–71 -4.7 +12.7
18 at Kansas State L 63–65 +4.1 -6.1
18 vs UCF W 77–62 +3.2 +11.8
19 N BYU L 48–68 -7.4 -12.6
22 N Stanford W 82–77 +2.8 +2.2
22 N Creighton W 87–70 +2.4 +14.6
22 N Oklahoma W 89–82 -2.1 +9.1

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
Season complete.

Season by season

Best finish: #5 in 2016–17. 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 1 200 2004–05: #66 of 326 (24-11)2005–06: #60 of 326 (22-11)2006–07: #32 of 326 (27-9)2007–08: #14 of 328 (26-11)2008–09: #10 of 330 (23-12)2009–10: #6 of 335 (31-7)2010–11: #40 of 346 (21-12)2011–12: #44 of 345 (19-14)2012–13: #156 of 347 (13-19)2013–14: #82 of 351 (17-16)2014–15: #17 of 351 (25-10)2015–16: #6 of 351 (26-9)2016–17: #5 of 351 (28-9)2017–18: #9 of 351 (26-10)2018–19: #159 of 353 (15-21)2019–20: #7 of 353 (21-10)2020–21: #19 of 347 (19-10)2021–22: #69 of 358 (16-17)2022–23: #23 of 363 (19-15)2023–24: #146 of 362 (9-23)2024–25: #61 of 364 (19-13)2025–26: #53 of 365 (21-14) 2004–05 2025–26

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 200 — 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 53 of 365 21–14 11.80 Power
2024–25 61 of 364 19–13 10.78 Power
2023–24 146 of 362 9–23 2.18 Power
2022–23 23 of 363 19–15 14.26 Power
2021–22 69 of 358 16–17 9.06 Power
2020–21 19 of 347 19–10 14.19 Power
2019–20 7 of 353 21–10 147.24 MRI
2018–19 159 of 353 15–21 35.80 MRI
2017–18 9 of 351 26–10 169.56 MRI
2016–17 5 of 351 28–9 202.30 MRI
2015–16 6 of 351 26–9 183.59 MRI
2014–15 17 of 351 25–10 147.21 MRI
2013–14 82 of 351 17–16 79.56 MRI
2012–13 156 of 347 13–19 36.51 MRI
2011–12 44 of 345 19–14 107.60 MRI
2010–11 40 of 346 21–12 114.05 MRI
2009–10 6 of 335 31–7 178.99 MRI
2008–09 10 of 330 23–12 174.59 MRI
2007–08 14 of 328 26–11 147.05 MRI
2006–07 32 of 326 27–9 124.76 MRI
2005–06 60 of 326 22–11 91.35 MRI
2004–05 66 of 326 24–11 82.47 MRI