The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Winthrop

Big South · 0–3

Power-4.0#201 of 365
Résumé-1.72#511 · wins above average
Movement+4up from #205 last week
Worst lossNorth Dakota (90–93)
Schedule faced-2.8 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-4.6 avg opponent
Returning production8% of last season's win shares · #282 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production4.7 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 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-8.7 avg× 27%-2.3
Opponents faced-2.8 avg× 27%-0.8
Preseason prior-1.2× 73%-0.9
Power-4.0

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 Queens University L 98–103 -2.4 -2.6 -0.8
2 vs North Dakota L 90–93 +7.9 -10.9 -2.0
3 at Kennesaw State L 79–88 -9.1 +0.1 -0.3
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-0.9
Power-4.0

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Jackson State +9.6 81%
4 vs Chattanooga +2.3 58%
4 at Wofford -2.2 42%
5 at Illinois -36.0 0%
5 vs Clinton College non-D1 +32.1 100%

Season by season

Best finish: #16 in 2005–06. 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): #56 of 326 (26-6)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #16 of 326 (23-8)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #34 of 326 (29-5)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #61 of 328 (22-12)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #265 of 330 (11-19)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #145 of 335 (19-14)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #189 of 346 (13-17)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #232 of 345 (12-20)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #260 of 347 (11-17)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #188 of 351 (20-13)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #136 of 351 (19-13)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #135 of 351 (23-9)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #68 of 351 (26-7)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #106 of 351 (19-12)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #189 of 353 (15-12)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #49 of 353 (22-10)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #42 of 347 (23-2)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #141 of 358 (23-9)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #226 of 363 (15-17)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #164 of 362 (17-15)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #147 of 364 (23-11)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #131 of 365 (23-11) 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 23–11 #131 of 365 · 2.56 –
2024–25 23–11 #147 of 364 · 1.07 –
2023–24 17–15 #164 of 362 · 0.20 –
2022–23 15–17 #226 of 363 · -3.81 –
2021–22 23–9 #141 of 358 · 2.60 –
2020–21 23–2 #42 of 347 · 10.73 –
2019–20 22–10 – #49 of 353 · 92.27
2018–19 15–12 – #189 of 353 · 23.82
2017–18 19–12 – #106 of 351 · 69.03
2016–17 26–7 – #68 of 351 · 87.01
2015–16 23–9 – #135 of 351 · 56.24
2014–15 19–13 – #136 of 351 · 51.12
2013–14 20–13 – #188 of 351 · 31.39
2012–13 11–17 – #260 of 347 · -16.27
2011–12 12–20 – #232 of 345 · 9.05
2010–11 13–17 – #189 of 346 · 29.04
2009–10 19–14 – #145 of 335 · 47.79
2008–09 11–19 – #265 of 330 · -10.63
2007–08 22–12 – #61 of 328 · 92.13
2006–07 29–5 – #34 of 326 · 124.46
2005–06 23–8 – #16 of 326 · 126.84
2004–05 26–6 – #56 of 326 · 92.10