The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Yale

Ivy · 1–2

Power+3.3#120 of 365
Résumé+0.13#164 · wins above average
Movement-13down from #107 last week
Best winHoward (72–62)
Worst lossUCF (75–87)
Schedule faced+8.7 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-5.3 avg opponent
Returning production35% of last season's win shares · #93 of 364
Incoming production0.0 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 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-10.3 avg× 27%-2.8
Opponents faced+8.7 avg× 27%+2.4
Preseason prior+5.2× 73%+3.7
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 Howard W 72–62 +8.4 +1.6 +0.4
2 at UCF L 75–87 -9.7 -2.3 +0.1
3 at Baylor L 61–90 -17.9 -11.1 -0.9
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)+3.7
Power+3.3

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 at Northeastern +8.6 78%
3 vs Emmanuel (MA) non-D1 +39.5 100%
4 vs Vermont +9.2 80%
5 N Belmont -0.2 49%
5 N App State +5.0 67%
5 N Wright State -3.0 39%
5 vs Quinnipiac +11.2 85%
11 vs Brown +15.3 92%

Season by season

Best finish: #35 in 2015–16. 21 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): #208 of 326 (11-15)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #221 of 326 (15-14)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #146 of 326 (14-13)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #195 of 328 (13-15)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #213 of 330 (13-15)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #268 of 335 (12-19)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #204 of 346 (15-13)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #124 of 345 (20-9)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #219 of 347 (12-17)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #145 of 351 (19-14)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #74 of 351 (22-10)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #35 of 351 (23-7)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #142 of 351 (18-11)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #228 of 351 (16-15)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #64 of 353 (21-8)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #53 of 353 (21-7)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #252 of 358 (19-12)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #88 of 363 (21-9)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #80 of 362 (23-10)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #63 of 364 (22-8)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #73 of 365 (24-7) 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 24–7 #73 of 365 · 9.64 –
2024–25 22–8 #63 of 364 · 10.33 –
2023–24 23–10 #80 of 362 · 7.99 –
2022–23 21–9 #88 of 363 · 6.92 –
2021–22 19–12 #252 of 358 · -5.97 –
2019–20 21–7 – #53 of 353 · 89.65
2018–19 21–8 – #64 of 353 · 85.83
2017–18 16–15 – #228 of 351 · 12.70
2016–17 18–11 – #142 of 351 · 48.06
2015–16 23–7 – #35 of 351 · 124.04
2014–15 22–10 – #74 of 351 · 84.90
2013–14 19–14 – #145 of 351 · 45.82
2012–13 12–17 – #219 of 347 · 8.29
2011–12 20–9 – #124 of 345 · 58.04
2010–11 15–13 – #204 of 346 · 22.50
2009–10 12–19 – #268 of 335 · -9.11
2008–09 13–15 – #213 of 330 · 13.22
2007–08 13–15 – #195 of 328 · 20.31
2006–07 14–13 – #146 of 326 · 41.55
2005–06 15–14 – #221 of 326 · 11.65
2004–05 11–15 – #208 of 326 · 16.12