The MRI
2026 · Week 2
MRI Champion · 6 football titles 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2020

Alabama

SEC · 2–0 · MRI Classic #33

Power+27.5#5 of 138
Résumé+0.96#4 · wins above average
Movement+3up from #8 last week
Best winKentucky (45–17)
Schedule faced-0.7 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+10.5 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 East Carolina W 48–10 +33.3 +4.7
2 at Kentucky W 45–17 +23.0 +5.0

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Florida State +26.4 94%
4 vs South Carolina +21.3 90%
5 at Mississippi State +12.8 78%
6 vs Georgia +6.2 65%
7 at Tennessee +3.6 59%
8 vs Texas A&M +6.5 65%
10 at LSU +4.5 61%
11 at Vanderbilt +10.5 74%

Season by season

Best finish: #1 in 2020. 23 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 75 2003: #57 of 117 (4-9)2004: #31 of 117 (6-6)2005: #6 of 119 (10-2)2006: #49 of 119 (6-7)2007: #42 of 120 (7-6)2008: #9 of 120 (12-2)2009: #1 of 120 (14-0)2010: #8 of 120 (10-3)2011: #1 of 120 (12-1)2012: #1 of 124 (13-1)2013: #4 of 126 (11-2)2014: #6 of 128 (12-2)2015: #1 of 128 (14-1)2016: #1 of 128 (14-1)2017: #5 of 130 (11-1)2018: #2 of 130 (14-1)2019: #5 of 130 (11-2)2020: #1 of 128 (13-0)2021: #2 of 130 (13-2)2022: #3 of 131 (11-2)2023: #5 of 133 (12-2)2024: #7 of 134 (9-4)2025: #11 of 136 (11-4) 2003 2025

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 75 — 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 11 of 136 11–4 20.43 Power
2024 7 of 134 9–4 24.55 Power
2023 5 of 133 12–2 26.52 Power
2022 3 of 131 11–2 29.85 Power
2021 2 of 130 13–2 30.74 Power
2020 1 of 128 13–0 38.52 Power
2019 5 of 130 11–2 99.54 MRI
2018 2 of 130 14–1 127.76 MRI
2017 5 of 130 11–1 104.56 MRI
2016 1 of 128 14–1 145.49 MRI
2015 1 of 128 14–1 130.80 MRI
2014 6 of 128 12–2 90.23 MRI
2013 4 of 126 11–2 93.58 MRI
2012 1 of 124 13–1 130.19 MRI
2011 1 of 120 12–1 131.39 MRI
2010 8 of 120 10–3 92.16 MRI
2009 1 of 120 14–0 120.40 MRI
2008 9 of 120 12–2 87.42 MRI
2007 42 of 120 7–6 45.26 MRI
2006 49 of 119 6–7 36.08 MRI
2005 6 of 119 10–2 88.34 MRI
2004 31 of 117 6–6 52.49 MRI
2003 57 of 117 4–9 33.47 MRI