The MRI
2026 · Week 2

Houston

Big 12 · 2–0 · MRI Classic #17

Power+5.8#46 of 138
Résumé+0.11#52 · wins above average
Movement+10up from #56 last week
Best winOregon State (33–20)
Schedule faced-23.1 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+5.5 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 Oregon State W 33–20 +21.5 -8.5
2 vs Southern FCS W 77–6 +44.7 +26.3

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 at Texas Tech -18.7 13%
4 at Georgia Southern +9.9 72%
5 vs UCF +6.8 66%
6 at Kansas State -13.1 21%
7 vs Oklahoma State +20.4 89%
8 at Utah -24.9 7%
10 vs Cincinnati +4.2 60%
11 at Colorado -0.1 50%

Season by season

Best finish: #3 in 2011. 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 1 100 2003: #67 of 117 (7-6)2004: #77 of 117 (3-8)2005: #72 of 119 (6-6)2006: #23 of 119 (10-4)2007: #49 of 120 (8-5)2008: #35 of 120 (8-5)2009: #42 of 120 (10-4)2010: #71 of 120 (5-7)2011: #3 of 120 (13-1)2012: #87 of 124 (5-7)2013: #29 of 126 (8-5)2014: #50 of 128 (8-5)2015: #7 of 128 (13-1)2016: #31 of 128 (9-4)2017: #57 of 130 (7-4)2018: #69 of 130 (8-5)2019: #91 of 130 (4-8)2020: #70 of 128 (3-5)2021: #31 of 130 (12-2)2022: #52 of 131 (8-5)2023: #79 of 133 (4-8)2024: #86 of 134 (4-8)2025: #53 of 136 (10-3) 2003 2025

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 100 — 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 53 of 136 10–3 4.60 Power
2024 86 of 134 4–8 -4.13 Power
2023 79 of 133 4–8 -2.58 Power
2022 52 of 131 8–5 5.30 Power
2021 31 of 130 12–2 10.45 Power
2020 70 of 128 3–5 -0.04 Power
2019 91 of 130 4–8 -0.61 MRI
2018 69 of 130 8–5 21.71 MRI
2017 57 of 130 7–4 29.96 MRI
2016 31 of 128 9–4 51.30 MRI
2015 7 of 128 13–1 82.27 MRI
2014 50 of 128 8–5 34.65 MRI
2013 29 of 126 8–5 56.57 MRI
2012 87 of 124 5–7 -1.52 MRI
2011 3 of 120 13–1 118.37 MRI
2010 71 of 120 5–7 16.74 MRI
2009 42 of 120 10–4 39.67 MRI
2008 35 of 120 8–5 44.08 MRI
2007 49 of 120 8–5 36.71 MRI
2006 23 of 119 10–4 63.53 MRI
2005 72 of 119 6–6 19.85 MRI
2004 77 of 117 3–8 13.41 MRI
2003 67 of 117 7–6 25.07 MRI