The MRI
2026 · Week 2

Iowa State

Big 12 · 1–1 · MRI Classic #82

Power+11.4#30 of 138
Résumé-0.04#89 · wins above average
Movement+5up from #35 last week
Best winSoutheast Missouri State (38–10)
Worst lossIowa (13–16)
Schedule faced-8.7 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+5.1 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 Southeast Missouri State FCS W 38–10 +50.3 -22.3
2 at Iowa L 13–16 -10.3 +7.3

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Bowling Green +36.7 99%
4 vs Utah -10.8 26%
5 vs West Virginia +18.3 87%
6 at BYU -12.1 23%
8 at Arizona -3.8 41%
9 vs Oklahoma State +26.0 94%
10 at Baylor +2.8 57%
11 vs Cincinnati +9.8 72%

Season by season

Best finish: #12 in 2021. 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 1 150 2003: #111 of 117 (2-10)2004: #53 of 117 (7-5)2005: #27 of 119 (7-5)2006: #107 of 119 (4-8)2007: #97 of 120 (3-9)2008: #109 of 120 (2-10)2009: #76 of 120 (7-6)2010: #80 of 120 (5-7)2011: #86 of 120 (6-7)2012: #74 of 124 (6-7)2013: #97 of 126 (3-9)2014: #121 of 128 (2-10)2015: #99 of 128 (3-9)2016: #96 of 128 (3-9)2017: #37 of 130 (7-5)2018: #47 of 130 (8-5)2019: #40 of 130 (7-6)2020: #13 of 128 (9-3)2021: #12 of 130 (7-6)2022: #37 of 131 (4-8)2023: #28 of 133 (7-6)2024: #25 of 134 (11-3)2025: #30 of 136 (8-4) 2003 2025

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 150 — 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 30 of 136 8–4 10.93 Power
2024 25 of 134 11–3 12.61 Power
2023 28 of 133 7–6 10.11 Power
2022 37 of 131 4–8 8.97 Power
2021 12 of 130 7–6 16.10 Power
2020 13 of 128 9–3 17.42 Power
2019 40 of 130 7–6 37.75 MRI
2018 47 of 130 8–5 35.26 MRI
2017 37 of 130 7–5 43.59 MRI
2016 96 of 128 3–9 -11.17 MRI
2015 99 of 128 3–9 -10.20 MRI
2014 121 of 128 2–10 -39.94 MRI
2013 97 of 126 3–9 -12.59 MRI
2012 74 of 124 6–7 10.80 MRI
2011 86 of 120 6–7 1.59 MRI
2010 80 of 120 5–7 5.94 MRI
2009 76 of 120 7–6 10.29 MRI
2008 109 of 120 2–10 -30.24 MRI
2007 97 of 120 3–9 -10.74 MRI
2006 107 of 119 4–8 -29.55 MRI
2005 27 of 119 7–5 56.06 MRI
2004 53 of 117 7–5 31.32 MRI
2003 111 of 117 2–10 -43.50 MRI