The MRI
2026 · Week 2

Kansas State

Big 12 · 2–0 · MRI Classic #12

Power+14.7#22 of 138
Résumé+0.41#33 · wins above average
Movement+5up from #27 last week
Best winWashington State (34–7)
Schedule faced-16.9 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+4.4 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 Nicholls FCS W 71–3 +53.6 +14.4
2 vs Washington State W 34–7 +17.9 +9.1

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Tulane +16.7 84%
4 at Cincinnati +4.5 61%
6 vs Houston +13.1 79%
7 vs Kansas +17.1 85%
8 at Arizona State +3.4 58%
9 at Colorado +8.7 70%
10 vs Oklahoma State +29.2 96%
11 at TCU +2.4 56%

Season by season

Best finish: #5 in 2003. 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: #5 of 117 (11-4)2004: #70 of 117 (4-7)2005: #73 of 119 (5-6)2006: #69 of 119 (7-6)2007: #57 of 120 (5-7)2008: #93 of 120 (5-7)2009: #68 of 120 (6-6)2010: #64 of 120 (7-6)2011: #37 of 120 (10-3)2012: #10 of 124 (11-2)2013: #34 of 126 (8-5)2014: #18 of 128 (9-4)2015: #89 of 128 (6-7)2016: #33 of 128 (9-4)2017: #70 of 130 (7-5)2018: #84 of 130 (5-7)2019: #47 of 130 (8-5)2020: #55 of 128 (4-6)2021: #34 of 130 (8-5)2022: #9 of 131 (10-4)2023: #9 of 133 (9-4)2024: #19 of 134 (9-4)2025: #33 of 136 (6-6) 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 33 of 136 6–6 9.60 Power
2024 19 of 134 9–4 14.90 Power
2023 9 of 133 9–4 22.20 Power
2022 9 of 131 10–4 18.31 Power
2021 34 of 130 8–5 9.65 Power
2020 55 of 128 4–6 2.61 Power
2019 47 of 130 8–5 30.35 MRI
2018 84 of 130 5–7 10.45 MRI
2017 70 of 130 7–5 21.43 MRI
2016 33 of 128 9–4 47.70 MRI
2015 89 of 128 6–7 0.60 MRI
2014 18 of 128 9–4 64.17 MRI
2013 34 of 126 8–5 51.85 MRI
2012 10 of 124 11–2 75.88 MRI
2011 37 of 120 10–3 42.91 MRI
2010 64 of 120 7–6 21.13 MRI
2009 68 of 120 6–6 18.08 MRI
2008 93 of 120 5–7 -8.20 MRI
2007 57 of 120 5–7 30.61 MRI
2006 69 of 119 7–6 11.25 MRI
2005 73 of 119 5–6 18.24 MRI
2004 70 of 117 4–7 20.90 MRI
2003 5 of 117 11–4 107.67 MRI