The MRI
2026 · Week 2

Kentucky

SEC · 1–1 · MRI Classic #95

Power+0.3#69 of 138
Résumé-0.03#83 · wins above average
Movement-15down from #54 last week
Best winYoungstown State (45–13)
Worst lossAlabama (17–45)
Schedule faced-3.6 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+13.7 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 Youngstown State FCS W 45–13 +39.2 -7.2
2 vs Alabama L 17–45 -23.0 -5.0

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 at Texas A&M -29.3 4%
4 vs South Alabama +12.7 78%
5 at South Carolina -14.4 19%
6 vs LSU -14.3 19%
7 at Oklahoma -20.8 10%
8 vs Vanderbilt -8.3 31%
10 at Tennessee -23.7 8%
11 vs Florida -6.5 35%

Season by season

Best finish: #30 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: #80 of 117 (4-8)2004: #103 of 117 (2-9)2005: #107 of 119 (3-8)2006: #57 of 119 (8-5)2007: #41 of 120 (8-5)2008: #61 of 120 (7-6)2009: #59 of 120 (7-6)2010: #72 of 120 (6-7)2011: #97 of 120 (5-7)2012: #109 of 124 (2-10)2013: #105 of 126 (2-10)2014: #80 of 128 (5-7)2015: #85 of 128 (5-7)2016: #69 of 128 (7-6)2017: #80 of 130 (7-5)2018: #34 of 130 (10-3)2019: #38 of 130 (8-5)2020: #47 of 128 (5-6)2021: #30 of 130 (10-3)2022: #44 of 131 (7-6)2023: #37 of 133 (7-6)2024: #53 of 134 (4-8)2025: #57 of 136 (5-7) 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 57 of 136 5–7 3.35 Power
2024 53 of 134 4–8 4.39 Power
2023 37 of 133 7–6 8.09 Power
2022 44 of 131 7–6 7.33 Power
2021 30 of 130 10–3 10.47 Power
2020 47 of 128 5–6 3.58 Power
2019 38 of 130 8–5 38.63 MRI
2018 34 of 130 10–3 45.64 MRI
2017 80 of 130 7–5 16.08 MRI
2016 69 of 128 7–6 16.82 MRI
2015 85 of 128 5–7 2.84 MRI
2014 80 of 128 5–7 6.69 MRI
2013 105 of 126 2–10 -21.31 MRI
2012 109 of 124 2–10 -26.81 MRI
2011 97 of 120 5–7 -12.54 MRI
2010 72 of 120 6–7 14.30 MRI
2009 59 of 120 7–6 27.08 MRI
2008 61 of 120 7–6 24.12 MRI
2007 41 of 120 8–5 46.76 MRI
2006 57 of 119 8–5 29.37 MRI
2005 107 of 119 3–8 -27.44 MRI
2004 103 of 117 2–9 -23.25 MRI
2003 80 of 117 4–8 6.33 MRI