MRI Champion · 1 football title 2023

Michigan

Big Ten · 2–0 · MRI Classic #50

Power+12.6#26 of 138

Résumé+1.28#1 · wins above average

Movement+2up from #28 last week

Best winOklahoma (17–10)
Schedule faced+9.7 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+10.2 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.

Wk		Opponent	Result	Expected	Perf
1	vs	Western Michigan	W 13–12	+14.3	-13.3
2	vs	Oklahoma	W 17–10	-0.0	+7.0

Remaining schedule

Wk		Opponent	Projected	Win prob
3	vs	UTEP	+38.6	99%
4	vs	Iowa	-0.6	48%
5	at	Minnesota	+10.1	73%
7	vs	Penn State	-5.2	38%
8	vs	Indiana	-17.7	14%
9	at	Rutgers	+17.3	85%
10	vs	Michigan State	+15.0	82%
11	at	Oregon	-11.8	24%

Season by season

Best finish: #1 in 2023. 23 rated seasons. Two ratings appear here and their numbers are not comparable; the rank is. Season links open that year's game log.

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.

Season	Rank	Rec	Rating
2025	22 of 136	9–4	14.56	Power
2024	12 of 134	8–5	17.38	Power
2023	1 of 133	15–0	33.35	Power
2022	4 of 131	13–1	28.67	Power
2021	4 of 130	12–2	23.75	Power
2020	33 of 128	2–4	6.76	Power
2019	10 of 130	9–4	83.89	MRI
2018	3 of 130	10–3	98.51	MRI
2017	19 of 130	8–4	66.20	MRI
2016	5 of 128	10–3	106.05	MRI
2015	5 of 128	10–3	94.16	MRI
2014	70 of 128	5–7	19.93	MRI
2013	39 of 126	7–6	47.33	MRI
2012	30 of 124	8–5	52.47	MRI
2011	10 of 120	11–2	82.97	MRI
2010	66 of 120	7–6	19.86	MRI
2009	87 of 120	5–7	0.59	MRI
2008	95 of 120	3–9	-9.82	MRI
2007	29 of 120	9–4	53.75	MRI
2006	6 of 119	11–2	102.24	MRI
2005	23 of 119	7–5	59.81	MRI
2004	22 of 117	9–3	68.05	MRI
2003	6 of 117	10–3	104.11	MRI