The MRI
2026 · Week 2

Vanderbilt

SEC · 2–0 · MRI Classic #47

Power+12.8#25 of 138
Résumé+0.24#42 · wins above average
Movement-4down from #21 last week
Best winDelaware (35–26)
Schedule faced-22.6 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+13.1 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 Austin Peay FCS W 28–9 +51.7 -32.7
2 vs Delaware W 35–26 +27.5 -18.5

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs NC State +12.7 78%
4 at Auburn -2.4 44%
5 at Georgia -17.0 15%
6 vs Ole Miss -3.1 43%
7 vs Arkansas +16.5 84%
8 at Kentucky +8.3 69%
10 at Mississippi State -1.9 46%
11 vs Alabama -10.5 26%

Season by season

Best finish: #17 in 2025. 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: #95 of 117 (2-10)2004: #87 of 117 (2-9)2005: #75 of 119 (5-6)2006: #73 of 119 (4-8)2007: #68 of 120 (5-7)2008: #52 of 120 (7-6)2009: #103 of 120 (2-10)2010: #114 of 120 (2-10)2011: #46 of 120 (6-7)2012: #37 of 124 (9-4)2013: #49 of 126 (9-4)2014: #119 of 128 (3-9)2015: #88 of 128 (4-8)2016: #77 of 128 (6-7)2017: #98 of 130 (5-7)2018: #62 of 130 (6-7)2019: #123 of 130 (3-9)2020: #118 of 128 (0-9)2021: #123 of 130 (2-10)2022: #99 of 131 (5-7)2023: #111 of 133 (2-10)2024: #54 of 134 (7-6)2025: #17 of 136 (10-3) 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 17 of 136 10–3 17.91 Power
2024 54 of 134 7–6 4.18 Power
2023 111 of 133 2–10 -10.89 Power
2022 99 of 131 5–7 -8.22 Power
2021 123 of 130 2–10 -20.24 Power
2020 118 of 128 0–9 -18.51 Power
2019 123 of 130 3–9 -48.76 MRI
2018 62 of 130 6–7 24.43 MRI
2017 98 of 130 5–7 -0.63 MRI
2016 77 of 128 6–7 10.32 MRI
2015 88 of 128 4–8 0.86 MRI
2014 119 of 128 3–9 -37.36 MRI
2013 49 of 126 9–4 38.81 MRI
2012 37 of 124 9–4 47.05 MRI
2011 46 of 120 6–7 33.91 MRI
2010 114 of 120 2–10 -44.80 MRI
2009 103 of 120 2–10 -11.99 MRI
2008 52 of 120 7–6 31.89 MRI
2007 68 of 120 5–7 20.99 MRI
2006 73 of 119 4–8 8.94 MRI
2005 75 of 119 5–6 17.70 MRI
2004 87 of 117 2–9 -1.60 MRI
2003 95 of 117 2–10 -11.61 MRI