Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Western Kentucky Baseball

2024 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Impact Games

Impact Games are games that can move a team up or down the RPI Ladder (increase or decrease RPI Rank).

Direct Impact Games are head-to-head matchups for the team.

Indirect Impact Games are games that include a previous opponent of the team and impact the team's SOS component of RPI.

Late in the season, Indirect Impact Games may only have a small impact on a team's RPI Rank.

Normally, a win will increase a team's RPI Rank and a loss will decrease it, but sometimes when playing a really strong opponent a win or a loss will increase RPI Rank and when playing a much weaker opponent a win or a loss will decrease RPI Rank.

RPI Points are approximate.

RPI Ladder

RPI	Team	RPI Pts Needed
1	Kentucky	1060
25	San Diego	547
50	Charleston	327
75	Georgetown	152
77	Old Dominion	145
78	Portland	135
79	Miami (FL)	120
80	Saint Louis	115
81	Nicholls	108
82	Arizona State	98
83	Boston College	83
84	Samford	77
85	Campbell	75
86	Pittsburgh	75
87	Michigan	67
88	Grand Canyon	50
89	VCU	48
90	South Carolina Upstate	40
91	UIC	37
92	Iowa	25
93	Cal State Northridge	17
94	Kennesaw State	14
95	USC	9
96	Western Kentucky	-
97	Evansville	-3
98	Georgia State	-11
99	Saint Mary's College	-12
100	Cal Poly	-14
101	Tulane	-18
102	Houston	-22
103	Western Carolina	-46
104	Missouri	-46
105	Mercer	-49
106	Michigan State	-57
107	Bowling Green	-60
108	Wichita State	-78
109	Dayton	-79
110	Columbia	-105
111	UTSA	-105
112	UC Davis	-110
113	Texas State	-116
114	Stetson	-123
115	Liberty	-134
125	Charlotte	-185
150	Stanford	-281
175	Marshall	-403
200	Presbyterian College	-486
225	Middle Tennessee	-620
250	Stonehill	-765
275	Central Connecticut	-925
300	Saint Peter's	-1525
301	Norfolk State	-1610

Direct Impact Games

4:00 PM		R	H	E
	New Mexico State (24-25, 9-12 Conference USA)	0	0	0
	Western Kentucky (32-19, 13-8 Conference USA)	0	0	0

Nick Denes Field (Bowling Green, KY)

Western Kentucky Wins:
Western Kentucky Losses:

13 RPI Points
-42 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

12:00 PM		R	H	E
	Youngstown State (11-40, 8-19 Horizon League)	0	0	0
	Milwaukee (14-33, 11-16 Horizon League)	0	0	0

Franklin Field (Franklin, WI)

Milwaukee Wins:
Milwaukee Loses:

5.7 RPI Points
-2.4 RPI Points

3:00 PM		R	H	E
	Oakland (27-24, 16-11 Horizon League)	0	0	0
	Purdue Fort Wayne (17-33, 10-17 Horizon League)	0	0	0

Mastodon Field (Fort Wayne, IN)

Purdue Fort Wayne Wins:
Purdue Fort Wayne Loses:

5.1 RPI Points
-2.6 RPI Points

7:00 PM		R	H	E
	West Virginia (31-19, 17-10 Big 12)	0	0	0
	TCU (30-17, 13-14 Big 12)	0	0	0

Lupton Stadium (Fort Worth, TX)

West Virginia Wins:
West Virginia Loses:

2.9 RPI Points
-4.8 RPI Points

7:00 PM		R	H	E
	Murray State (34-18, 14-10 Missouri Valley)	0	0	0
	Bradley (12-34, 6-18 Missouri Valley)	0	0	0

Dozer Park (Peoria, IL)

Bradley Wins:
Bradley Loses:

4.6 RPI Points
-1.6 RPI Points

7:30 PM		R	H	E
	Jacksonville State (18-31, 5-16 Conference USA)	0	0	0
	Sam Houston State (30-22, 10-11 Conference USA)	0	0	0

Don Sanders Stadium (Huntsville, TX)

Jacksonville State Wins:
Jacksonville State Loses:

3.7 RPI Points
-2.2 RPI Points

3:00 PM		R	H	E
	Dallas Baptist (38-12, 15-6 Conference USA)	0	0	0
	Middle Tennessee (19-32, 7-14 Conference USA)	0	0	0

Reese Smith Jr. Field (Murfreesboro, TN)

Dallas Baptist Wins:
Dallas Baptist Loses:

1.4 RPI Points
-4.4 RPI Points

6:00 PM		R	H	E
	Dallas Baptist (38-12, 15-6 Conference USA)	0	0	0
	Middle Tennessee (19-32, 7-14 Conference USA)	0	0	0

Reese Smith Jr. Field (Murfreesboro, TN)

Dallas Baptist Wins:
Dallas Baptist Loses:

1.4 RPI Points
-4.4 RPI Points

7:35 PM		R	H	E
	FIU (25-26, 11-13 Conference USA)	0	0	0
	Iowa (27-20, 14-10 Big Ten)	0	0	0

Duane Banks Field (Iowa City, IA)

FIU Wins:
FIU Loses:

2.9 RPI Points
-2.8 RPI Points

3:00 PM		R	H	E
	Dallas Baptist (38-12, 15-6 Conference USA)	0	0	0
	Middle Tennessee (19-32, 7-14 Conference USA)	0	0	0

Reese Smith Jr. Field (Murfreesboro, TN)

Middle Tennessee Wins:
Middle Tennessee Loses:

3.5 RPI Points
-2.1 RPI Points

6:00 PM		R	H	E
	Dallas Baptist (38-12, 15-6 Conference USA)	0	0	0
	Middle Tennessee (19-32, 7-14 Conference USA)	0	0	0

Reese Smith Jr. Field (Murfreesboro, TN)

Middle Tennessee Wins:
Middle Tennessee Loses:

3.5 RPI Points
-2.1 RPI Points

6:00 PM		R	H	E
	Louisiana Tech (38-15, 15-6 Conference USA)	0	0	0
	Liberty (22-29, 11-10 Conference USA)	0	0	0

Liberty Baseball Stadium (Lynchburg, VA)

Liberty Wins:
Liberty Loses:

3.2 RPI Points
-2.4 RPI Points

4:00 PM		R	H	E
	Tennessee-Martin (20-31, 12-12 Ohio Valley)	0	0	0
	Southeast Missouri (28-24, 15-9 Ohio Valley)	0	0	0

Capaha Field (Cape Girardeau, MO)

Southeast Missouri Wins:
Southeast Missouri Loses:

2.6 RPI Points
-3.0 RPI Points

7:30 PM		R	H	E
	Jacksonville State (18-31, 5-16 Conference USA)	0	0	0
	Sam Houston State (30-22, 10-11 Conference USA)	0	0	0

Don Sanders Stadium (Huntsville, TX)

Sam Houston State Wins:
Sam Houston State Loses:

2.3 RPI Points
-3.2 RPI Points

6:00 PM		R	H	E
	Louisiana Tech (38-15, 15-6 Conference USA)	0	0	0
	Liberty (22-29, 11-10 Conference USA)	0	0	0

Liberty Baseball Stadium (Lynchburg, VA)

Louisiana Tech Wins:
Louisiana Tech Loses:

1.5 RPI Points
-3.9 RPI Points

4:00 PM		R	H	E
	UNC Asheville (22-25, 10-11 Big South)	0	0	0
	Presbyterian College (26-25, 15-6 Big South)	0	0	0

Presbyterian Baseball Complex (Clinton, SC)

UNC Asheville Wins:
UNC Asheville Loses:

2.2 RPI Points
-1.9 RPI Points

2:00 PM		R	H	E
	Notre Dame (27-22, 9-18 ACC)	0	0	0
	Louisville (29-22, 13-14 ACC)	0	0	0

Jim Patterson Stadium (Louisville, KY)

Louisville Wins:
Louisville Loses:

1.6 RPI Points
-2.1 RPI Points

6:00 PM		R	H	E
	Notre Dame (27-22, 9-18 ACC)	0	0	0
	Louisville (29-22, 13-14 ACC)	0	0	0

Jim Patterson Stadium (Louisville, KY)

Louisville Wins:
Louisville Loses:

1.6 RPI Points
-2.1 RPI Points

7:00 PM		R	H	E
	Western Illinois (13-34, 8-16 Ohio Valley)	0	0	0
	Southern Indiana (22-30, 11-13 Ohio Valley)	0	0	0

USI Baseball Field (Evansville, IN)

Southern Indiana Wins:
Southern Indiana Loses:

2.1 RPI Points
-1.6 RPI Points

3:00 PM		R	H	E
	Queens (13-39, 9-18 ASUN)	0	0	0
	Bellarmine (8-44, 7-20 ASUN)	0	0	0

Knights Field (Louisville, KY)

Bellarmine Wins:
Bellarmine Loses:

3.1 RPI Points
-0.6 RPI Points

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NMST										0	0	0
WKU										0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
YSU										0	0	0
MILW										0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK										0	0	0
PFW										0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WVU										0	0	0
TCU										0	0	0