Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Columbia Baseball

2026 Columbia Lions 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	Southern Miss	1246
16	Oklahoma	244
17	Clemson	209
18	Purdue	167
19	Kentucky	165
20	Oregon	127
21	North Carolina	112
22	Oklahoma State	111
23	Georgia Tech	100
24	Tennessee	94
25	Texas A&M	83
26	UAB	73
27	UCF	55
28	Coastal Carolina	51
29	Notre Dame	51
30	UC San Diego	38
31	Boston College	15
32	Arizona State	15
33	Jacksonville State	7
34	Wake Forest	0
35	Columbia	-
36	Kansas State	-3
37	Baylor	-16
38	West Virginia	-17
39	Arkansas State	-18
40	Louisiana Tech	-42
41	Alabama	-42
42	Kent State	-48
43	Nebraska	-68
44	Illinois	-68
45	UTSA	-79
46	Minnesota	-98
47	Virginia Tech	-119
48	South Alabama	-139
49	Bowling Green	-144
50	Gonzaga	-173
51	South Florida	-176
52	Nevada	-179
53	Arkansas	-187
54	Kansas	-187
75	Dallas Baptist	-349
100	Ohio State	-504
125	LSU	-685
150	Stanford	-902
175	Sam Houston State	-1045
200	Jacksonville	-1165
225	Sacramento State	-1276
250	Bellarmine	-1527
275	Ohio	-1873
300	Long Island	-2255
301	Prairie View A&M	-2280

Direct Impact Games

	Final		R	H	E
		Columbia (2-10, 0-0 Ivy League)	0	7	0
		South Florida (17-3, 0-0 American)	2	11	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLMB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
USF	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2	11	0

Live Win Probability

CLMB

50%

USF

Columbia Wins:
Columbia Loses:

218 RPI Points
-45 RPI Points

	Final		R	H	E
		Columbia (2-10, 0-0 Ivy League)	6	13	3
		South Florida (17-3, 0-0 American)	10	12	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLMB	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	6	13	3
USF	0	1	3	0	0	0	4	2	X	10	12	0

Live Win Probability

CLMB

50%

USF

Columbia Wins:
Columbia Loses:

218 RPI Points
-45 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	Final/7		R	H	E
		West Virginia (12-4, 1-1 Big 12)	13	17	0
		Baylor (11-7, 1-1 Big 12)	2	3	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WVU	3	3	0	1	2	3	1			13	17	0
BAY	0	0	0	2	0	0	0			2	3	0

Live Win Probability

WVU

50%

BAY

West Virginia Wins:
West Virginia Loses:

18.4 RPI Points
-55.1 RPI Points

	End 1st 0-2 2 Outs		R	H	E
		Kansas State (14-4, 1-0 Big 12)	0	0	0
		Houston (11-6, 0-1 Big 12)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KSU	0									0	0	0
HOU	0									0	0	0

Live Win Probability

KSU

50%

HOU

Kansas State Wins:
Kansas State Loses:

14.6 RPI Points
-51.2 RPI Points

	Final		R	H	E
		Mercer (17-2, 0-0 Southern)	10	13	0
		Tennessee Tech (7-12, 0-0 Ohio Valley)	2	9	1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MERC	0	0	3	0	4	0	2	0	1	10	13	0
TNT	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	1

Live Win Probability

MERC

50%

TNT

Mercer Wins:
Mercer Loses:

6.6 RPI Points
-55.9 RPI Points