Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Gardner-Webb Baseball

2026 Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs 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	1752
25	Notre Dame	570
50	Wright State	357
75	San Diego	148
77	Charleston Southern	139
78	Mercer	136
79	FGCU	118
80	Dallas Baptist	118
81	California Baptist	117
82	Michigan State	86
83	Longwood	83
84	Western Carolina	61
85	UNCW	53
86	Northwestern State	48
87	Texas State	47
88	Houston	37
89	Southeastern Louisiana	27
90	Nicholls	26
91	Rice	21
92	Austin Peay	18
93	Pittsburgh	17
94	Troy	12
95	Ohio State	5
96	Gardner-Webb	-
97	BYU	-2
98	FAU	-3
99	UC Irvine	-16
100	Miami (FL)	-17
101	Portland	-25
102	South Dakota State	-25
103	Bryant	-45
104	UTA	-45
105	VCU	-46
106	Connecticut	-51
107	George Mason	-58
108	Georgia State	-64
109	Tarleton State	-85
110	Illinois State	-103
111	Toledo	-104
112	Central Arkansas	-109
113	Oral Roberts	-114
114	Liberty	-130
115	Saint Mary's College	-132
125	LSU	-201
150	Georgetown	-415
175	Hofstra	-567
200	Belmont	-686
225	ULM	-828
250	Yale	-1001
275	Ohio	-1384
300	Long Island	-1773
301	Seattle University	-1795

Direct Impact Games

	Final		R	H	E
		Longwood (14-5, 1-1 Big South)	2	9	0
		Gardner-Webb (11-8, 1-1 Big South)	7	12	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
LONG	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0
WEBB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	X	7	12	0

Live Win Probability

LONG

50%

WEBB

Gardner-Webb Wins:
Gardner-Webb Loses:

93 RPI Points
-58 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	Final		R	H	E
		Valparaiso (5-10, 0-0 Missouri Valley)	2	6	1
		SIUE (8-11, 0-0 Ohio Valley)	3	6	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
VALP	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	6	1
SIUE	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	3	6	0

Live Win Probability

VALP

50%

SIUE

Valparaiso Wins:
Valparaiso Loses:

43.9 RPI Points
-21.9 RPI Points

	Top 2nd 1-0 2 Outs		R	H	E
		Oklahoma State (12-5, 0-1 Big 12)	1	2	0
		UCF (10-6, 1-0 Big 12)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OKST	1									1	2	0
UCF	0									0	0	0

Live Win Probability

OKST

50%

UCF

Oklahoma State Wins:
Oklahoma State Loses:

12.9 RPI Points
-31.0 RPI Points

	Final		R	H	E
		25 Coastal Carolina (12-6, 2-0 Sun Belt)	7	8	0
		Appalachian State (10-8, 0-2 Sun Belt)	4	10	3

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
COAS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	7	8	0
APP	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	3

Live Win Probability

COAS

50%

APP

Appalachian State Wins:
Appalachian State Loses:

18.5 RPI Points
-23.1 RPI Points

	Final/7		R	H	E
		Coppin State (2-12, 2-3 NEC)	5	7	3
		Fairleigh Dickinson (7-7, 4-1 NEC)	15	13	3

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
COPP	0	3	1	0	1	0	0			5	7	3
FDIC	0	0	0	2	3	6	4			15	13	3

Live Win Probability

COPP

50%

FDIC

Fairleigh Dickinson Wins:
Fairleigh Dickinson Loses:

17.5 RPI Points
-17.5 RPI Points

	Final		R	H	E
		Fordham (7-10, 1-1 Atlantic 10)	6	11	1
		Davidson (9-8, 1-1 Atlantic 10)	4	6	1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
FOR	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	6	11	1
DAV	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	6	1

Live Win Probability

FOR

50%

DAV

Davidson Wins:
Davidson Loses:

6.9 RPI Points
-7.7 RPI Points

	6:30 PM		R	H	E
		South Carolina (12-7, 0-1 SEC)	0	0	0
		18 Florida (16-3, 1-0 SEC)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SC										0	0	0
FLA										0	0	0

Live Win Probability

50%

FLA

South Carolina Wins:
South Carolina Loses:

4.8 RPI Points
-8.3 RPI Points

	Bottom 7th 3-2 1 Outs		R	H	E
		Miami (FL) (13-5, 1-3 ACC)	8	7	1
		Duke (14-6, 2-2 ACC)	0	4	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIA	3	4	1	0	0	0	0			8	7	1
DUKE	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	4	0

Live Win Probability

MIA

50%

DUKE

Duke Wins:
Duke Loses:

3.8 RPI Points
-8.8 RPI Points