Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Harvard Baseball

2026 Harvard Crimson 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	UCLA	2027
25	UCF	1411
50	Louisiana	1152
75	Louisiana Tech	963
100	Wofford	796
125	Rutgers	670
150	Northeastern	561
175	William & Mary	466
200	Middle Tennessee	363
225	Marist	192
237	Southern Illinois	122
238	Western Illinois	120
239	Central Michigan	117
240	UMass	112
241	North Dakota State	108
242	Fairleigh Dickinson	98
243	Tennessee-Martin	93
244	Towson	90
245	Pacific	71
246	Tennessee Tech	71
247	Iona	60
248	Stonehill	45
249	UIC	41
250	Eastern Michigan	24
251	San Francisco	19
252	West Georgia	15
253	Cornell	12
254	Loyola-Marymount	8
255	Milwaukee	6
256	Harvard	-
257	Omaha	0
258	Seton Hall	-1
259	Georgetown	-4
260	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	-20
261	Long Beach State	-25
262	Presbyterian College	-25
263	Saint Louis	-37
264	Dartmouth	-39
265	George Washington	-46
266	UC Riverside	-48
267	Akron	-66
268	Villanova	-69
269	Lehigh	-71
270	Valparaiso	-73
271	Long Island	-89
272	Mount Saint Mary's	-92
273	Eastern Kentucky	-94
274	Northern Kentucky	-94
275	Canisius	-105
300	Central Connecticut	-593
301	Prairie View A&M	-692

Direct Impact Games

	Final		R	H	E
		Harvard (8-26, 6-12 Ivy League)	9	15	4
		Holy Cross (19-25, 12-11 Patriot League)	12	11	4

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HARV	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	3	9	15	4
HOLY	0	0	6	0	4	0	2	0	0	12	11	4

Live Win Probability

HARV

50%

HOLY

Harvard Wins:
Harvard Loses:

66 RPI Points
-20 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	Final		R	H	E
		California Baptist (34-11, 7-5 Western Athletic)	18	17	1
		UC Riverside (14-29, 9-12 Big West)	6	11	1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CBU	0	1	4	1	0	4	2	0	6	18	17	1
UCRV	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	6	11	1

Live Win Probability

CBU

50%

UCRV

California Baptist Wins:
California Baptist Loses:

3.1 RPI Points
-9.7 RPI Points

	Bottom 7th 0-0 0 Outs		R	H	E
		13 Southern Miss (31-13, 13-8 Sun Belt)	6	6	0
		Tulane (22-23, 8-10 American)	5	6	2

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
USM	1	2	2	0	1	0	0			6	6	0
TULN	0	0	4	0	1	0				5	6	2

Live Win Probability

USM

50%

TULN

Tulane Wins:
Tulane Loses:

4.9 RPI Points
-4.7 RPI Points

	Top 6th 0-0 2 Outs		R	H	E
		Lamar (24-20, 16-8 Southland)	1	2	0
		Rice (25-20, 8-10 American)	6	7	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
LAMA	1	0	0	0	0					1	2	0
RICE	4	0	0	0	2					6	7	0

Live Win Probability

LAMA

50%

RICE

Rice Wins:
Rice Loses:

4.3 RPI Points
-5.3 RPI Points

	Final/7		R	H	E
		Charlotte (20-24, 5-13 American)	2	8	3
		Liberty (32-13, 15-6 Conference USA)	12	12	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHAR	2	0	0	0	0	0	0			2	8	3
LIB	2	0	3	3	0	3	1			12	12	0

Live Win Probability

CHAR

50%

LIB

Liberty Wins:
Liberty Loses:

2.8 RPI Points
-6.8 RPI Points

	Final		R	H	E
		UMass (14-23, 10-14 Mid-American)	4	2	3
		Siena (16-24, 8-13 MAAC)	7	9	1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MASS	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	2	3
SIEN	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	7	9	1

Live Win Probability

MASS

50%

SIEN

UMass Wins:
UMass Loses:

2.4 RPI Points
-1.5 RPI Points