Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Rice Baseball

2026 Rice Owls 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	1731
25	Wake Forest	552
50	Wright State	336
72	Iowa	139
73	Utah	137
74	South Carolina	130
75	San Diego	127
76	Southeast Missouri	123
77	Charleston Southern	118
78	FGCU	100
79	Dallas Baptist	97
80	California Baptist	96
81	Mercer	83
82	Michigan State	65
83	Longwood	61
84	Western Carolina	40
85	UNCW	32
86	Northwestern State	27
87	Texas State	26
88	Houston	18
89	Southeastern Louisiana	6
90	Nicholls	5
91	Rice	-
92	Austin Peay	-2
93	Pittsburgh	-3
94	FAU	-11
95	Troy	-14
96	Ohio State	-16
97	Gardner-Webb	-21
98	BYU	-23
99	UC Irvine	-37
100	Miami (FL)	-38
101	Portland	-46
102	South Dakota State	-47
103	Bryant	-66
104	UTA	-66
105	VCU	-67
106	Connecticut	-70
107	Missouri	-75
108	George Mason	-79
109	Georgia State	-89
110	Tarleton State	-106
125	Loyola-Marymount	-220
150	Georgetown	-436
175	North Dakota State	-585
200	Belmont	-705
225	ULM	-849
250	Yale	-1022
275	Ohio	-1402
300	Long Island	-1794
301	Seattle University	-1816

Direct Impact Games

	9:00 PM		R	H	E
		Rice (11-8, 0-0 American)	0	0	0
		Grand Canyon (6-12, 0-0 Mountain West)	0	0	0

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

Live Win Probability

RICE

50%

GCU

Rice Wins:
Rice Loses:

18 RPI Points
-108 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	9:00 PM		R	H	E
		Harvard (0-10, 0-0 Ivy League)	0	0	0
		California Baptist (15-4, 0-0 Western Athletic)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HARV										0	0	0
CBU										0	0	0

Live Win Probability

HARV

50%

CBU

Harvard Wins:
Harvard Loses:

71.8 RPI Points
0.0 RPI Points

	Final		R	H	E
		19 USC (19-1, 5-1 Big Ten)	2	4	0
		Northwestern (7-9, 1-2 Big Ten)	0	2	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
USC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	0
NW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Live Win Probability

USC

50%

Northwestern Wins:
Northwestern Loses:

26.1 RPI Points
-20.3 RPI Points

	Final		R	H	E
		19 USC (19-1, 5-1 Big Ten)	1	3	0
		Northwestern (7-9, 1-2 Big Ten)	2	4	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
USC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0
NW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0

Live Win Probability

USC

50%

Northwestern Wins:
Northwestern Loses:

26.1 RPI Points
-20.3 RPI Points

	Bottom 7th 0-2 2 Outs		R	H	E
		Loyola-Marymount (7-13, 0-0 West Coast)	2	6	0
		Abilene Christian (8-10, 0-0 Western Athletic)	10	11	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
LMU	0	0	0	0	0	0	2			2	6	0
ACU	1	0	0	0	6	2	1			10	11	0

Live Win Probability

LMU

50%

ACU

Abilene Christian Wins:
Abilene Christian Loses:

23.1 RPI Points
-18.5 RPI Points

	Final		R	H	E
		19 USC (19-1, 5-1 Big Ten)	2	4	0
		Northwestern (7-9, 1-2 Big Ten)	0	2	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
USC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	0
NW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Live Win Probability

USC

50%

USC Wins:
USC Loses:

1.9 RPI Points
-35.7 RPI Points

	Final		R	H	E
		19 USC (19-1, 5-1 Big Ten)	1	3	0
		Northwestern (7-9, 1-2 Big Ten)	2	4	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
USC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0
NW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0

Live Win Probability

USC

50%

USC Wins:
USC Loses:

1.9 RPI Points
-35.7 RPI Points

	Final		R	H	E
		Purdue (12-5, 3-2 Big Ten)	8	9	1
		Maryland (10-8, 0-2 Big Ten)	6	11	4

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PUR	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	9	1
MD	1	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	11	4

Live Win Probability

PUR

50%

Purdue Wins:
Purdue Loses:

4.3 RPI Points
-10.3 RPI Points

	Top 7th 1-2 1 Outs		R	H	E
		Houston Christian (9-8, 4-2 Southland)	5	5	1
		Tarleton State (11-6, 0-0 Western Athletic)	6	9	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HBU	1	3	0	0	1	0				5	5	1
TARL	1	0	0	0	2	3				6	9	0

Live Win Probability

HBU

50%

TARL

Houston Christian Wins:
Houston Christian Loses:

6.9 RPI Points
-7.7 RPI Points

	7:30 PM		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
HOU										0	0	0

Live Win Probability

KSU

50%

HOU

Houston Wins:
Houston Loses:

5.2 RPI Points
-9.5 RPI Points

	Bottom 7th 0-1 2 Outs		R	H	E
		Saint Mary's College (10-7, 0-0 West Coast)	4	10	2
		Grand Canyon (6-12, 0-0 Mountain West)	9	9	1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SMC	0	1	0	2	0	0	1			4	10	2
GCU	0	4	1	0	0	4				9	9	1

Live Win Probability

SMC

50%

GCU

Saint Mary's College Wins:
Saint Mary's College Loses:

6.0 RPI Points
-8.6 RPI Points

	Top 2nd 0-1 1 Outs		R	H	E
		McNeese (8-8, 4-3 Southland)	0	0	0
		Lamar (10-8, 4-3 Southland)	1	1	0

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

Live Win Probability

MCNS

50%

LAMA

Lamar Wins:
Lamar Loses:

6.2 RPI Points
-7.7 RPI Points

	Bottom 7th 0-1 2 Outs		R	H	E
		Saint Mary's College (10-7, 0-0 West Coast)	4	10	2
		Grand Canyon (6-12, 0-0 Mountain West)	9	9	1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SMC	0	1	0	2	0	0	1			4	10	2
GCU	0	4	1	0	0	4				9	9	1

Live Win Probability

SMC

50%

GCU

Grand Canyon Wins:
Grand Canyon Loses:

9.2 RPI Points
-4.6 RPI Points

	Final		R	H	E
		South Alabama (13-6, 1-1 Sun Belt)	3	5	0
		Louisiana (14-5, 1-1 Sun Belt)	4	6	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SALA	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	0
UL	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	4	6	0

Live Win Probability

SALA

50%

Louisiana Wins:
Louisiana Loses:

3.5 RPI Points
-9.7 RPI Points