Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Canisius Men's Basketball

2026 Canisius Golden Griffins 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	Duke	2588
25	Villanova	1846
50	Miami (FL)	1524
75	Oklahoma State	1252
100	George Washington	1071
125	Wright State	954
150	Mississippi State	868
175	Kansas State	761
200	Southern Miss	663
225	Montana	520
250	Sacred Heart	356
275	UC Riverside	195
296	Le Moyne	116
297	South Dakota	114
298	Evansville	113
299	Jackson State	97
300	Loyola-Chicago	95
301	San Diego	95
302	Florida A&M	93
303	Bellarmine	89
304	Eastern Illinois	83
305	Northeastern	79
306	Lamar	68
307	New Haven	44
308	Cleveland State	23
309	Georgia State	23
310	Texas Southern	13
311	Northern Illinois	11
312	Ball State	5
313	Wagner	3
314	Brown	3
315	Canisius	-
316	Houston Christian	-5
317	Incarnate Word	-25
318	Lafayette	-25
319	Norfolk State	-26
320	Alabama State	-39
321	Grambling State	-49
322	Air Force	-50
323	North Carolina Central	-57
324	Bucknell	-58
325	Long Beach State	-60
326	UTSA	-61
327	Army	-65
328	Stetson	-70
329	Northwestern State	-78
330	Loyola-Maryland	-84
331	Niagara	-105
332	Sacramento State	-132
333	North Florida	-137
334	Albany	-162
350	New Hampshire	-313
357	Southern Indiana	-486

Direct Impact Games

	Final		1	2	T
		Quinnipiac (18-12, 12-8 MAAC)	29	38	67
		Canisius (9-21, 5-15 MAAC)	30	33	63

Canisius Wins:
Canisius Loses:

64 RPI Points
-11 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	Final		1	2	T
		Merrimack (21-10, 17-3 MAAC)	30	43	73
		Niagara (7-22, 5-15 MAAC)	28	38	66

Niagara Wins:
Niagara Loses:

8.4 RPI Points
-2.7 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Mount Saint Mary's (14-16, 11-9 MAAC)	39	30	69
		Fairfield (18-12, 11-9 MAAC)	25	22	47

Mount Saint Mary's Wins:
Mount Saint Mary's Loses:

5.7 RPI Points
-5.0 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Mount Saint Mary's (14-16, 11-9 MAAC)	39	30	69
		Fairfield (18-12, 11-9 MAAC)	25	22	47

Fairfield Wins:
Fairfield Loses:

4.3 RPI Points
-6.5 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Iona (18-13, 10-10 MAAC)	35	34	69
		Manhattan (11-19, 8-12 MAAC)	26	39	65

Manhattan Wins:
Manhattan Loses:

6.8 RPI Points
-3.9 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Rider (3-25, 3-17 MAAC)	35	26	61
		Siena (20-11, 13-7 MAAC)	33	43	76

Siena Wins:
Siena Loses:

3.7 RPI Points
-6.7 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Iona (18-13, 10-10 MAAC)	35	34	69
		Manhattan (11-19, 8-12 MAAC)	26	39	65

Iona Wins:
Iona Loses:

4.4 RPI Points
-6.0 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Saint Peter's (16-11, 14-6 MAAC)	30	33	63
		Marist (17-11, 12-8 MAAC)	31	25	56

Saint Peter's Wins:
Saint Peter's Loses:

2.4 RPI Points
-3.5 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Rider (3-25, 3-17 MAAC)	35	26	61
		Siena (20-11, 13-7 MAAC)	33	43	76

Rider Wins:
Rider Loses:

5.1 RPI Points
-0.6 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Saint Peter's (16-11, 14-6 MAAC)	30	33	63
		Marist (17-11, 12-8 MAAC)	31	25	56

Marist Wins:
Marist Loses:

2.3 RPI Points
-3.5 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Merrimack (21-10, 17-3 MAAC)	30	43	73
		Niagara (7-22, 5-15 MAAC)	28	38	66

Merrimack Wins:
Merrimack Loses:

1.7 RPI Points
-3.5 RPI Points