Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Drake Men's Basketball

2026 Drake 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	Duke	2199
25	Villanova	1457
50	Miami (FL)	1135
75	Oklahoma State	863
100	George Washington	682
125	Wright State	565
150	Mississippi State	479
175	Kansas State	372
200	Southern Miss	274
225	Montana	131
227	UNC Asheville	113
228	Portland	96
229	New Mexico State	96
230	Georgia Tech	94
231	Mount Saint Mary's	92
232	Dartmouth	81
233	Tarleton State	76
234	Louisiana Tech	66
235	Lindenwood	58
236	Temple	58
237	Eastern Washington	56
238	Denver	46
239	Old Dominion	41
240	Nicholls	41
241	Central Connecticut	33
242	Idaho	30
243	Western Michigan	22
244	Rice	15
245	Georgia Southern	9
246	Drake	-
247	Howard	-6
248	Weber State	-19
249	American	-21
250	Sacred Heart	-33
251	Missouri State	-35
252	NJIT	-54
253	SIUE	-58
254	Lehigh	-64
255	North Dakota	-66
256	Hampton	-81
257	East Carolina	-82
258	Milwaukee	-83
259	Eastern Michigan	-110
260	North Carolina A&T	-110
261	Presbyterian College	-125
262	San Jose State	-132
263	Youngstown State	-133
264	Indiana State	-136
265	Radford	-141
275	UC Riverside	-194
300	Loyola-Chicago	-294
325	Long Beach State	-449
350	New Hampshire	-702
357	Southern Indiana	-875

Direct Impact Games

	Final		1	2	T
		Northern Iowa (18-12, 11-9 Missouri Valley)	39	36	75
		Drake (10-19, 6-14 Missouri Valley)	24	29	53

Drake Wins:
Drake Loses:

45 RPI Points
-23 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	Final		1	2	T
		UIC (15-14, 12-8 Missouri Valley)	31	32	63
		Indiana State (9-20, 4-16 Missouri Valley)	35	44	79

UIC Wins:
UIC Loses:

5.5 RPI Points
-5.9 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		UIC (15-14, 12-8 Missouri Valley)	31	32	63
		Indiana State (9-20, 4-16 Missouri Valley)	35	44	79

Indiana State Wins:
Indiana State Loses:

7.9 RPI Points
-3.6 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Southern Illinois (15-15, 10-10 Missouri Valley)	38	43	81
		Evansville (5-24, 3-17 Missouri Valley)	27	40	67

Evansville Wins:
Evansville Loses:

9.5 RPI Points
-2.0 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Southern Illinois (15-15, 10-10 Missouri Valley)	38	43	81
		Evansville (5-24, 3-17 Missouri Valley)	27	40	67

Southern Illinois Wins:
Southern Illinois Loses:

5.6 RPI Points
-5.6 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Belmont (25-5, 16-4 Missouri Valley)	40	34	74
		Illinois State (19-11, 12-8 Missouri Valley)	38	43	81

Belmont Wins:
Belmont Loses:

1.9 RPI Points
-9.3 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Murray State (20-11, 12-8 Missouri Valley)	35	43	78
		Bradley (19-11, 13-7 Missouri Valley)	36	51	87

Bradley Wins:
Bradley Loses:

4.1 RPI Points
-7.0 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Belmont (25-5, 16-4 Missouri Valley)	40	34	74
		Illinois State (19-11, 12-8 Missouri Valley)	38	43	81

Illinois State Wins:
Illinois State Loses:

4.1 RPI Points
-7.0 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Murray State (20-11, 12-8 Missouri Valley)	35	43	78
		Bradley (19-11, 13-7 Missouri Valley)	36	51	87

Murray State Wins:
Murray State Loses:

3.8 RPI Points
-7.0 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		North Texas (15-13, 8-9 American)	21	41	62
		UAB (17-11, 9-7 American)	28	30	58

UAB Wins:
UAB Loses:

2.3 RPI Points
-3.6 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Charleston (20-10, 14-4 Coastal Athletic)	23	56	79
		UNCW (23-5, 14-3 Coastal Athletic)	35	41	76

Charleston Wins:
Charleston Loses:

1.9 RPI Points
-3.7 RPI Points