Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Evansville Men's Basketball

2026 Evansville Purple Aces 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	2475
25	Villanova	1733
50	Miami (FL)	1411
75	Oklahoma State	1139
100	George Washington	958
125	Wright State	841
150	Mississippi State	755
175	Kansas State	648
200	Southern Miss	550
225	Montana	407
250	Sacred Heart	243
275	UC Riverside	82
279	Manhattan	62
280	West Georgia	62
281	Longwood	60
282	Idaho State	56
283	Louisiana	53
284	Central Michigan	52
285	Mercyhurst	52
286	Princeton	44
287	Tennessee Tech	43
288	Chattanooga	42
289	East Texas A&M	29
290	Alabama A&M	26
291	Southern	17
292	Pepperdine	14
293	Delaware	12
294	Little Rock	10
295	UMass-Lowell	9
296	Le Moyne	3
297	South Dakota	1
298	Evansville	-
299	Jackson State	-16
300	Loyola-Chicago	-18
301	San Diego	-18
302	Florida A&M	-20
303	Bellarmine	-24
304	Eastern Illinois	-30
305	Northeastern	-34
306	Lamar	-45
307	New Haven	-69
308	Cleveland State	-90
309	Georgia State	-90
310	Texas Southern	-100
311	Northern Illinois	-102
312	Ball State	-108
313	Wagner	-110
314	Brown	-110
315	Canisius	-113
316	Houston Christian	-118
317	Incarnate Word	-138
325	Long Beach State	-173
350	New Hampshire	-426
357	Southern Indiana	-599

Direct Impact Games

	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:

41 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
		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:

7.5 RPI Points
-4.0 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

Belmont Wins:
Belmont Loses:

1.9 RPI Points
-9.3 RPI Points

	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

Northern Iowa Wins:
Northern Iowa Loses:

4.4 RPI Points
-6.7 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

Bradley Wins:
Bradley 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
		8 Purdue (22-7, 12-6 Big Ten)	31	43	74
		Ohio State (18-11, 10-8 Big Ten)	36	46	82

Purdue Wins:
Purdue Loses:

1.4 RPI Points
-4.4 RPI Points

	2nd Half - 15:41		1	2	T
		Charleston (19-10, 13-4 Coastal Athletic)	23	11	34
		UNCW (23-4, 14-2 Coastal Athletic)	35	9	44

Charleston Wins:
Charleston Loses:

2.0 RPI Points
-3.8 RPI Points