Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Illinois State Men's Basketball

2026 Illinois State Redbirds 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	1422
25	Villanova	681
50	Miami (FL)	359
68	TCU	167
69	Texas	163
70	Texas A&M	129
71	Cincinnati	125
72	Arizona State	119
73	Wichita State	96
74	Merrimack	88
75	Oklahoma State	87
76	Stephen F. Austin	86
77	Winthrop	70
78	California Baptist	65
79	High Point	64
80	Colorado	57
81	Charleston	46
82	Grand Canyon	37
83	Baylor	30
84	Saint Joseph's	20
85	Florida State	16
86	Wake Forest	9
87	Illinois State	-
88	Colorado State	-10
89	Murray State	-14
90	West Virginia	-19
91	Troy	-22
92	UC Irvine	-36
93	Marshall	-39
94	Davidson	-46
95	Bradley	-47
96	Arkansas State	-50
97	Northern Iowa	-50
98	Syracuse	-51
99	Hawaii	-64
100	George Washington	-94
101	Creighton	-110
102	North Dakota State	-115
103	Notre Dame	-123
104	Western Kentucky	-128
105	Providence	-130
106	William & Mary	-132
125	Wright State	-212
150	Mississippi State	-297
175	Kansas State	-404
200	Southern Miss	-502
225	Montana	-645
250	Sacred Heart	-810
275	UC Riverside	-970
300	Loyola-Chicago	-1070
325	Long Beach State	-1225
350	New Hampshire	-1478
357	Gardner-Webb	-1655

Direct Impact Games

	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:

74 RPI Points
-32 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:

5.4 RPI Points
-5.7 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:

9.2 RPI Points
-1.9 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:

7.3 RPI Points
-3.8 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:

7.7 RPI Points
-3.4 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:

4.3 RPI Points
-6.5 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:

3.9 RPI Points
-6.8 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:

5.4 RPI Points
-5.4 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:

3.7 RPI Points
-6.7 RPI Points

	Final/1OT		1	2	OT	T
		Charlotte (14-14, 9-7 American)	45	24	7	76
		FAU (15-13, 9-8 American)	35	34	8	77

Charlotte Wins:
Charlotte Loses:

2.9 RPI Points
-2.9 RPI Points