Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Indiana State Men's Basketball

2026 Indiana State Sycamores 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	2335
25	Villanova	1593
50	Miami (FL)	1271
75	Oklahoma State	999
100	George Washington	818
125	Wright State	701
150	Mississippi State	615
175	Kansas State	508
200	Southern Miss	410
225	Montana	267
245	Georgia Southern	145
246	Drake	136
247	Howard	130
248	Weber State	117
249	American	115
250	Sacred Heart	103
251	Missouri State	101
252	NJIT	82
253	SIUE	78
254	Lehigh	72
255	North Dakota	70
256	Hampton	55
257	East Carolina	54
258	Milwaukee	53
259	Eastern Michigan	26
260	North Carolina A&T	26
261	Presbyterian College	11
262	San Jose State	4
263	Youngstown State	3
264	Indiana State	-
265	Radford	-5
266	Omaha	-5
267	South Dakota State	-14
268	Eastern Kentucky	-17
269	South Carolina Upstate	-20
270	Southern Utah	-29
271	UTEP	-37
272	UNCG	-41
273	Charleston Southern	-56
274	FGCU	-58
275	UC Riverside	-58
276	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	-62
277	Jacksonville	-70
278	Boston University	-77
279	Manhattan	-78
280	West Georgia	-78
281	Longwood	-80
282	Idaho State	-84
283	Louisiana	-87
300	Loyola-Chicago	-158
325	Long Beach State	-313
350	New Hampshire	-566
357	Southern Indiana	-739

Direct 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

Indiana State Wins:
Indiana State Loses:

48 RPI Points
-31 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) 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:

9.5 RPI Points
-2.0 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

Illinois State Wins:
Illinois State Loses:

4.1 RPI Points
-7.0 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
		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

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
		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/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:

3.0 RPI Points
-3.0 RPI Points