Upcoming RPI Impact Games for LSU Men's Basketball

2026 LSU Tigers 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	Michigan	1768
25	BYU	998
50	Georgia	624
75	Saint Joseph's	414
100	Davidson	217
125	Cornell	96
136	Saint Bonaventure	54
137	Oregon State	53
138	Seattle University	52
139	Xavier	50
140	Saint Peter's	49
141	Butler	49
142	Queens	43
143	South Alabama	43
144	Western Kentucky	40
145	Kennesaw State	40
146	Furman	38
147	Coastal Carolina	37
148	Lipscomb	32
149	Tulane	28
150	San Francisco	22
151	Pacific	19
152	Oakland	16
153	Harvard	13
154	James Madison	4
155	LSU	-
156	Monmouth	-2
157	Long Island	-4
158	Robert Morris	-8
159	Marist	-11
160	Cal State Fullerton	-14
161	Minnesota	-23
162	Pittsburgh	-25
163	Campbell	-31
164	Fairfield	-32
165	Columbia	-35
166	Southern Illinois	-43
167	Southern Miss	-48
168	UC Davis	-50
169	Green Bay	-54
170	Louisiana Tech	-63
171	Mercer	-64
172	DePaul	-72
173	Maryland	-72
174	Portland State	-74
175	Appalachian State	-74
200	UMBC	-169
225	Cal Poly	-327
250	Old Dominion	-499
275	Charleston Southern	-643
300	Chattanooga	-735
325	Air Force	-918
350	Bryant	-1157
357	Southern Indiana	-1336

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	3:30 PM		1	2	T
		Ole Miss (15-19, 4-14 SEC)			0
		17 Arkansas (24-8, 13-5 SEC)			0

Arkansas Wins:
Arkansas Loses:

2.4 RPI Points
-7.1 RPI Points

	7:30 PM		1	2	T
		Prairie View A&M (13-17, 9-9 SWAC)			0
		Southern (14-16, 11-7 SWAC)			0

Prairie View A&M Wins:
Prairie View A&M Loses:

2.9 RPI Points
-2.2 RPI Points

	1:00 PM		1	2	T
		22 Vanderbilt (25-7, 11-7 SEC)			0
		4 Florida (26-6, 16-2 SEC)			0

Vanderbilt Wins:
Vanderbilt Loses:

1.0 RPI Points
-3.7 RPI Points

	1:00 PM		1	2	T
		22 Vanderbilt (25-7, 11-7 SEC)			0
		4 Florida (26-6, 16-2 SEC)			0

Florida Wins:
Florida Loses:

0.9 RPI Points
-3.8 RPI Points

	3:30 PM		1	2	T
		Ole Miss (15-19, 4-14 SEC)			0
		17 Arkansas (24-8, 13-5 SEC)			0

Ole Miss Wins:
Ole Miss Loses:

2.5 RPI Points
-2.0 RPI Points