Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Louisville Men's Basketball

2026 Louisville Cardinals 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	1385
25	Villanova	394
33	Yale	237
34	Hofstra	235
35	Auburn	215
36	Saint John's	196
37	UC San Diego	190
38	Sam Houston State	162
39	Clemson	151
40	Oakland	124
41	Santa Clara	103
42	Saint Louis	97
43	Middle Tennessee	93
44	Colorado	78
45	Florida	72
46	Arkansas	58
47	Utah Valley	55
48	Kansas State	43
49	George Mason	26
50	McNeese	6
51	Stanford	5
52	Louisville	-
53	Butler	-1
54	Akron	-15
55	California	-23
56	FAU	-25
57	Tennessee	-26
58	Arkansas State	-28
59	Georgia	-66
60	Towson	-76
61	Ohio State	-84
62	Arizona State	-89
63	William & Mary	-111
64	Oklahoma State	-119
65	UCLA	-134
66	Virginia	-146
67	New Mexico State	-148
68	Troy	-154
69	Colorado State	-167
70	Northern Iowa	-168
71	Belmont	-190
75	Creighton	-226
100	Oregon	-393
125	FIU	-570
150	San Francisco	-733
175	Miami (OH)	-903
200	Wofford	-983
225	Tennessee Tech	-1142
250	Alabama A&M	-1286
275	Rice	-1427
300	Southeastern Louisiana	-1596
325	Cal State Bakersfield	-1851
350	Western Illinois	-2181
357	Morgan State	-2423

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	7:00 PM		1	2	T
		Eastern Michigan (5-6, 0-1 Mid-American)			0
		Wright State (3-7, 1-1 Horizon League)			0

Eastern Michigan Wins:
Eastern Michigan Loses:

18.9 RPI Points
-15.8 RPI Points

	8:00 PM		1	2	T
		Alabama State (2-8, 0-0 SWAC)			0
		Memphis (4-7, 0-0 American)			0

Memphis Wins:
Memphis Loses:

22.1 RPI Points
-12.6 RPI Points

	4:00 PM		1	2	T
		South Carolina State (0-12, 0-0 MEAC)			0
		South Carolina (7-4, 0-0 SEC)			0

South Carolina State Wins:
South Carolina State Loses:

32.1 RPI Points
0.0 RPI Points

	2:00 PM		1	2	T
		NJIT (4-8, 0-0 America East)			0
		Butler (9-3, 1-1 Big East)			0

NJIT Wins:
NJIT Loses:

21.4 RPI Points
-10.7 RPI Points

	6:00 PM		1	2	T
		Siena (9-3, 2-0 MAAC)			0
		Indiana (9-3, 1-1 Big Ten)			0

Indiana Wins:
Indiana Loses:

8.0 RPI Points
-24.0 RPI Points