Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Memphis Men's Basketball

2026 Memphis 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	Duke	1889
25	Villanova	1148
50	Miami (FL)	826
75	Oklahoma State	554
100	George Washington	373
125	Wright State	255
150	Mississippi State	170
175	Kansas State	63
177	Monmouth	56
178	Bowling Green	51
179	Valparaiso	48
180	Ohio	47
181	Iona	44
182	Stony Brook	36
183	Bethune-Cookman	33
184	UTRGV	32
185	Montana State	31
186	Morehead State	27
187	Rutgers	23
188	Southeast Missouri	23
189	Fordham	21
190	Furman	20
191	Samford	15
192	Campbell	13
193	Utah	7
194	Texas State	7
195	New Orleans	6
196	Memphis	-
197	Northern Colorado	-3
198	Queens	-22
199	Cal State Fullerton	-31
200	Southern Miss	-35
201	Charlotte	-37
202	Richmond	-49
203	Loyola-Marymount	-54
204	UMass	-75
205	Fresno State	-77
206	Colgate	-79
207	South Carolina	-90
208	Western Carolina	-94
209	Northern Kentucky	-100
210	Wofford	-104
211	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	-105
212	Purdue Fort Wayne	-109
213	Washington State	-116
214	Detroit	-118
215	La Salle	-123
225	Montana	-178
250	Sacred Heart	-343
275	UC Riverside	-503
300	Loyola-Chicago	-603
325	Long Beach State	-758
350	New Hampshire	-1011
357	Gardner-Webb	-1188

Direct Impact Games

	Final		1	2	T
		Memphis (12-17, 7-9 American)	30	38	68
		East Carolina (10-18, 6-10 American)	44	40	84

Memphis Wins:
Memphis Loses:

50 RPI Points
-61 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	Final		1	2	T
		North Texas (15-13, 8-9 American)	21	41	62
		UAB (17-11, 9-7 American)	28	30	58

UAB Wins:
UAB Loses:

4.7 RPI Points
-7.2 RPI Points

	2nd Half - 11:33		1	2	T
		Wichita State (18-10, 11-5 American)	41	17	58
		UTSA (3-23, 1-15 American)	29	14	43

Wichita State Wins:
Wichita State Loses:

4.2 RPI Points
-7.6 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

FAU Wins:
FAU Loses:

5.5 RPI Points
-6.4 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		North Texas (15-13, 8-9 American)	21	41	62
		UAB (17-11, 9-7 American)	28	30	58

North Texas Wins:
North Texas Loses:

5.5 RPI Points
-6.4 RPI Points

	2nd Half - 11:33		1	2	T
		Wichita State (18-10, 11-5 American)	41	17	58
		UTSA (3-23, 1-15 American)	29	14	43

UTSA Wins:
UTSA Loses:

5.6 RPI Points
-0.7 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Rice (10-17, 6-10 American)	35	45	80
		Temple (14-14, 7-9 American)	36	38	74

Rice Wins:
Rice Loses:

3.9 RPI Points
-2.3 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Tulane (16-12, 8-8 American)	38	24	62
		South Florida (20-8, 13-3 American)	49	41	90

South Florida Wins:
South Florida Loses:

1.7 RPI Points
-4.2 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

	Final		1	2	T
		Tulane (16-12, 8-8 American)	38	24	62
		South Florida (20-8, 13-3 American)	49	41	90

Tulane Wins:
Tulane Loses:

2.5 RPI Points
-3.4 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Rice (10-17, 6-10 American)	35	45	80
		Temple (14-14, 7-9 American)	36	38	74

Temple Wins:
Temple Loses:

3.0 RPI Points
-3.0 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

	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:

2.8 RPI Points
-2.8 RPI Points