Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Merrimack Men's Basketball

2026 Merrimack Warriors 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	1334
25	Villanova	593
50	Miami (FL)	271
55	Missouri	245
56	Nevada	237
57	George Mason	228
58	UCLA	214
59	Seton Hall	157
60	Stanford	150
61	UNCW	127
62	California	112
63	USC	108
64	Indiana	100
65	Kent State	90
66	Sam Houston State	88
67	Hofstra	79
68	TCU	79
69	Texas	75
70	Texas A&M	41
71	Cincinnati	37
72	Arizona State	31
73	Wichita State	8
74	Merrimack	-
75	Oklahoma State	-1
76	Stephen F. Austin	-2
77	Winthrop	-18
78	California Baptist	-23
79	High Point	-24
80	Colorado	-31
81	Charleston	-42
82	Grand Canyon	-51
83	Baylor	-58
84	Saint Joseph's	-68
85	Florida State	-72
86	Wake Forest	-79
87	Illinois State	-88
88	Colorado State	-98
89	Murray State	-102
90	West Virginia	-107
91	Troy	-110
92	UC Irvine	-124
93	Marshall	-127
100	George Washington	-182
125	Wright State	-300
150	Mississippi State	-385
175	Kansas State	-492
200	Southern Miss	-590
225	Montana	-733
250	Sacred Heart	-898
275	UC Riverside	-1058
300	Loyola-Chicago	-1158
325	Long Beach State	-1313
350	New Hampshire	-1566
357	Gardner-Webb	-1743

Direct Impact Games

	Final		1	2	T
		Merrimack (21-10, 17-3 MAAC)	30	43	73
		Niagara (7-22, 5-15 MAAC)	28	38	66

Merrimack Wins:
Merrimack Loses:

-9 RPI Points
-81 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	Final		1	2	T
		Saint Peter's (16-11, 14-6 MAAC)	30	33	63
		Marist (17-11, 12-8 MAAC)	31	25	56

Saint Peter's Wins:
Saint Peter's Loses:

4.7 RPI Points
-6.8 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Saint Peter's (16-11, 14-6 MAAC)	30	33	63
		Marist (17-11, 12-8 MAAC)	31	25	56

Marist Wins:
Marist Loses:

4.4 RPI Points
-6.8 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Rider (3-25, 3-17 MAAC)	35	26	61
		Siena (20-11, 13-7 MAAC)	33	43	76

Rider Wins:
Rider Loses:

9.9 RPI Points
-1.2 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Quinnipiac (18-12, 12-8 MAAC)	29	38	67
		Canisius (9-21, 5-15 MAAC)	30	33	63

Quinnipiac Wins:
Quinnipiac Loses:

4.2 RPI Points
-6.2 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Mount Saint Mary's (14-16, 11-9 MAAC)	39	30	69
		Fairfield (18-12, 11-9 MAAC)	25	22	47

Mount Saint Mary's Wins:
Mount Saint Mary's Loses:

5.5 RPI Points
-4.9 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Iona (18-13, 10-10 MAAC)	35	34	69
		Manhattan (11-19, 8-12 MAAC)	26	39	65

Iona Wins:
Iona Loses:

4.2 RPI Points
-5.9 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Rider (3-25, 3-17 MAAC)	35	26	61
		Siena (20-11, 13-7 MAAC)	33	43	76

Siena Wins:
Siena Loses:

3.6 RPI Points
-6.5 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		La Salle (7-21, 4-12 Atlantic 10)	27	37	64
		Davidson (16-11, 9-7 Atlantic 10)	33	38	71

La Salle Wins:
La Salle Loses:

4.2 RPI Points
-1.4 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Iona (18-13, 10-10 MAAC)	35	34	69
		Manhattan (11-19, 8-12 MAAC)	26	39	65

Manhattan Wins:
Manhattan Loses:

3.3 RPI Points
-1.9 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Mount Saint Mary's (14-16, 11-9 MAAC)	39	30	69
		Fairfield (18-12, 11-9 MAAC)	25	22	47

Fairfield Wins:
Fairfield Loses:

2.1 RPI Points
-3.1 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Quinnipiac (18-12, 12-8 MAAC)	29	38	67
		Canisius (9-21, 5-15 MAAC)	30	33	63

Canisius Wins:
Canisius Loses:

3.6 RPI Points
-1.6 RPI Points