Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Murray State Men's Basketball

2026 Murray State Racers 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	1437
25	Villanova	695
50	Miami (FL)	373
69	Texas	177
70	Texas A&M	143
71	Cincinnati	139
72	Arizona State	133
73	Wichita State	110
74	Merrimack	102
75	Oklahoma State	101
76	Stephen F. Austin	100
77	Winthrop	84
78	High Point	79
79	California Baptist	79
80	Colorado	71
81	Grand Canyon	51
82	Baylor	44
83	Saint Joseph's	34
84	Florida State	30
85	Wake Forest	24
86	Illinois State	14
87	Colorado State	4
88	Murray State	-
89	West Virginia	-5
90	Troy	-8
91	Marshall	-20
92	UC Irvine	-22
93	Davidson	-32
94	Bradley	-33
95	Arkansas State	-36
96	Northern Iowa	-36
97	Syracuse	-37
98	Charleston	-39
99	Hawaii	-50
100	George Washington	-80
101	Creighton	-96
102	North Dakota State	-101
103	William & Mary	-108
104	Notre Dame	-109
105	Western Kentucky	-114
106	Providence	-116
107	Toledo	-118
125	Wright State	-197
150	Mississippi State	-283
175	Kansas State	-390
200	Southern Miss	-488
225	Montana	-631
250	Sacred Heart	-795
275	UC Riverside	-956
300	Loyola-Chicago	-1056
325	Long Beach State	-1211
350	New Hampshire	-1464
357	Southern Indiana	-1637

Direct Impact Games

	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:

64 RPI Points
-16 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) 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:

7.4 RPI Points
-3.3 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

Evansville Wins:
Evansville Loses:

8.9 RPI Points
-1.9 RPI Points

	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

UIC Wins:
UIC Loses:

5.2 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

Drake Wins:
Drake Loses:

7.0 RPI Points
-3.7 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:

1.7 RPI Points
-8.7 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

Illinois State Wins:
Illinois State Loses:

3.8 RPI Points
-6.6 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:

4.2 RPI Points
-6.2 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:

5.2 RPI Points
-5.2 RPI Points