Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Niagara Men's Basketball

2026 Niagara Purple Eagles 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	2693
25	Villanova	1951
50	Miami (FL)	1629
75	Oklahoma State	1357
100	George Washington	1176
125	Wright State	1059
150	Mississippi State	973
175	Kansas State	866
200	Southern Miss	768
225	Montana	625
250	Sacred Heart	461
275	UC Riverside	300
300	Loyola-Chicago	200
312	Ball State	110
313	Wagner	108
314	Brown	108
315	Canisius	105
316	Houston Christian	100
317	Incarnate Word	80
318	Lafayette	80
319	Norfolk State	79
320	Alabama State	66
321	Grambling State	56
322	Air Force	55
323	North Carolina Central	48
324	Bucknell	47
325	Long Beach State	45
326	UTSA	44
327	Army	40
328	Stetson	35
329	Northwestern State	27
330	Loyola-Maryland	21
331	Niagara	-
332	Sacramento State	-27
333	North Florida	-32
334	Albany	-57
335	North Alabama	-79
336	Oral Roberts	-97
337	The Citadel	-107
338	Southeastern Louisiana	-119
339	Cal State Bakersfield	-123
340	Prairie View A&M	-127
341	Holy Cross	-128
342	Morgan State	-131
343	Maine	-134
344	Alcorn State	-146
345	Northern Arizona	-152
346	Fairleigh Dickinson	-153
347	Stonehill	-162
348	Maryland Eastern Shore	-172
349	Bryant	-175
350	New Hampshire	-208
357	Southern Indiana	-381

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

Niagara Wins:
Niagara Loses:

91 RPI Points
15 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	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:

5.9 RPI Points
-5.2 RPI Points

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

Canisius Wins:
Canisius Loses:

7.8 RPI Points
-3.3 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:

4.4 RPI Points
-6.7 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:

4.4 RPI Points
-6.7 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:

7.0 RPI Points
-4.1 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:

3.8 RPI Points
-7.0 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:

4.5 RPI Points
-6.3 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

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

2.5 RPI Points
-3.6 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:

2.3 RPI Points
-3.6 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:

5.3 RPI Points
-0.6 RPI Points