North Carolina
North Carolina Tar Heels (23-6)
ACC (11-5)
Live RPI
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Up 3 since
SUN, FEB 22nd

2026 North Carolina Tar Heels 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
1 400
2 374
3 326
4 116
5 85
6 69
7 17
8 -
9 -9
10 -32
11 -61
12 -97
13 -110
14 -136
15 -138
16 -157
17 -171
18 -173
19 -194
20 -216
21 -217
22 -223
23 -230
24
-284
25 -342
26 -398
27 -406
50 -664
75 -936
100 -1117
125 -1234
150 -1320
175 -1427
200 -1525
225 -1668
250 -1832
275 -1993
300 -2093
325 -2248
350 -2501
357 -2674

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

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Final 1 2 T
Memphis
(12-17, 7-9 American)
30 38 68
East Carolina
(10-18, 6-10 American)
44 40 84
East Carolina Wins:
East Carolina Loses:
3.8 RPI Points
-2.1 RPI Points
CBS
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
Ohio State Wins:
Ohio State Loses:
2.2 RPI Points
-3.6 RPI Points
CBS
Final 1 2 T
13 Michigan State
(24-5, 14-4 Big Ten)
45 32 77
Indiana
(17-12, 8-10 Big Ten)
37 27 64
Michigan State Wins:
Michigan State Loses:
1.0 RPI Points
-4.8 RPI Points