Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Penn State Men's Basketball

2026 Penn State Nittany Lions 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	1746
25	Villanova	1005
50	Miami (FL)	683
75	Oklahoma State	411
100	George Washington	230
125	Wright State	112
137	Xavier	84
138	Coastal Carolina	83
139	San Francisco	72
140	South Alabama	71
141	Oklahoma	70
142	Oakland	70
143	Minnesota	68
144	East Tennessee State	64
145	Georgetown	61
146	North Texas	44
147	Southern Illinois	39
148	Mercer	38
149	James Madison	27
150	Mississippi State	27
151	UTA	20
152	Robert Morris	13
153	Siena	12
154	Middle Tennessee	8
155	Kennesaw State	7
156	Penn State	-
157	Rhode Island	-10
158	Oregon State	-11
159	Ole Miss	-14
160	Oregon	-15
161	Pacific	-18
162	Columbia	-18
163	Long Island	-24
164	Tennessee-Martin	-25
165	Pittsburgh	-26
166	Appalachian State	-31
167	UC Santa Barbara	-32
168	Marist	-38
169	Green Bay	-40
170	Maryland	-42
171	Harvard	-49
172	Portland State	-63
173	Fairfield	-64
174	Buffalo	-73
175	Kansas State	-80
200	Southern Miss	-178
225	Montana	-321
250	Sacred Heart	-486
275	UC Riverside	-646
300	Loyola-Chicago	-746
325	Long Beach State	-901
350	New Hampshire	-1154
357	Gardner-Webb	-1331

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	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:

4.5 RPI Points
-1.5 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Rutgers (12-17, 5-13 Big Ten)	39	30	69
		Maryland (11-18, 4-14 Big Ten)	20	45	65

Maryland Wins:
Maryland Loses:

3.6 RPI Points
-2.2 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Rutgers (12-17, 5-13 Big Ten)	39	30	69
		Maryland (11-18, 4-14 Big Ten)	20	45	65

Rutgers Wins:
Rutgers Loses:

3.4 RPI Points
-2.4 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

Ohio State Wins:
Ohio State Loses:

2.2 RPI Points
-3.6 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
		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

	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

Indiana Wins:
Indiana Loses:

2.4 RPI Points
-3.4 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:

2.2 RPI Points
-3.3 RPI Points