Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Purdue Men's Basketball

2026 Purdue Boilermakers 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	570
2	Michigan	545
3	Arizona	497
4	Connecticut	287
5	Kansas	256
6	Texas Tech	240
7	Michigan State	188
8	North Carolina	171
9	Florida	162
10	Alabama	139
11	Houston	110
12	Saint Mary's College	75
13	Illinois	61
14	Virginia	35
15	Utah State	33
16	Gonzaga	14
17	Purdue	-
18	Arkansas	-2
19	Nebraska	-23
20	Saint John's	-46
21	Iowa State	-46
22	Saint Louis	-52
23	Vanderbilt	-59
24	BYU	-113
25	Villanova	-171
26	Louisville	-227
27	Santa Clara	-235
28	Miami (OH)	-259
29	Yale	-259
30	UCF	-276
31	Tennessee	-280
32	South Florida	-301
33	VCU	-302
34	Kentucky	-326
35	SMU	-344
36	Akron	-349
50	Miami (FL)	-493
75	Oklahoma State	-765
100	George Washington	-946
125	Wright State	-1064
150	Mississippi State	-1149
175	Kansas State	-1256
200	Southern Miss	-1354
225	Montana	-1497
250	Sacred Heart	-1662
275	UC Riverside	-1822
300	Loyola-Chicago	-1922
325	Long Beach State	-2077
350	New Hampshire	-2330
357	Gardner-Webb	-2507

Direct Impact Games

	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:

33 RPI Points
-39 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	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:

4.8 RPI Points
-6.7 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
		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
		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:

4.8 RPI Points
-1.0 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		DePaul (16-13, 8-10 Big East)	32	30	62
		Marquette (10-19, 5-13 Big East)	14	37	51

Marquette Wins:
Marquette Loses:

3.8 RPI Points
-2.0 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
		Memphis (12-17, 7-9 American)	30	38	68
		East Carolina (10-18, 6-10 American)	44	40	84

Memphis Wins:
Memphis Loses:

3.4 RPI Points
-2.4 RPI Points