Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Rice Men's Basketball

2026 Rice Owls 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	2184
25	Villanova	1442
50	Miami (FL)	1120
75	Oklahoma State	848
100	George Washington	667
125	Wright State	550
150	Mississippi State	464
175	Kansas State	357
200	Southern Miss	259
225	Montana	116
226	Abilene Christian	107
227	UNC Asheville	98
228	Portland	81
229	New Mexico State	81
230	Georgia Tech	79
231	Mount Saint Mary's	77
232	Dartmouth	66
233	Tarleton State	61
234	Louisiana Tech	51
235	Lindenwood	43
236	Temple	43
237	Eastern Washington	41
238	Denver	31
239	Old Dominion	26
240	Nicholls	26
241	Central Connecticut	18
242	Idaho	15
243	Western Michigan	7
244	Rice	-
245	Georgia Southern	-6
246	Drake	-15
247	Howard	-21
248	Weber State	-34
249	American	-36
250	Sacred Heart	-48
251	Missouri State	-50
252	NJIT	-69
253	SIUE	-73
254	Lehigh	-79
255	North Dakota	-81
256	Hampton	-96
257	East Carolina	-97
258	Milwaukee	-98
259	Eastern Michigan	-125
260	North Carolina A&T	-125
261	Presbyterian College	-140
262	San Jose State	-147
263	Youngstown State	-148
275	UC Riverside	-209
300	Loyola-Chicago	-309
325	Long Beach State	-464
350	New Hampshire	-717
357	Southern Indiana	-890

Direct Impact Games

	Final		1	2	T
		Rice (10-17, 6-10 American)	35	45	80
		Temple (14-14, 7-9 American)	36	38	74

Rice Wins:
Rice Loses:

70 RPI Points
-30 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	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:

8.2 RPI Points
-4.6 RPI Points

	Final/1OT		1	2	OT	T
		Charlotte (14-14, 9-7 American)	45	24	7	76
		FAU (15-13, 9-8 American)	35	34	8	77

Charlotte Wins:
Charlotte Loses:

6.4 RPI Points
-6.4 RPI Points

	1st Half - 14:32		1	2	T
		Wichita State (18-10, 11-5 American)	9		9
		UTSA (3-23, 1-15 American)	8		8

UTSA Wins:
UTSA Loses:

6.1 RPI Points
-0.8 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Tulane (16-12, 8-8 American)	38	24	62
		South Florida (20-8, 13-3 American)	49	41	90

South Florida Wins:
South Florida Loses:

1.8 RPI Points
-4.6 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Tulane (16-12, 8-8 American)	38	24	62
		South Florida (20-8, 13-3 American)	49	41	90

Tulane Wins:
Tulane Loses:

2.7 RPI Points
-3.6 RPI Points

	Final/1OT		1	2	OT	T
		Charlotte (14-14, 9-7 American)	45	24	7	76
		FAU (15-13, 9-8 American)	35	34	8	77

FAU Wins:
FAU Loses:

3.0 RPI Points
-3.4 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		North Texas (15-13, 8-9 American)	21	41	62
		UAB (17-11, 9-7 American)	28	30	58

UAB Wins:
UAB Loses:

2.5 RPI Points
-3.9 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		North Texas (15-13, 8-9 American)	21	41	62
		UAB (17-11, 9-7 American)	28	30	58

North Texas Wins:
North Texas Loses:

3.0 RPI Points
-3.4 RPI Points

	1st Half - 14:32		1	2	T
		Wichita State (18-10, 11-5 American)	9		9
		UTSA (3-23, 1-15 American)	8		8

Wichita State Wins:
Wichita State Loses:

2.3 RPI Points
-4.1 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:

3.6 RPI Points
-2.6 RPI Points