Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Southern Illinois Men's Basketball

2026 Southern Illinois Salukis 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	1707
25	Villanova	966
50	Miami (FL)	644
75	Oklahoma State	372
100	George Washington	191
125	Wright State	73
128	Central Arkansas	62
129	UIC	60
130	DePaul	59
131	Quinnipiac	57
132	Saint Peter's	57
133	Towson	51
134	UNLV	51
135	Cal State Northridge	49
136	Cornell	46
137	Xavier	45
138	Coastal Carolina	44
139	San Francisco	33
140	South Alabama	32
141	Oklahoma	31
142	Oakland	31
143	Minnesota	29
144	East Tennessee State	25
145	Georgetown	22
146	North Texas	5
147	Southern Illinois	-
148	Mercer	-1
149	James Madison	-12
150	Mississippi State	-12
151	UTA	-19
152	Robert Morris	-26
153	Siena	-27
154	Middle Tennessee	-31
155	Kennesaw State	-32
156	Penn State	-39
157	Rhode Island	-49
158	Oregon State	-50
159	Ole Miss	-53
160	Oregon	-54
161	Pacific	-57
162	Columbia	-57
163	Long Island	-63
164	Tennessee-Martin	-64
165	Pittsburgh	-65
166	Appalachian State	-70
175	Kansas State	-119
200	Southern Miss	-217
225	Montana	-360
250	Sacred Heart	-525
275	UC Riverside	-685
300	Loyola-Chicago	-785
325	Long Beach State	-940
350	New Hampshire	-1193
357	Gardner-Webb	-1370

Direct Impact Games

	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

Southern Illinois Wins:
Southern Illinois Loses:

0 RPI Points
-82 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	Final		1	2	T
		UIC (15-14, 12-8 Missouri Valley)	31	32	63
		Indiana State (9-20, 4-16 Missouri Valley)	35	44	79

Indiana State Wins:
Indiana State Loses:

7.7 RPI Points
-3.4 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Northern Iowa (18-12, 11-9 Missouri Valley)	39	36	75
		Drake (10-19, 6-14 Missouri Valley)	24	29	53

Drake Wins:
Drake Loses:

7.3 RPI Points
-3.8 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		UIC (15-14, 12-8 Missouri Valley)	31	32	63
		Indiana State (9-20, 4-16 Missouri Valley)	35	44	79

UIC Wins:
UIC Loses:

5.4 RPI Points
-5.7 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Belmont (25-5, 16-4 Missouri Valley)	40	34	74
		Illinois State (19-11, 12-8 Missouri Valley)	38	43	81

Illinois State Wins:
Illinois State Loses:

3.9 RPI Points
-6.8 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Northern Iowa (18-12, 11-9 Missouri Valley)	39	36	75
		Drake (10-19, 6-14 Missouri Valley)	24	29	53

Northern Iowa Wins:
Northern Iowa Loses:

4.3 RPI Points
-6.5 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Belmont (25-5, 16-4 Missouri Valley)	40	34	74
		Illinois State (19-11, 12-8 Missouri Valley)	38	43	81

Belmont Wins:
Belmont Loses:

1.8 RPI Points
-9.0 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Murray State (20-11, 12-8 Missouri Valley)	35	43	78
		Bradley (19-11, 13-7 Missouri Valley)	36	51	87

Bradley Wins:
Bradley Loses:

3.9 RPI Points
-6.8 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Murray State (20-11, 12-8 Missouri Valley)	35	43	78
		Bradley (19-11, 13-7 Missouri Valley)	36	51	87

Murray State Wins:
Murray State Loses:

3.7 RPI Points
-6.7 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:

2.3 RPI Points
-3.5 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:

3.3 RPI Points
-2.3 RPI Points