Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Tulane Men's Basketball

2026 Tulane Green Wave 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	1599
25	Villanova	857
50	Miami (FL)	535
75	Oklahoma State	263
99	Hawaii	112
100	George Washington	82
101	Creighton	66
102	North Dakota State	61
103	William & Mary	54
104	Notre Dame	53
105	Western Kentucky	48
106	Providence	46
107	Toledo	44
108	Northwestern	40
109	UC San Diego	34
110	Washington	27
111	Duquesne	25
112	Saint Thomas	19
113	Penn	18
114	Butler	10
115	Navy	7
116	FAU	6
117	Utah Tech	2
118	Tulane	-
119	Austin Peay	0
120	Wyoming	-1
121	Seattle University	-22
122	Tennessee State	-24
123	LSU	-29
124	UAB	-29
125	Wright State	-35
126	Lipscomb	-36
127	Saint Bonaventure	-39
128	Central Arkansas	-47
129	UIC	-49
130	DePaul	-50
131	Quinnipiac	-52
132	Saint Peter's	-52
133	Towson	-55
134	UNLV	-58
135	Cal State Northridge	-60
136	Cornell	-63
137	Xavier	-64
150	Mississippi State	-121
175	Kansas State	-228
200	Southern Miss	-326
225	Montana	-469
250	Sacred Heart	-633
275	UC Riverside	-794
300	Loyola-Chicago	-894
325	Long Beach State	-1049
350	New Hampshire	-1302
357	Southern Indiana	-1475

Direct Impact Games

	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:

93 RPI Points
10 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	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:

5.7 RPI Points
-6.6 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:

4.8 RPI Points
-7.5 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:

5.7 RPI Points
-6.6 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:

5.9 RPI Points
-0.8 RPI Points

	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:

4.0 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

East Carolina Wins:
East Carolina Loses:

4.0 RPI Points
-2.2 RPI Points

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

Temple Wins:
Temple Loses:

3.1 RPI Points
-3.1 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:

2.2 RPI Points
-4.0 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:

3.1 RPI Points
-3.1 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:

3.5 RPI Points
-2.5 RPI Points