Upcoming RPI Impact Games for UAB Men's Basketball

2026 UAB Blazers 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	1627
25	Villanova	886
50	Miami (FL)	564
75	Oklahoma State	292
100	George Washington	111
105	Providence	75
106	William & Mary	73
107	Toledo	72
108	Northwestern	69
109	UC San Diego	62
110	Washington	56
111	Duquesne	54
112	Saint Thomas	48
113	Penn	47
114	Butler	39
115	FAU	38
116	Navy	32
117	Utah Tech	31
118	Tulane	29
119	Austin Peay	29
120	Wyoming	28
121	Seattle University	7
122	Tennessee State	5
123	LSU	0
124	UAB	-
125	Wright State	-7
126	Lipscomb	-7
127	Saint Bonaventure	-10
128	Central Arkansas	-18
129	UIC	-20
130	DePaul	-21
131	Quinnipiac	-23
132	Saint Peter's	-23
133	Towson	-29
134	UNLV	-29
135	Cal State Northridge	-31
136	Cornell	-34
137	Xavier	-35
138	Coastal Carolina	-36
139	San Francisco	-47
140	South Alabama	-48
141	Oklahoma	-49
142	Oakland	-49
143	Minnesota	-51
150	Mississippi State	-92
175	Kansas State	-199
200	Southern Miss	-297
225	Montana	-440
250	Sacred Heart	-605
275	UC Riverside	-765
300	Loyola-Chicago	-865
325	Long Beach State	-1020
350	New Hampshire	-1273
357	Gardner-Webb	-1450

Direct 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

UAB Wins:
UAB Loses:

24 RPI Points
-56 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) 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:

5.3 RPI Points
-7.0 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:

3.5 RPI Points
-8.8 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:

7.0 RPI Points
-4.9 RPI Points

	2nd Half - 4:20		1	2	T
		Wichita State (18-10, 11-5 American)	41	33	74
		UTSA (3-23, 1-15 American)	29	32	61

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
		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

	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/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:

2.9 RPI Points
-3.3 RPI Points

	2nd Half - 4:20		1	2	T
		Wichita State (18-10, 11-5 American)	41	33	74
		UTSA (3-23, 1-15 American)	29	32	61

Wichita State Wins:
Wichita State Loses:

2.2 RPI Points
-4.0 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:

3.9 RPI Points
-2.1 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

Southern Illinois Wins:
Southern Illinois Loses:

2.9 RPI Points
-2.9 RPI Points