Upcoming RPI Impact Games for UIC Men's Basketball

2026 UIC Flames 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	1648
25	Villanova	906
50	Miami (FL)	584
75	Oklahoma State	312
100	George Washington	131
110	Washington	76
111	Duquesne	74
112	Saint Thomas	68
113	Penn	67
114	Butler	59
115	Navy	56
116	FAU	55
117	Utah Tech	51
118	Tulane	49
119	Austin Peay	49
120	Wyoming	48
121	Seattle University	27
122	Tennessee State	25
123	LSU	20
124	UAB	20
125	Wright State	14
126	Lipscomb	13
127	Saint Bonaventure	10
128	Central Arkansas	2
129	UIC	-
130	DePaul	-1
131	Quinnipiac	-3
132	Saint Peter's	-3
133	Towson	-6
134	UNLV	-9
135	Cal State Northridge	-11
136	Cornell	-14
137	Xavier	-15
138	Coastal Carolina	-16
139	San Francisco	-27
140	South Alabama	-28
141	Oklahoma	-29
142	Oakland	-29
143	Minnesota	-31
144	East Tennessee State	-35
145	Georgetown	-38
146	North Texas	-55
147	Southern Illinois	-60
148	Mercer	-61
150	Mississippi State	-72
175	Kansas State	-179
200	Southern Miss	-277
225	Montana	-420
250	Sacred Heart	-584
275	UC Riverside	-745
300	Loyola-Chicago	-845
325	Long Beach State	-1000
350	New Hampshire	-1253
357	Southern Indiana	-1426

Direct 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

UIC Wins:
UIC Loses:

19 RPI Points
-64 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) 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

Evansville Wins:
Evansville Loses:

9.5 RPI Points
-2.0 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:

7.5 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

Northern Iowa Wins:
Northern Iowa Loses:

4.4 RPI Points
-6.7 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:

4.1 RPI Points
-7.0 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:

4.1 RPI Points
-7.0 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:

5.6 RPI Points
-5.6 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:

1.9 RPI Points
-9.3 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:

3.8 RPI Points
-7.0 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:

3.0 RPI Points
-3.0 RPI Points