Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Virginia Men's Basketball

2026 Virginia Cavaliers 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	Michigan	1854
25	Sam Houston State	544
50	Arkansas State	217
54	William & Mary	196
55	Butler	190
56	California	172
57	Iowa State	172
58	Buffalo	122
59	California Baptist	106
60	Wisconsin	83
61	Clemson	82
62	Northwestern	77
63	Illinois	72
64	Akron	63
65	Northern Iowa	63
66	Villanova	44
67	New Mexico State	29
68	McNeese	21
69	Quinnipiac	13
70	South Alabama	11
71	Portland State	4
72	Central Connecticut	3
73	Virginia	-
74	Winthrop	0
75	VCU	-20
76	South Florida	-21
77	Davidson	-24
78	Louisville	-36
79	Arizona State	-58
80	UC Davis	-65
81	Richmond	-75
82	Pacific	-89
83	Oklahoma	-103
84	Miami (FL)	-105
85	Penn State	-109
86	Xavier	-130
87	North Carolina State	-139
88	Georgia	-141
89	Marshall	-163
90	Washington	-167
91	East Tennessee State	-167
92	Bowling Green	-176
100	Boise State	-240
125	UTA	-417
150	Jacksonville	-550
175	Cincinnati	-754
200	San Jose State	-948
225	Georgia Tech	-1087
250	Norfolk State	-1230
275	Air Force	-1376
300	Longwood	-1563
325	Mount Saint Mary's	-1836
350	Dartmouth	-2213
357	Delaware State	-2487

Direct Impact Games

	12:00 PM		1	2	T
		Dayton (7-2, 0-0 Atlantic 10)			0
		Virginia (7-1, 0-0 ACC)			0

Virginia Wins:
Virginia Loses:

235 RPI Points
-103 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	4:00 PM		1	2	T
		North Carolina A&T (2-3, 0-0 Coastal Athletic)			0
		North Carolina Central (0-7, 0-0 MEAC)			0

North Carolina Central Wins:
North Carolina Central Loses:

78.1 RPI Points
0.0 RPI Points

	4:00 PM		1	2	T
		Marshall (5-3, 0-0 Sun Belt)			0
		Ohio (2-6, 0-0 Mid-American)			0

Marshall Wins:
Marshall Loses:

26.0 RPI Points
-43.4 RPI Points

	2:00 PM		1	2	T
		Ohio State (6-1, 0-0 Big Ten)			0
		Northwestern (5-3, 0-1 Big Ten)			0

Northwestern Wins:
Northwestern Loses:

26.0 RPI Points
-43.4 RPI Points

	2:00 PM		1	2	T
		Boise State (4-2, 0-0 Mountain West)			0
		Butler (7-1, 0-0 Big East)			0

Butler Wins:
Butler Loses:

8.7 RPI Points
-60.8 RPI Points