Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Western Kentucky Men's Basketball

2026 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 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	1550
25	Villanova	809
50	Miami (FL)	487
75	Oklahoma State	215
85	Florida State	144
86	Wake Forest	137
87	Illinois State	128
88	Colorado State	118
89	Murray State	114
90	West Virginia	109
91	Troy	106
92	UC Irvine	92
93	Marshall	89
94	Davidson	82
95	Bradley	81
96	Arkansas State	78
97	Northern Iowa	78
98	Syracuse	77
99	Hawaii	64
100	George Washington	34
101	Creighton	18
102	North Dakota State	13
103	Notre Dame	5
104	Western Kentucky	-
105	Providence	-2
106	William & Mary	-4
107	Toledo	-5
108	Northwestern	-8
109	UC San Diego	-15
110	Washington	-21
111	Duquesne	-23
112	Saint Thomas	-29
113	Penn	-30
114	Butler	-38
115	FAU	-39
116	Navy	-45
117	Utah Tech	-46
118	Tulane	-48
119	Austin Peay	-48
120	Wyoming	-49
121	Seattle University	-70
122	Tennessee State	-72
123	LSU	-77
125	Wright State	-84
150	Mississippi State	-169
175	Kansas State	-276
200	Southern Miss	-374
225	Montana	-517
250	Sacred Heart	-682
275	UC Riverside	-842
300	Loyola-Chicago	-942
325	Long Beach State	-1097
350	New Hampshire	-1350
357	Gardner-Webb	-1527

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	2nd Half - 10:47		1	2	T
		Wichita State (18-10, 11-5 American)	41	20	61
		UTSA (3-23, 1-15 American)	29	17	46

Wichita State Wins:
Wichita State Loses:

2.3 RPI Points
-4.1 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:

1.8 RPI Points
-4.6 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

Evansville Wins:
Evansville Loses:

5.1 RPI Points
-1.1 RPI Points