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	1551
25	Villanova	809
50	Miami (FL)	487
75	Oklahoma State	215
86	Illinois State	128
87	Colorado State	118
88	Murray State	114
89	West Virginia	109
90	Troy	106
91	Marshall	94
92	UC Irvine	92
93	Davidson	82
94	Bradley	81
95	Arkansas State	78
96	Northern Iowa	78
97	Syracuse	77
98	Charleston	75
99	Hawaii	64
100	George Washington	34
101	Creighton	18
102	North Dakota State	13
103	William & Mary	6
104	Notre Dame	5
105	Western Kentucky	-
106	Providence	-2
107	Toledo	-4
108	Northwestern	-8
109	UC San Diego	-14
110	Washington	-21
111	Duquesne	-23
112	Saint Thomas	-29
113	Penn	-30
114	Butler	-38
115	Navy	-41
116	FAU	-42
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
124	UAB	-77
125	Wright State	-83
150	Mississippi State	-169
175	Kansas State	-276
200	Southern Miss	-374
225	Montana	-517
250	Sacred Heart	-681
275	UC Riverside	-842
300	Loyola-Chicago	-942
325	Long Beach State	-1097
350	New Hampshire	-1350
357	Southern Indiana	-1523

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	1st Half - 13:23		1	2	T
		Wichita State (18-10, 11-5 American)	13		13
		UTSA (3-23, 1-15 American)	10		10

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