2021 Rice Owls 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
Arkansas
1523
25
Connecticut
902
50
Ball State
677
75
Rhode Island
481
100
Abilene Christian
394
125
Southeastern Louisiana
231
150
Kent State
113
160
Charleston
75
161
Georgia State
72
162
UTRGV
70
163
East Tennessee State
69
164
Penn State
67
165
Eastern Illinois
61
166
Sacred Heart
59
167
Radford
56
168
Binghamton
48
169
Appalachian State
48
170
Davidson
44
171
Illinois State
39
172
Little Rock
32
173
Cal State Fullerton
28
174
Evansville
26
175
Toledo
20
176
Washington
13
177
Northwestern
8
178
Lamar
6
179
Rice
-
180
VMI
-2
181
Arkansas State
-6
182
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
-9
183
Stephen F. Austin
-10
184
Loyola-Marymount
-22
185
Portland
-22
186
UMass-Lowell
-34
187
Lehigh
-34
188
Saint John's
-36
189
Western Michigan
-38
190
Hofstra
-41
191
Maine
-41
192
Quinnipiac
-50
193
Cal State Bakersfield
-54
194
New Mexico
-59
195
Saint Mary's College
-61
196
Tennessee-Martin
-62
197
Santa Clara
-64
198
Eastern Kentucky
-67
200
North Carolina Central
-68
225
Texas State
-186
250
Bucknell
-330
275
Saint Bonaventure
-683
 

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

No significant Indirect Impact Games today