Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Sam Houston State Softball

2025 Sam Houston State Bearkats 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	Texas A&M	1761
25	Washington	954
50	Northwestern	600
75	FIU	377
100	Utah State	195
107	Austin Peay	163
108	Binghamton	160
109	UTA	155
110	South Carolina Upstate	150
111	Western Kentucky	141
112	Illinois	137
113	Northern Iowa	112
114	Villanova	111
115	Elon	105
116	Cornell	94
117	California Baptist	94
118	Boston College	87
119	Boston University	77
120	Minnesota	51
121	Miami (OH)	46
122	Lamar	45
123	Siena	17
124	Lipscomb	14
125	FGCU	1
126	Sam Houston State	-
127	Long Beach State	-8
128	Appalachian State	-9
129	Jacksonville	-13
130	Fordham	-14
131	UAB	-15
132	New Mexico State	-32
133	Oregon State	-38
134	Dartmouth	-38
135	South Dakota State	-38
136	Seton Hall	-44
137	Harvard	-45
138	UNLV	-47
139	Delaware	-53
140	Pittsburgh	-60
141	Akron	-61
142	Santa Clara	-68
143	New Mexico	-71
144	James Madison	-83
145	Nicholls	-88
150	South Dakota	-127
175	San Jose State	-253
200	Cleveland State	-482
225	Loyola-Chicago	-665
250	UMBC	-867
275	North Carolina Central	-1116
300	Niagara	-1578
306	Mercyhurst	-2013

Direct Impact Games

	4:00 PM		R	H	E
		UTEP (15-22, 5-11 Conference USA)	0	0	0
		Sam Houston State (21-21, 9-7 Conference USA)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
UTEP								0	0	0
SHST								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

UTEP

50%

SHST

Sam Houston State Wins:
Sam Houston State Loses:

8 RPI Points
-50 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	5:00 PM		R	H	E
		Western Kentucky (20-17, 6-9 Conference USA)	0	0	0
		Middle Tennessee (20-21, 8-8 Conference USA)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
WKU								0	0	0
MTSU								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

WKU

50%

MTSU

Western Kentucky Wins:
Western Kentucky Loses:

4.3 RPI Points
-5.1 RPI Points

	6:00 PM		R	H	E
		25 Liberty (35-8, 14-1 Conference USA)	0	0	0
		New Mexico State (21-18, 8-8 Conference USA)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
LIB								0	0	0
NMST								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

LIB

50%

NMST

New Mexico State Wins:
New Mexico State Loses:

4.1 RPI Points
-4.8 RPI Points

	6:00 PM		R	H	E
		Louisiana Tech (24-17, 10-6 Conference USA)	0	0	0
		FIU (28-13, 10-6 Conference USA)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
LAT								0	0	0
FIU								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

LAT

50%

FIU

FIU Wins:
FIU Loses:

2.7 RPI Points
-5.8 RPI Points

	3:00 PM		R	H	E
		Kennesaw State (10-31, 1-15 Conference USA)	0	0	0
		Jacksonville State (25-17, 8-8 Conference USA)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
KENN								0	0	0
JVST								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

KENN

50%

JVST

Kennesaw State Wins:
Kennesaw State Loses:

6.4 RPI Points
-2.1 RPI Points

	5:00 PM		R	H	E
		Western Kentucky (20-17, 6-9 Conference USA)	0	0	0
		Middle Tennessee (20-21, 8-8 Conference USA)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
WKU								0	0	0
MTSU								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

WKU

50%

MTSU

Middle Tennessee Wins:
Middle Tennessee Loses:

4.4 RPI Points
-4.1 RPI Points

	6:00 PM		R	H	E
		Texas State (26-12, 9-4 Sun Belt)	0	0	0
		Southern Miss (20-20, 7-5 Sun Belt)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
TXST								0	0	0
USM								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

TXST

50%

USM

Texas State Wins:
Texas State Loses:

1.9 RPI Points
-4.2 RPI Points

	2:00 PM		R	H	E
		UTA (22-15, 8-6 Western Athletic)	0	0	0
		California Baptist (18-24, 6-8 Western Athletic)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
UTA								0	0	0
CBU								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

UTA

50%

CBU

California Baptist Wins:
California Baptist Loses:

3.2 RPI Points
-2.4 RPI Points

	2:00 PM		R	H	E
		North Texas (29-13, 11-5 American Athletic)	0	0	0
		FAU (34-8, 13-3 American Athletic)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
UNT								0	0	0
FAU								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

UNT

50%

FAU

North Texas Wins:
North Texas Loses:

1.7 RPI Points
-3.8 RPI Points

	1:00 PM		R	H	E
		Incarnate Word (24-15, 14-6 Southland)	0	0	0
		East Texas A&M (9-34, 5-15 Southland)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
UIW								0	0	0
ETAM								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

UIW

50%

ETAM

East Texas A&M Wins:
East Texas A&M Loses:

4.3 RPI Points
-1.1 RPI Points

	1:00 PM		R	H	E
		Stephen F. Austin (23-21, 12-8 Southland)	0	0	0
		Southeastern Louisiana (36-11, 16-4 Southland)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
SFA								0	0	0
SELA								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

SFA

50%

SELA

Stephen F. Austin Wins:
Stephen F. Austin Loses:

2.5 RPI Points
-2.8 RPI Points

	1:00 PM		R	H	E
		Northern Illinois (12-22, 7-8 Mid-American)	0	0	0
		Buffalo (9-24, 4-8 Mid-American)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
NILL								0	0	0
BUFF								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

NILL

50%

BUFF

Northern Illinois Wins:
Northern Illinois Loses:

2.2 RPI Points
-1.2 RPI Points

	3:00 PM		R	H	E
		Northern Illinois (12-22, 7-8 Mid-American)	0	0	0
		Buffalo (9-24, 4-8 Mid-American)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
NILL								0	0	0
BUFF								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

NILL

50%

BUFF

Northern Illinois Wins:
Northern Illinois Loses:

2.2 RPI Points
-1.2 RPI Points

	1:00 PM		R	H	E
		Omaha (26-9, 6-3 The Summit League)	0	0	0
		UMKC (4-29, 1-8 The Summit League)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
OMAH								0	0	0
UMKC								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

OMAH

50%

UMKC

Omaha Wins:
Omaha Loses:

0.9 RPI Points
-2.5 RPI Points

	3:00 PM		R	H	E
		Omaha (26-9, 6-3 The Summit League)	0	0	0
		UMKC (4-29, 1-8 The Summit League)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
OMAH								0	0	0
UMKC								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

OMAH

50%

UMKC

Omaha Wins:
Omaha Loses:

0.9 RPI Points
-2.5 RPI Points

	TBA		R	H	E
		8 Florida (36-8, 8-5 SEC)	0	0	0
		19 Ole Miss (30-10, 6-7 SEC)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
FLA								0	0	0
MISS								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

FLA

50%

MISS

Ole Miss Wins:
Ole Miss Loses:

0.7 RPI Points
-2.2 RPI Points

	1:00 PM		R	H	E
		McNeese (30-17, 16-4 Southland)	0	0	0
		Houston Christian (13-27, 6-14 Southland)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
MCNS								0	0	0
HBU								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

MCNS

50%

HBU

Houston Christian Wins:
Houston Christian Loses:

2.0 RPI Points
-0.9 RPI Points

	3:00 PM		R	H	E
		6 LSU (35-6, 8-5 SEC)	0	0	0
		3 Texas A&M (35-5, 9-3 SEC)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
LSU								0	0	0
TXAM								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

LSU

50%

TXAM

Texas A&M Wins:
Texas A&M Loses:

0.4 RPI Points
-2.5 RPI Points

	1:00 PM		R	H	E
		Nicholls (24-20, 14-6 Southland)	0	0	0
		Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (9-31, 3-17 Southland)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
NICH								0	0	0
AMCC								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

NICH

50%

AMCC

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Wins:
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Loses:

2.3 RPI Points
-0.7 RPI Points

	6:00 PM		R	H	E
		5 Tennessee (32-9, 7-6 SEC)	0	0	0
		1 Texas (39-3, 11-2 SEC)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
TN								0	0	0
TEX								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

50%

TEX

Texas Wins:
Texas Loses:

0.2 RPI Points
-2.6 RPI Points