2021 Drake Bulldogs 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
South Carolina
1240
25
Georgia Tech
361
38
Idaho State
220
39
Alabama
212
40
Stephen F. Austin
159
41
Jackson State
130
42
Oklahoma State
118
43
Marist
109
44
FGCU
109
45
Belmont
107
46
New Mexico
104
47
UMass
83
48
Virginia Tech
73
49
Villanova
52
50
Ohio State
44
51
Marquette
43
52
Troy
31
53
Northwestern
21
54
Oregon State
19
55
Boston University
16
56
South Dakota
3
57
Drake
-
58
Mount Saint Mary's
-19
59
Rutgers
-38
60
Colorado State
-40
61
Wake Forest
-42
62
Houston
-47
63
LSU
-53
64
Maine
-64
65
Tulane
-71
66
Howard
-92
67
Bowling Green
-92
68
Drexel
-94
69
Mississippi State
-94
70
IUPUI
-100
71
Idaho
-100
72
Central Michigan
-128
73
Milwaukee
-135
74
Fordham
-135
75
Stony Brook
-161
76
Michigan State
-169
100
UTEP
-288
125
USC
-468
150
Northeastern
-606
175
TCU
-770
200
Providence
-905
225
San Diego State
-1034
250
Nicholls
-1233
275
Norfolk State
-1425
300
SMU
-1627
325
Colgate
-1854
 

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

No significant Indirect Impact Games today