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
South Carolina
623
2
Stanford
493
3
North Carolina State
343
4
Texas A&M
337
5
Connecticut
310
6
Louisville
296
7
Baylor
270
8
Maryland
213
9
Missouri State
181
10
Arizona
105
11
Lehigh
63
12
Rice
-
13
Gonzaga
-4
14
Georgia
-40
15
Kentucky
-84
16
West Virginia
-122
17
Michigan
-125
18
UC Davis
-140
19
South Florida
-144
20
Tennessee
-154
21
Bucknell
-169
22
Indiana
-178
23
Delaware
-232
24
UCF
-245
25
Georgia Tech
-256
26
Texas
-264
27
UCLA
-299
28
California Baptist
-313
29
Tennessee-Martin
-322
30
Iowa
-324
31
Arkansas
-334
50
Ohio State
-573
75
Stony Brook
-778
100
UTEP
-905
125
USC
-1085
150
Northeastern
-1223
175
TCU
-1387
200
Providence
-1522
225
San Diego State
-1651
250
Nicholls
-1850
275
Norfolk State
-2042
300
SMU
-2244
325
Colgate
-2471
 

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

No significant Indirect Impact Games today