Northern Iowa
Northern Iowa Panthers (8-2)
Live RPI
70
Up 19 since
SUN, DEC 14th

2026 Northern Iowa Panthers 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 1553
25 562
50 174
51 173
52 168
53 167
54 153
55 145
56
143
57 142
58 140
59 102
60 92
61 84
62 79
63 57
64 49
65 34
66 22
67 20
68 14
69 1
70 -
71 -22
72 -24
73 -28
74 -40
75 -58
76
-58
77 -63
78 -66
79 -69
80 -74
81 -80
82 -96
83 -98
84 -109
85 -126
86 -129
87 -134
88 -135
89 -142
100 -225
125
-402
150 -565
175 -735
200 -815
225 -974
250 -1118
275 -1259
300 -1428
325 -1683
350 -2013
357 -2255

Direct Impact Games

ESPN+
10:00 PM 1 2 T
Northern Iowa
(8-2, 1-0 Missouri Valley)
0
Saint Mary's College
(9-2, 0-0 West Coast)
0
Northern Iowa Wins:
Northern Iowa Loses:
247 RPI Points
48 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

ESPN+
10:00 PM 1 2 T
Sacramento State
(1-7, 0-0 Big Sky)
0
Cal State Northridge
(5-5, 1-1 Big West)
0
Cal State Northridge Wins:
Cal State Northridge Loses:
22.7 RPI Points
-22.7 RPI Points
ESPN+
3:00 PM 1 2 T
Denver
(4-7, 0-0 The Summit League)
0
Tulsa
(9-1, 0-0 American)
0
Tulsa Wins:
Tulsa Loses:
4.5 RPI Points
-40.9 RPI Points
9:00 PM 1 2 T
UC Irvine
(6-5, 2-0 Big West)
0
Norfolk State
(3-8, 0-0 MEAC)
0
UC Irvine Wins:
UC Irvine Loses:
18.9 RPI Points
-22.7 RPI Points