Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Northern Iowa Men's Basketball

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	Duke	1472
25	Villanova	731
50	Miami (FL)	409
75	Oklahoma State	137
78	California Baptist	115
79	High Point	114
80	Colorado	107
81	Charleston	96
82	Grand Canyon	87
83	Baylor	80
84	Saint Joseph's	70
85	Florida State	66
86	Wake Forest	59
87	Illinois State	50
88	Colorado State	40
89	Murray State	36
90	West Virginia	31
91	Troy	28
92	UC Irvine	14
93	Marshall	11
94	Davidson	4
95	Bradley	3
96	Arkansas State	0
97	Northern Iowa	-
98	Syracuse	-1
99	Hawaii	-14
100	George Washington	-44
101	Creighton	-60
102	North Dakota State	-65
103	Notre Dame	-73
104	Western Kentucky	-78
105	Providence	-80
106	William & Mary	-82
107	Toledo	-83
108	Northwestern	-86
109	UC San Diego	-93
110	Washington	-99
111	Duquesne	-101
112	Saint Thomas	-107
113	Penn	-108
114	Butler	-116
115	FAU	-117
116	Navy	-123
125	Wright State	-162
150	Mississippi State	-247
175	Kansas State	-354
200	Southern Miss	-452
225	Montana	-595
250	Sacred Heart	-760
275	UC Riverside	-920
300	Loyola-Chicago	-1020
325	Long Beach State	-1175
350	New Hampshire	-1428
357	Gardner-Webb	-1605

Direct Impact Games

	Final		1	2	T
		Northern Iowa (18-12, 11-9 Missouri Valley)	39	36	75
		Drake (10-19, 6-14 Missouri Valley)	24	29	53

Northern Iowa Wins:
Northern Iowa Loses:

19 RPI Points
-63 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	Final		1	2	T
		UIC (15-14, 12-8 Missouri Valley)	31	32	63
		Indiana State (9-20, 4-16 Missouri Valley)	35	44	79

UIC Wins:
UIC Loses:

5.4 RPI Points
-5.7 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Southern Illinois (15-15, 10-10 Missouri Valley)	38	43	81
		Evansville (5-24, 3-17 Missouri Valley)	27	40	67

Evansville Wins:
Evansville Loses:

9.2 RPI Points
-1.9 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		UIC (15-14, 12-8 Missouri Valley)	31	32	63
		Indiana State (9-20, 4-16 Missouri Valley)	35	44	79

Indiana State Wins:
Indiana State Loses:

7.7 RPI Points
-3.4 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Southern Illinois (15-15, 10-10 Missouri Valley)	38	43	81
		Evansville (5-24, 3-17 Missouri Valley)	27	40	67

Southern Illinois Wins:
Southern Illinois Loses:

5.4 RPI Points
-5.4 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Belmont (25-5, 16-4 Missouri Valley)	40	34	74
		Illinois State (19-11, 12-8 Missouri Valley)	38	43	81

Illinois State Wins:
Illinois State Loses:

3.9 RPI Points
-6.8 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Murray State (20-11, 12-8 Missouri Valley)	35	43	78
		Bradley (19-11, 13-7 Missouri Valley)	36	51	87

Bradley Wins:
Bradley Loses:

3.9 RPI Points
-6.8 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Belmont (25-5, 16-4 Missouri Valley)	40	34	74
		Illinois State (19-11, 12-8 Missouri Valley)	38	43	81

Belmont Wins:
Belmont Loses:

1.8 RPI Points
-9.0 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Murray State (20-11, 12-8 Missouri Valley)	35	43	78
		Bradley (19-11, 13-7 Missouri Valley)	36	51	87

Murray State Wins:
Murray State Loses:

3.7 RPI Points
-6.7 RPI Points

	2nd Half - 11:33		1	2	T
		Wichita State (18-10, 11-5 American)	41	17	58
		UTSA (3-23, 1-15 American)	29	14	43

Wichita State Wins:
Wichita State Loses:

2.1 RPI Points
-3.7 RPI Points