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	1473
25	Villanova	731
50	Miami (FL)	409
75	Oklahoma State	137
77	Winthrop	120
78	High Point	115
79	California Baptist	115
80	Colorado	107
81	Grand Canyon	87
82	Baylor	80
83	Saint Joseph's	70
84	Florida State	66
85	Wake Forest	60
86	Illinois State	50
87	Colorado State	40
88	Murray State	36
89	West Virginia	31
90	Troy	28
91	Marshall	16
92	UC Irvine	14
93	Davidson	4
94	Bradley	3
95	Arkansas State	0
96	Northern Iowa	-
97	Syracuse	-1
98	Charleston	-3
99	Hawaii	-14
100	George Washington	-44
101	Creighton	-60
102	North Dakota State	-65
103	William & Mary	-72
104	Notre Dame	-73
105	Western Kentucky	-78
106	Providence	-80
107	Toledo	-82
108	Northwestern	-86
109	UC San Diego	-92
110	Washington	-99
111	Duquesne	-101
112	Saint Thomas	-107
113	Penn	-108
114	Butler	-116
115	Navy	-119
125	Wright State	-161
150	Mississippi State	-247
175	Kansas State	-354
200	Southern Miss	-452
225	Montana	-595
250	Sacred Heart	-759
275	UC Riverside	-920
300	Loyola-Chicago	-1020
325	Long Beach State	-1175
350	New Hampshire	-1428
357	Southern Indiana	-1601

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

	1st Half - 14:06		1	2	T
		Wichita State (18-10, 11-5 American)	11		11
		UTSA (3-23, 1-15 American)	10		10

Wichita State Wins:
Wichita State Loses:

2.1 RPI Points
-3.7 RPI Points