Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Northwestern Men's Basketball

2026 Northwestern Wildcats 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	1558
25	Villanova	817
50	Miami (FL)	495
75	Oklahoma State	223
89	Murray State	122
90	West Virginia	117
91	Troy	114
92	UC Irvine	100
93	Marshall	97
94	Davidson	90
95	Bradley	89
96	Arkansas State	86
97	Northern Iowa	86
98	Syracuse	85
99	Hawaii	72
100	George Washington	42
101	Creighton	26
102	North Dakota State	21
103	Notre Dame	13
104	Western Kentucky	8
105	Providence	6
106	William & Mary	4
107	Toledo	3
108	Northwestern	-
109	UC San Diego	-7
110	Washington	-13
111	Duquesne	-15
112	Saint Thomas	-21
113	Penn	-22
114	Butler	-30
115	FAU	-31
116	Navy	-37
117	Utah Tech	-38
118	Tulane	-40
119	Austin Peay	-40
120	Wyoming	-41
121	Seattle University	-62
122	Tennessee State	-64
123	LSU	-69
124	UAB	-69
125	Wright State	-76
126	Lipscomb	-76
127	Saint Bonaventure	-79
150	Mississippi State	-161
175	Kansas State	-268
200	Southern Miss	-366
225	Montana	-509
250	Sacred Heart	-674
275	UC Riverside	-834
300	Loyola-Chicago	-934
325	Long Beach State	-1089
350	New Hampshire	-1342
357	Gardner-Webb	-1519

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	Final		1	2	T
		13 Michigan State (24-5, 14-4 Big Ten)	45	32	77
		Indiana (17-12, 8-10 Big Ten)	37	27	64

Indiana Wins:
Indiana Loses:

2.4 RPI Points
-3.4 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Rutgers (12-17, 5-13 Big Ten)	39	30	69
		Maryland (11-18, 4-14 Big Ten)	20	45	65

Maryland Wins:
Maryland Loses:

3.6 RPI Points
-2.2 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		Rutgers (12-17, 5-13 Big Ten)	39	30	69
		Maryland (11-18, 4-14 Big Ten)	20	45	65

Rutgers Wins:
Rutgers Loses:

3.4 RPI Points
-2.4 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		13 Michigan State (24-5, 14-4 Big Ten)	45	32	77
		Indiana (17-12, 8-10 Big Ten)	37	27	64

Michigan State Wins:
Michigan State Loses:

1.0 RPI Points
-4.8 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		8 Purdue (22-7, 12-6 Big Ten)	31	43	74
		Ohio State (18-11, 10-8 Big Ten)	36	46	82

Ohio State Wins:
Ohio State Loses:

2.2 RPI Points
-3.6 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	T
		DePaul (16-13, 8-10 Big East)	32	30	62
		Marquette (10-19, 5-13 Big East)	14	37	51

DePaul Wins:
DePaul Loses:

2.6 RPI Points
-3.2 RPI Points