Northwestern
Northwestern Wildcats (7-5)
Big Ten (0-2)
Live RPI
135
Down 30 since
SUN, DEC 14th

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 1998
25 1007
50 619
75 387
100 220
116 76
117 69
118 66
119 57
120 56
121 52
122 50
123 49
124 49
125
43
126 43
127 38
128 38
129 35
130 28
131 20
132 15
133 13
134 6
135 -
136 -2
137 -4
138 -16
139 -17
140 -20
141 -24
142 -26
143 -32
144 -59
145 -61
146 -65
147 -80
148 -83
149 -113
150 -120
151 -120
152 -136
153 -156
154 -157
175 -290
200 -370
225 -529
250 -673
275 -814
300 -983
325 -1238
350 -1568
357 -1810

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

ACC Network
6:00 PM 1 2 T
American
(5-5, 0-0 Patriot League)
0
23 Virginia
(10-1, 0-0 ACC)
0
Virginia Wins:
Virginia Loses:
3.2 RPI Points
-31.6 RPI Points
SECN+
4:00 PM 1 2 T
South Carolina State
(0-12, 0-0 MEAC)
0
South Carolina
(7-4, 0-0 SEC)
0
South Carolina Wins:
South Carolina Loses:
12.6 RPI Points
-22.1 RPI Points
BTN
8:00 PM 1 2 T
Central Michigan
(2-8, 0-1 Mid-American)
0
Wisconsin
(7-4, 1-1 Big Ten)
0
Wisconsin Wins:
Wisconsin Loses:
12.6 RPI Points
-22.1 RPI Points
ESPN+
2:00 PM 1 2 T
NJIT
(4-8, 0-0 America East)
0
Butler
(9-3, 1-1 Big East)
0
Butler Wins:
Butler Loses:
8.0 RPI Points
-24.0 RPI Points