Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Colorado Women's Basketball

2026 Colorado Buffaloes 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	UCLA	1036
9	TCU	459
10	Princeton	384
11	LSU	358
12	West Virginia	346
13	Ohio State	301
14	Baylor	270
15	Alabama	206
16	Oklahoma	197
17	North Carolina	183
18	Louisville	161
19	Rhode Island	152
20	Richmond	145
21	Ole Miss	141
22	Kentucky	140
23	Villanova	134
24	Minnesota	87
25	Texas Tech	71
26	Notre Dame	62
27	Washington	8
28	Colorado	-
29	Maryland	-5
30	Michigan State	-9
31	Tennessee	-23
32	North Carolina State	-31
33	Arizona State	-48
34	Rice	-93
35	George Mason	-102
36	Oregon	-118
37	South Dakota State	-132
38	USC	-134
39	Georgia Southern	-169
40	James Madison	-170
41	Columbia	-178
42	Nebraska	-187
43	Oklahoma State	-189
44	Troy	-200
45	Louisiana Tech	-210
46	Fairfield	-211
47	Montana State	-217
50	Murray State	-236
75	Santa Clara	-453
100	Quinnipiac	-634
125	Fairleigh Dickinson	-773
150	New Mexico	-928
175	ULM	-1056
200	Maryland Eastern Shore	-1213
225	Wake Forest	-1387
250	UTA	-1510
275	Memphis	-1650
300	New Mexico State	-1825
325	Utah Tech	-2057
350	Portland State	-2256
357	Valparaiso	-2618

Direct Impact Games

	9:30 PM		1	2	3	4	T
		Colorado (22-11, 11-7 Big 12)					0
		Illinois (21-11, 9-9 Big Ten)					0

Colorado Wins:
Colorado Loses:

36 RPI Points
-51 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	7:30 PM		1	2	3	4	T
		23 Princeton (26-3, 12-2 Ivy League)					0
		Oklahoma State (22-9, 12-6 Big 12)					0

Oklahoma State Wins:
Oklahoma State Loses:

2.7 RPI Points
-6.7 RPI Points

	4th Qtr - 0:00		1	2	3	4	T
		Miami (OH) (26-6, 16-2 Mid-American)	14	12	15	13	54
		11 West Virginia (27-6, 14-4 Big 12)	22	18	29	13	82

West Virginia Wins:
West Virginia Loses:

1.6 RPI Points
-7.3 RPI Points

	End of 3rd Qtr		1	2	3	4	T
		Syracuse (23-8, 12-6 ACC)	11	30	13		54
		Iowa State (22-9, 10-8 Big 12)	14	12	16		42

Iowa State Wins:
Iowa State Loses:

1.4 RPI Points
-3.4 RPI Points

	4th Qtr - 0:00		1	2	3	4	T
		Miami (OH) (26-6, 16-2 Mid-American)	14	12	15	13	54
		11 West Virginia (27-6, 14-4 Big 12)	22	18	29	13	82

Miami (OH) Wins:
Miami (OH) Loses:

0.9 RPI Points
-3.7 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Vermont (25-8, 13-3 America East)	17	11	10	14	52
		13 Louisville (28-7, 15-3 ACC)	16	16	23	17	72

Louisville Wins:
Louisville Loses:

0.8 RPI Points
-3.4 RPI Points