Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Houston Women's Basketball

2026 Houston Cougars 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	2124
25	Texas Tech	1159
50	Murray State	852
75	Santa Clara	635
100	Quinnipiac	454
125	Fairleigh Dickinson	315
150	New Mexico	160
160	Georgetown	106
161	Monmouth	104
162	Tulsa	99
163	Loyola-Chicago	93
164	UC Santa Barbara	91
165	Toledo	88
166	Kent State	85
167	Southern	74
168	Campbell	69
169	Alabama A&M	65
170	Ohio	59
171	Longwood	52
172	Radford	49
173	Bradley	48
174	Austin Peay	44
175	ULM	32
176	Northern Kentucky	29
177	Merrimack	18
178	Illinois State	7
179	Houston	-
180	Florida State	-19
181	Bryant	-19
182	Towson	-21
183	Northwestern State	-24
184	Middle Tennessee	-29
185	George Washington	-38
186	Stony Brook	-40
187	Northwestern	-40
188	Rutgers	-41
189	Bowling Green	-55
190	Grand Canyon	-59
191	Providence	-63
192	Saint Bonaventure	-64
193	William & Mary	-65
194	Charlotte	-66
195	North Alabama	-76
196	Albany	-87
197	Chattanooga	-106
198	Air Force	-109
200	Maryland Eastern Shore	-125
225	Wake Forest	-299
250	UTA	-422
275	Memphis	-562
300	New Mexico State	-737
325	Utah Tech	-969
350	Portland State	-1168
357	Valparaiso	-1530

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	7:00 PM		1	2	3	4	T
		High Point (25-5, 13-3 Big South)					0
		6 Vanderbilt (27-4, 13-3 SEC)					0

High Point Wins:
High Point Loses:

0.9 RPI Points
-4.5 RPI Points

	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:

1.5 RPI Points
-3.7 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:

1.5 RPI Points
-3.7 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Southern (18-14, 12-6 SWAC)	6	13	2	13	34
		4 South Carolina (32-3, 15-1 SEC)	19	25	32	27	103

Southern Wins:
Southern Loses:

2.2 RPI Points
-2.8 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:

0.9 RPI Points
-4.0 RPI Points

	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:

1.6 RPI Points
-3.3 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		UTSA (17-16, 9-9 American)	6	8	16	22	52
		1 Connecticut (35-0, 20-0 Big East)	19	29	27	15	90

UTSA Wins:
UTSA Loses:

2.4 RPI Points
-2.5 RPI Points