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	2126
25	Texas Tech	1159
50	Vermont	855
75	Santa Clara	637
100	Quinnipiac	457
125	Fairleigh Dickinson	318
150	Central Michigan	159
160	Georgetown	108
161	Monmouth	107
162	Tulsa	102
163	Loyola-Chicago	96
164	UC Santa Barbara	94
165	Toledo	82
166	Kent State	77
167	Southern	74
168	Campbell	72
169	Alabama A&M	68
170	Longwood	55
171	Radford	52
172	Bradley	51
173	Ohio	49
174	Austin Peay	47
175	ULM	35
176	Northern Kentucky	31
177	Merrimack	21
178	Illinois State	10
179	Houston	-
180	Florida State	-13
181	Bryant	-16
182	Towson	-18
183	Northwestern State	-21
184	Middle Tennessee	-26
185	George Washington	-35
186	Stony Brook	-35
187	Northwestern	-38
188	Rutgers	-38
189	Grand Canyon	-55
190	Bowling Green	-59
191	Providence	-60
192	Saint Bonaventure	-61
193	William & Mary	-62
194	Charlotte	-63
195	North Alabama	-73
196	Albany	-83
197	Chattanooga	-103
198	Air Force	-106
200	Maryland Eastern Shore	-122
225	Wake Forest	-294
250	UTA	-419
275	Memphis	-559
300	New Mexico State	-734
325	Utah Tech	-966
350	Portland State	-1165
357	Valparaiso	-1531

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	3rd Qtr - 4:03		1	2	3	4	T
		High Point (25-5, 13-3 Big South)	13	19	7		39
		6 Vanderbilt (27-4, 13-3 SEC)	30	24	15		69

High Point Wins:
High Point Loses:

0.9 RPI Points
-4.5 RPI Points

	Halftime		1	2	3	4	T
		23 Princeton (26-3, 12-2 Ivy League)	13	20			33
		Oklahoma State (22-9, 12-6 Big 12)	23	25			48

Oklahoma State Wins:
Oklahoma State Loses:

1.5 RPI Points
-3.7 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Syracuse (24-8, 12-6 ACC)	11	30	13	18	72
		Iowa State (22-10, 10-8 Big 12)	14	12	16	21	63

Iowa State Wins:
Iowa State Loses:

1.6 RPI Points
-3.5 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

	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

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Miami (OH) (26-7, 16-2 Mid-American)	14	12	15	13	54
		11 West Virginia (28-6, 14-4 Big 12)	22	18	29	13	82

West Virginia Wins:
West Virginia Loses:

0.8 RPI Points
-3.9 RPI Points