Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Illinois Women's Basketball

2026 Illinois Fighting Illini 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	Connecticut	1396
16	North Carolina State	374
17	Oregon	332
18	Kentucky	232
19	Southern	231
20	Rhode Island	229
21	Stanford	223
22	Troy	213
23	USC	196
24	South Dakota State	175
25	Syracuse	162
26	Maryland	144
27	Richmond	144
28	Kansas	87
29	Louisville	86
30	Utah	75
31	Notre Dame	55
32	Mississippi State	41
33	Washington	37
34	Indiana	29
35	Illinois	-
36	Duke	-10
37	West Virginia	-22
38	Fairfield	-23
39	Seton Hall	-54
40	Albany	-58
41	Missouri	-61
42	North Carolina	-63
43	BYU	-64
44	Howard	-66
45	Iowa State	-71
46	Gonzaga	-88
47	Colorado	-89
48	Tennessee	-98
49	Montana State	-113
50	Penn State	-141
51	Santa Clara	-163
52	Saint Joseph's	-167
53	Oregon State	-171
54	Auburn	-194
75	Ohio State	-343
100	Charleston	-562
125	Bowling Green	-737
150	Creighton	-886
175	Abilene Christian	-1023
200	Colgate	-1166
225	Southern Utah	-1287
250	Winthrop	-1456
275	Campbell	-1651
300	Fordham	-1850
325	Omaha	-2048
350	North Dakota	-2409
357	Western Carolina	-2568

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Santa Clara (8-3, 0-0 West Coast)	23	21	19	21	84
		North Texas (4-6, 0-0 American)	8	12	31	21	72

North Texas Wins:
North Texas Loses:

22.7 RPI Points
-15.2 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Jackson State (1-9, 0-0 SWAC)	15	9	19	19	62
		Purdue (8-4, 0-1 Big Ten)	28	26	18	21	93

Jackson State Wins:
Jackson State Loses:

34.1 RPI Points
-3.8 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Le Moyne (1-11, 0-0 NEC)	13	20	19	16	68
		Akron (1-9, 0-0 Mid-American)	27	26	22	19	94

Le Moyne Wins:
Le Moyne Loses:

29.4 RPI Points
-2.7 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Bellarmine (1-11, 0-0 ASUN)	13	7	7	11	38
		20 Notre Dame (9-2, 1-0 ACC)	36	23	30	21	110

Bellarmine Wins:
Bellarmine Loses:

29.4 RPI Points
-2.7 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Western Carolina (0-11, 0-0 Southern)	8	5	18	13	44
		Indiana (11-2, 0-1 Big Ten)	22	18	22	9	71

Indiana Wins:
Indiana Loses:

4.6 RPI Points
-25.2 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		North Alabama (3-6, 0-0 ASUN)	13	7	19	18	57
		Missouri (11-3, 0-0 SEC)	23	15	23	23	84

Missouri Wins:
Missouri Loses:

6.0 RPI Points
-21.8 RPI Points