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SUN, MAR 15th

2026 Iowa Hawkeyes 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
 278
2
Texas
 191
3
South Carolina
 47
4
Connecticut
 9
5
Iowa
 -
6
Vanderbilt
 -203
7
Duke
 -226
8
Michigan
 -274
9
TCU
 -299
10
Princeton
 -374
11
LSU
 -400
12
West Virginia
 -412
13
Ohio State
 -457
14
Baylor
 -488
15
Alabama
 -552
16
Oklahoma
 -561
17
North Carolina
 -575
18
Louisville
 -597
19
Rhode Island
 -606
20
Richmond
 -613
21
Ole Miss
 -617
22
Kentucky
 -618
23
Villanova
 -624
24
Minnesota
 -671
25
Texas Tech
 -687
50
Murray State
 -994
75
Santa Clara
 -1211
100
Quinnipiac
 -1392
125
Fairleigh Dickinson
 -1531
150
New Mexico
 -1686
175
ULM
 -1814
200
Maryland Eastern Shore
 -1971
225
Wake Forest
 -2145
250
UTA
 -2268
275
Memphis
 -2408
300
New Mexico State
 -2583
325
Utah Tech
 -2815
350
Portland State
 -3014
357
Valparaiso
 -3376

Direct Impact Games

ESPN
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Fairleigh Dickinson
(28-5, 18-0 NEC)		 17 9 7 15 48
7 Iowa
(27-6, 15-3 Big Ten)		 20 7 8 23 58
NCAA - First Round
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Iowa City, IA)
Iowa Wins:
Iowa Loses:
27 RPI Points
-76 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

ESPN
10:00 PM 1 2 3 4 T
California Baptist
(23-10, 15-3 Western Athletic)		 0
2 UCLA
(31-1, 18-0 Big Ten)		 0
NCAA - First Round
Pauley Pavilion (Los Angeles, CA)
UCLA Wins:
UCLA Loses:
0.3 RPI Points
-8.9 RPI Points
ESPN2
9:30 PM 1 2 3 4 T
Colorado
(22-11, 11-7 Big 12)		 0
Illinois
(21-11, 9-9 Big Ten)		 0
NCAA - First Round
Memorial Gymnasium (Nashville, TN)
Illinois Wins:
Illinois Loses:
3.2 RPI Points
-6.0 RPI Points
ESPN2
Final/1OT 1 2 3 4 OT T
USC
(18-13, 9-9 Big Ten)		 13 13 13 22 10 71
Clemson
(21-12, 11-7 ACC)		 14 14 15 18 6 67
NCAA - First Round
Colonial Life Arena (Columbia, SC)
USC Wins:
USC Loses:
2.0 RPI Points
-2.7 RPI Points
ESPN2
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
NCAA - First Round
Gampel Pavilion (Storrs, CT)
Iowa State Wins:
Iowa State Loses:
1.4 RPI Points
-3.4 RPI Points
ABC
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
NCAA - First Round
Colonial Life Arena (Columbia, SC)
Southern Wins:
Southern Loses:
2.0 RPI Points
-2.6 RPI Points
ESPN
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Fairfield
(28-5, 19-1 MAAC)		 12 12 19 17 60
22 Notre Dame
(23-10, 12-6 ACC)		 17 19 26 17 79
NCAA - First Round
Value City Arena (Columbus, OH)
Fairfield Wins:
Fairfield Loses:
0.7 RPI Points
-3.8 RPI Points
ESPN2
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Howard
(26-8, 13-1 MEAC)		 15 4 17 18 54
12 Ohio State
(27-7, 13-5 Big Ten)		 20 23 19 13 75
NCAA - First Round
Value City Arena (Columbus, OH)
Ohio State Wins:
Ohio State Loses:
0.9 RPI Points
-3.4 RPI Points
ABC
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
NCAA - First Round
Gampel Pavilion (Storrs, CT)
Connecticut Wins:
Connecticut Loses:
0.0 RPI Points
-4.2 RPI Points