Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Louisville Women's Basketball

2026 Louisville Cardinals 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	1310
10	Texas Tech	449
11	Murray State	408
12	South Carolina	397
13	Michigan	370
14	Alabama	314
15	TCU	296
16	North Carolina State	288
17	Oregon	246
18	Kentucky	146
19	Southern	145
20	Rhode Island	143
21	Stanford	137
22	Troy	127
23	USC	110
24	South Dakota State	89
25	Syracuse	76
26	Maryland	58
27	Richmond	58
28	Kansas	1
29	Louisville	-
30	Utah	-11
31	Notre Dame	-31
32	Mississippi State	-45
33	Washington	-49
34	Indiana	-57
35	Illinois	-86
36	Duke	-96
37	West Virginia	-108
38	Fairfield	-109
39	Seton Hall	-140
40	Albany	-144
41	Missouri	-147
42	North Carolina	-149
43	BYU	-150
44	Howard	-152
45	Iowa State	-157
46	Gonzaga	-174
47	Colorado	-175
48	Tennessee	-184
50	Penn State	-227
75	Ohio State	-429
100	Charleston	-648
125	Bowling Green	-823
150	Creighton	-972
175	Abilene Christian	-1109
200	Colgate	-1252
225	Southern Utah	-1373
250	Winthrop	-1542
275	Campbell	-1737
300	Fordham	-1936
325	Omaha	-2134
350	North Dakota	-2495
357	Western Carolina	-2654

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	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:

23.5 RPI Points
-2.1 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Colorado (9-4, 0-1 Big 12)	15	16	18	14	63
		Arizona State (14-0, 1-0 Big 12)	26	13	17	23	79

Colorado Wins:
Colorado Loses:

7.3 RPI Points
-16.5 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		North Florida (3-6, 0-0 ASUN)	14	12	16	20	62
		Clemson (9-4, 1-1 ACC)	23	28	15	18	84

Clemson Wins:
Clemson Loses:

7.3 RPI Points
-16.5 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Lindenwood (7-4, 1-1 Ohio Valley)	22	21	19	25	87
		Eastern Illinois (1-12, 0-2 Ohio Valley)	15	12	10	18	55

Eastern Illinois Wins:
Eastern Illinois Loses:

22.0 RPI Points
-1.8 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		East Tennessee State (5-8, 0-0 Southern)	14	16	11	10	51
		Charlotte (6-7, 0-0 American)	12	15	16	7	50

East Tennessee State Wins:
East Tennessee State Loses:

14.7 RPI Points
-9.2 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Bradley (7-4, 1-0 Missouri Valley)	20	12	20	10	62
		Northern Kentucky (3-11, 0-3 Horizon League)	16	19	16	10	61

Northern Kentucky Wins:
Northern Kentucky Loses:

17.5 RPI Points
-4.8 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Charleston Southern (1-10, 0-0 Big South)	13	12	24	25	74
		18 North Carolina (11-3, 0-1 ACC)	23	27	20	23	93

North Carolina Wins:
North Carolina Loses:

4.8 RPI Points
-17.5 RPI Points