Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Michigan State Women's Basketball

2026 Michigan State Spartans 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	1684
25	Syracuse	450
50	Penn State	147
51	Santa Clara	125
52	Saint Joseph's	121
53	Oregon State	117
54	Auburn	94
55	James Madison	85
56	Ole Miss	77
57	UMass	69
58	Davidson	58
59	Jacksonville	57
60	Northwestern State	51
61	Columbia	44
62	Baylor	43
63	San Diego State	41
64	Kansas State	19
65	Colorado State	16
66	Marquette	8
67	North Dakota State	5
68	Central Michigan	1
69	Michigan State	-
70	Oklahoma	-7
71	Miami (FL)	-18
72	California	-29
73	McNeese	-35
74	Rice	-45
75	Ohio State	-55
76	Wisconsin	-56
77	Old Dominion	-61
78	Vermont	-80
79	Eastern Michigan	-83
80	FGCU	-84
81	Harvard	-115
82	Ball State	-118
83	Georgia	-118
84	Florida	-134
85	LSU	-137
86	Virginia	-158
87	South Florida	-166
88	Boise State	-177
100	Charleston	-274
125	Bowling Green	-449
150	Creighton	-598
175	Abilene Christian	-735
200	Colgate	-878
225	Southern Utah	-999
250	Winthrop	-1168
275	Campbell	-1363
300	Fordham	-1562
325	Omaha	-1760
350	North Dakota	-2121
357	Western Carolina	-2280

Direct Impact Games

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Indiana State (3-6, 0-1 Missouri Valley)	15	28	11	12	66
		24 Michigan State (10-1, 0-1 Big Ten)	34	25	28	28	115

Michigan State Wins:
Michigan State Loses:

-38 RPI Points
-298 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Oakland (2-9, 0-2 Horizon League)	16	11	15	12	54
		6 Michigan (10-1, 1-0 Big Ten)	30	24	17	26	97

Oakland Wins:
Oakland Loses:

31.0 RPI Points
-6.9 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		IU Indianapolis (2-8, 0-3 Horizon League)	11	16	16	29	72
		Wisconsin (9-3, 1-0 Big Ten)	19	14	28	20	81

Wisconsin Wins:
Wisconsin Loses:

8.7 RPI Points
-26.2 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:

30.0 RPI Points
-2.5 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:

10.0 RPI Points
-22.5 RPI Points