Northern Iowa
Northern Iowa Panthers (5-6)
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Up 37 since
SUN, DEC 14th

2026 Northern Iowa Panthers 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 1987
25 744
50 442
75 239
85
158
86 136
87 128
88 118
89 113
90 109
91 108
92 107
93 94
94 88
95 85
96 52
97 52
98 50
99 36
100 33
101 22
102 18
103 3
104 -
105 -1
106 -19
107 -29
108 -39
109 -39
110 -42
111 -43
112 -57
113 -58
114 -64
115 -69
116 -76
117 -80
118 -94
119 -95
120 -124
121 -135
122 -142
123 -143
125 -153
150 -303
175 -440
200 -584
225 -704
250 -873
275 -1070
300 -1267
325 -1465
350 -1826
357 -1985

Direct Impact Games

Final 1 2 3 4 T
Northern Iowa
(5-6, 1-0 Missouri Valley)
14 9 11 24 58
Saint Thomas
(3-7, 0-0 The Summit League)
15 12 9 4 40
Northern Iowa Wins:
Northern Iowa Loses:
-18 RPI Points
-212 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

ESPN2
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Kansas
(9-3, 0-1 Big 12)
20 14 21 21 76
10 Iowa State
(13-0, 1-0 Big 12)
14 18 27 20 79
Iowa State Wins:
Iowa State Loses:
0.0 RPI Points
-32.5 RPI Points
CBSSN
Final 1 2 3 4 T
2 Texas
(14-0, 0-0 SEC)
17 16 16 21 70
South Dakota State
(10-4, 0-0 The Summit League)
13 11 10 17 51
South Dakota State Wins:
South Dakota State Loses:
8.7 RPI Points
-21.6 RPI Points