Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Northwestern Women's Basketball

2026 Northwestern Wildcats 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	2172
25	Syracuse	938
50	Penn State	635
75	Ohio State	433
100	Charleston	214
114	Rutgers	130
115	Purdue Fort Wayne	124
116	Drexel	117
117	Stetson	113
118	Holy Cross	100
119	Lindenwood	98
120	Southern Indiana	69
121	George Mason	58
122	Arkansas	51
123	Louisiana Tech	51
124	Texas A&M	41
125	Bowling Green	39
126	Binghamton	39
127	Belmont	38
128	Sam Houston State	33
129	Central Arkansas	33
130	Florida State	15
131	Charlotte	13
132	Oral Roberts	4
133	Northwestern	-
134	George Washington	-2
135	William & Mary	-6
136	San Francisco	-9
137	Incarnate Word	-14
138	Houston	-17
139	Kent State	-26
140	La Salle	-35
141	Saint John's	-40
142	Little Rock	-48
143	Monmouth	-55
144	Towson	-64
145	Missouri State	-73
146	New Mexico	-76
147	Bradley	-87
148	UTRGV	-105
149	ULM	-105
150	Creighton	-110
151	UAB	-123
152	Penn	-125
175	Abilene Christian	-247
200	Colgate	-390
225	Southern Utah	-511
250	Winthrop	-680
275	Campbell	-875
300	Fordham	-1074
325	Omaha	-1272
350	North Dakota	-1633
357	Western Carolina	-1792

Direct Impact Games

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Northwestern (6-6, 0-1 Big Ten)	10	14	20	18	62
		George Washington (7-5, 1-0 Atlantic 10)	16	16	20	23	75

Northwestern Wins:
Northwestern Loses:

152 RPI Points
-61 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	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

IU Indianapolis Wins:
IU Indianapolis Loses:

30.3 RPI Points
-7.6 RPI Points

	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

Kansas Wins:
Kansas Loses:

8.0 RPI Points
-24.0 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