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SUN, MAR 15th

2026 Ohio State Buckeyes 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
 735
2
Texas
 648
3
South Carolina
 504
4
Connecticut
 466
5
Iowa
 457
6
Vanderbilt
 254
7
Duke
 231
8
Michigan
 183
9
TCU
 158
10
Princeton
 83
11
LSU
 57
12
West Virginia
 45
13
Ohio State
 -
14
Baylor
 -31
15
Alabama
 -95
16
Oklahoma
 -104
17
North Carolina
 -118
18
Louisville
 -140
19
Rhode Island
 -149
20
Richmond
 -156
21
Ole Miss
 -160
22
Kentucky
 -161
23
Villanova
 -167
24
Minnesota
 -214
25
Texas Tech
 -230
26
Notre Dame
 -239
27
Washington
 -293
28
Colorado
 -301
29
Maryland
 -306
30
Michigan State
 -310
31
Tennessee
 -324
32
North Carolina State
 -332
50
Murray State
 -537
75
Santa Clara
 -754
100
Quinnipiac
 -935
125
Fairleigh Dickinson
 -1074
150
New Mexico
 -1229
175
ULM
 -1357
200
Maryland Eastern Shore
 -1514
225
Wake Forest
 -1688
250
UTA
 -1811
275
Memphis
 -1951
300
New Mexico State
 -2126
325
Utah Tech
 -2358
350
Portland State
 -2557
357
Valparaiso
 -2919

Direct Impact Games

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:
35 RPI Points
-60 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
-8.6 RPI Points
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Loyola-Chicago
(15-17, 9-9 Atlantic 10)		 12 13 15 18 58
Norfolk State
(14-15, 11-3 MEAC)		 15 13 12 14 54
WNIT - First Round
Joseph G. Echols Hall (Norfolk, VA)
Norfolk State Wins:
Norfolk State Loses:
2.5 RPI Points
-2.4 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:
1.9 RPI Points
-2.7 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:
1.5 RPI Points
-2.9 RPI Points
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:
0.8 RPI Points
-3.5 RPI Points
ESPNU
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Miami (OH)
(26-6, 16-2 Mid-American)		 14 12 15 13 54
11 West Virginia
(27-6, 14-4 Big 12)		 22 18 29 13 82
NCAA - First Round
WVU Coliseum (Morgantown, WV)
West Virginia Wins:
West Virginia Loses:
0.8 RPI Points
-3.5 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
-4.1 RPI Points