Penn State
Penn State Nittany Lions (7-5)
Big Ten (0-1)
Live RPI
50
Down 1 since
SUN, DEC 14th

2026 Penn State Nittany Lions 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 1537
25 303
31 196
32 182
33 178
34 170
35 141
36 131
37 119
38 118
39 87
40 83
41 80
42 78
43
77
44 75
45 70
46 53
47 52
48 43
49 28
50 -
51 -22
52 -26
53 -30
54 -53
55 -62
56 -70
57 -78
58 -89
59 -90
60 -96
61 -103
62 -104
63 -106
64 -128
65 -131
66 -139
67 -142
68 -146
69 -147
75 -202
100 -421
125 -596
150 -745
175 -882
200 -1025
225 -1146
250 -1315
275 -1510
300 -1709
325 -1907
350 -2268
357 -2427

Direct Impact Games

ESPN+
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Richmond
(11-3, 1-0 Atlantic 10)
19 17 20 14 70
Penn State
(7-5, 0-1 Big Ten)
14 11 16 13 54
Penn State Wins:
Penn State Loses:
156 RPI Points
-49 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

ESPN+
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Delaware
(5-5, 0-0 Conference USA)
16 16 16 18 66
Saint Joseph's
(7-3, 0-1 Atlantic 10)
22 19 14 18 73
Saint Joseph's Wins:
Saint Joseph's Loses:
11.4 RPI Points
-26.5 RPI Points
ESPN+
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Oklahoma State
(11-2, 1-0 Big 12)
20 23 27 21 91
Cincinnati
(4-8, 0-1 Big 12)
15 12 19 17 63
Cincinnati Wins:
Cincinnati Loses:
21.4 RPI Points
-10.7 RPI Points
B1G+
Final 1 2 3 4 T
California Baptist
(6-7, 0-0 Western Athletic)
17 18 11 10 56
23 Nebraska
(12-0, 1-0 Big Ten)
19 19 17 32 87
Nebraska Wins:
Nebraska Loses:
0.0 RPI Points
-32.1 RPI Points
ESPN+
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Coppin State
(1-12, 0-0 MEAC)
13 17 11 14 55
Georgia
(13-0, 0-0 SEC)
14 24 26 18 82
Coppin State Wins:
Coppin State Loses:
27.5 RPI Points
-2.3 RPI Points
ESPN+
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
Arizona State Wins:
Arizona State Loses:
0.0 RPI Points
-27.8 RPI Points