Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Penn State Women's Basketball

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	Connecticut	1537
25	Syracuse	303
31	Notre Dame	196
32	Mississippi State	182
33	Washington	178
34	Indiana	170
35	Illinois	141
36	Duke	131
37	West Virginia	119
38	Fairfield	118
39	Seton Hall	87
40	Albany	83
41	Missouri	80
42	North Carolina	78
43	BYU	77
44	Howard	75
45	Iowa State	70
46	Gonzaga	53
47	Colorado	52
48	Tennessee	43
49	Montana State	28
50	Penn State	-
51	Santa Clara	-22
52	Saint Joseph's	-26
53	Oregon State	-30
54	Auburn	-53
55	James Madison	-62
56	Ole Miss	-70
57	UMass	-78
58	Davidson	-89
59	Jacksonville	-90
60	Northwestern State	-96
61	Columbia	-103
62	Baylor	-104
63	San Diego State	-106
64	Kansas State	-128
65	Colorado State	-131
66	Marquette	-139
67	North Dakota State	-142
68	Central Michigan	-146
69	Michigan State	-147
75	Ohio State	-202
100	Charleston	-421
125	Bowling Green	-596
150	Creighton	-745
175	Abilene Christian	-882
200	Colgate	-1025
225	Southern Utah	-1146
250	Winthrop	-1315
275	Campbell	-1510
300	Fordham	-1709
325	Omaha	-1907
350	North Dakota	-2268
357	Western Carolina	-2427

Direct Impact Games

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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