Upcoming RPI Impact Games for South Carolina Women's Basketball

2026 South Carolina Gamecocks 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	231
2	Texas	144
3	South Carolina	-
4	Connecticut	-38
5	Iowa	-47
6	Vanderbilt	-250
7	Duke	-272
8	Michigan	-321
9	TCU	-342
10	Princeton	-421
11	West Virginia	-424
12	LSU	-448
13	Ohio State	-504
14	Baylor	-534
15	Alabama	-599
16	Oklahoma	-608
17	North Carolina	-622
18	Louisville	-644
19	Rhode Island	-653
20	Richmond	-660
21	Ole Miss	-664
22	Kentucky	-665
25	Texas Tech	-733
50	Murray State	-1041
75	Santa Clara	-1259
100	Quinnipiac	-1439
125	Fairleigh Dickinson	-1578
150	Central Michigan	-1736
175	ULM	-1861
200	Maryland Eastern Shore	-2018
225	Wake Forest	-2192
250	UTA	-2315
275	Memphis	-2455
300	New Mexico State	-2630
325	Utah Tech	-2862
350	Portland State	-3061
357	Valparaiso	-3424

Direct Impact Games

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Southern (18-14, 12-6 SWAC)	6	13	2	13	34
		4 South Carolina (32-3, 15-1 SEC)	19	25	32	27	103

South Carolina Wins:
South Carolina Loses:

-3 RPI Points
-103 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Rhode Island (27-5, 16-2 Atlantic 10)	13	10	12	20	55
		Alabama (24-10, 7-9 SEC)	16	15	22	15	68

Alabama Wins:
Alabama Loses:

2.4 RPI Points
-5.8 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		James Madison (26-9, 14-4 Sun Belt)	10	8	18	20	56
		16 Kentucky (24-10, 8-8 SEC)	32	11	13	15	71

Kentucky Wins:
Kentucky Loses:

2.4 RPI Points
-5.8 RPI Points

	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

USC Wins:
USC Loses:

1.9 RPI Points
-2.6 RPI Points

	7:00 PM		1	2	3	4	T
		High Point (25-5, 13-3 Big South)					0
		6 Vanderbilt (27-4, 13-3 SEC)					0

Vanderbilt Wins:
Vanderbilt Loses:

0.6 RPI Points
-3.9 RPI Points

	Final/1OT		1	2	3	4	OT	T
		Virginia (21-11, 11-7 ACC)	24	18	14	15	11	82
		24 Georgia (22-10, 8-8 SEC)	16	27	16	12	2	73

Georgia Wins:
Georgia Loses:

1.4 RPI Points
-3.0 RPI Points

	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

Clemson Wins:
Clemson Loses:

1.5 RPI Points
-2.7 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Vermont (25-8, 13-3 America East)	17	11	10	14	52
		13 Louisville (28-7, 15-3 ACC)	16	16	23	17	72

Louisville Wins:
Louisville Loses:

0.8 RPI Points
-3.2 RPI Points