Upcoming RPI Impact Games for USC Women's Basketball

2026 USC Trojans 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	1200
4	Iowa	551
5	Texas	529
6	Villanova	440
7	Vanderbilt	403
8	Nebraska	398
9	Arizona State	359
10	Texas Tech	339
11	Murray State	298
12	South Carolina	287
13	Michigan	260
14	Alabama	204
15	TCU	186
16	North Carolina State	178
17	Oregon	136
18	Kentucky	36
19	Southern	35
20	Rhode Island	33
21	Stanford	27
22	Troy	17
23	USC	-
24	South Dakota State	-21
25	Syracuse	-34
26	Maryland	-52
27	Richmond	-52
28	Kansas	-109
29	Louisville	-110
30	Utah	-121
31	Notre Dame	-141
32	Mississippi State	-155
33	Washington	-159
34	Indiana	-167
35	Illinois	-196
36	Duke	-206
37	West Virginia	-218
38	Fairfield	-219
39	Seton Hall	-250
40	Albany	-254
41	Missouri	-257
42	North Carolina	-259
50	Penn State	-337
75	Ohio State	-539
100	Charleston	-758
125	Bowling Green	-933
150	Creighton	-1082
175	Abilene Christian	-1219
200	Colgate	-1362
225	Southern Utah	-1483
250	Winthrop	-1652
275	Campbell	-1847
300	Fordham	-2046
325	Omaha	-2244
350	North Dakota	-2605
357	Western Carolina	-2764

Direct Impact Games

	End of 3rd Qtr		1	2	3	4	T
		19 USC (8-3, 1-0 Big Ten)	13	18	12		43
		California (8-4, 0-1 ACC)	10	18	17		45

USC Wins:
USC Loses:

91 RPI Points
-180 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Portland (4-6, 0-0 West Coast)	35	23	23	17	98
		Portland State (3-8, 0-0 Big Sky)	12	7	18	16	53

Portland Wins:
Portland Loses:

24.8 RPI Points
-16.5 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Bellarmine (1-11, 0-0 ASUN)	13	7	7	11	38
		20 Notre Dame (9-2, 1-0 ACC)	36	23	30	21	110

Notre Dame Wins:
Notre Dame Loses:

6.9 RPI Points
-31.0 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		22 Washington (10-2, 0-1 Big Ten)	24	20	22	24	90
		Pacific (4-6, 0-0 West Coast)	9	16	13	12	50

Washington Wins:
Washington Loses:

5.8 RPI Points
-29.1 RPI Points

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		North Carolina State (9-4, 2-0 ACC)	20	14	15	19	68
		Davidson (9-5, 1-0 Atlantic 10)	4	18	24	13	59

North Carolina State Wins:
North Carolina State Loses:

10.0 RPI Points
-22.5 RPI Points