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2026 Penn State Nittany Lions Impact Games

Impact Games are games that can move a team up or down the ELO Ladder (increase or decrease ELO Rank).

Direct Impact Games are head-to-head matchups for the team.

ELO Ladder

ELO	Team	ELO Pts Needed
1	Montana State	-105.3
2	Tarleton State	-139.2
3	Illinois State	-147.4
4	South Dakota	-153.2
5	South Dakota State	-154.2
6	UC Davis	-155.5
7	Lehigh	-156.4
8	Jackson State	-165.2
9	Richmond	-169.0
10	Harvard	-184.2
11	Montana	-184.8
12	Incarnate Word	-189.5
13	Tennessee Tech	-193.3
14	Stephen F. Austin	-197.9
15	South Carolina State	-198.2
16	Yale	-200.7
17	Northern Arizona	-206.2
18	Villanova	-208.5
19	Mercer	-216.5
20	Rhode Island	-220.1
21	Columbia	-224.3
22	Lamar	-231.5
23	North Dakota	-236.9
24	Western Carolina	-237.0
25	Elon	-238.9
26	Austin Peay	-239.8
27	Idaho State	-242.2
28	Dartmouth	-242.9
29	Chattanooga	-245.3
30	Southeastern Louisiana	-255.5
31	Southeast Missouri	-256.8
50	Morgan State	-286.3
75	Eastern Washington	-323.7
100	Portland State	-358.7
125	Stetson	-426.4

Direct Impact Games

	Final		1	2	3	4	T
		Buffalo (1-2, 0-0 Mid-American)	3	3	0	7	13
		Penn State (3-0, 0-0 Big Ten)	17	17	14	7	55

Penn State Wins:
Penn State Loses:

12.3 ELO Points
-37.7 ELO Points