2021 Mississippi State Bulldogs 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
Arkansas
226
2
Mississippi State
-
3
Vanderbilt
-4
4
Texas
-58
5
Notre Dame
-86
6
Tennessee
-95
7
Stanford
-135
8
Arizona
-165
9
Fairfield
-171
10
TCU
-184
11
Ole Miss
-217
12
North Carolina State
-229
13
Old Dominion
-231
14
Texas Tech
-245
15
East Carolina
-246
16
Oklahoma State
-280
17
Oregon
-332
18
Oregon State
-350
19
LSU
-352
20
South Carolina
-355
21
Duke
-360
25
Connecticut
-395
50
Ball State
-620
75
Rhode Island
-816
100
Abilene Christian
-903
125
Southeastern Louisiana
-1066
150
Kent State
-1184
175
Toledo
-1277
200
North Carolina Central
-1365
225
Texas State
-1483
250
Bucknell
-1627
275
Saint Bonaventure
-1980
 

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

No significant Indirect Impact Games today