2021 Northwestern Wildcats 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
1515
25
Connecticut
894
50
Ball State
669
75
Rhode Island
473
100
Abilene Christian
386
125
Southeastern Louisiana
223
150
Kent State
105
158
Northwestern State
75
159
Albany
70
160
Charleston
67
161
Georgia State
64
162
UTRGV
62
163
East Tennessee State
61
164
Penn State
59
165
Eastern Illinois
53
166
Sacred Heart
51
167
Radford
48
168
Binghamton
40
169
Appalachian State
40
170
Davidson
36
171
Illinois State
31
172
Little Rock
24
173
Cal State Fullerton
20
174
Evansville
18
175
Toledo
12
176
Washington
5
177
Northwestern
-
178
Lamar
-2
179
Rice
-8
180
VMI
-10
181
Arkansas State
-14
182
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
-17
183
Stephen F. Austin
-18
184
Loyola-Marymount
-30
185
Portland
-30
186
UMass-Lowell
-42
187
Lehigh
-42
188
Saint John's
-44
189
Western Michigan
-46
190
Hofstra
-49
191
Maine
-49
192
Quinnipiac
-58
193
Cal State Bakersfield
-62
194
New Mexico
-67
195
Saint Mary's College
-69
196
Tennessee-Martin
-70
200
North Carolina Central
-76
225
Texas State
-194
250
Bucknell
-338
275
Saint Bonaventure
-691
 

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

No significant Indirect Impact Games today