2021 Penn State Nittany Lions 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
1456
25
Connecticut
835
50
Ball State
610
75
Rhode Island
414
100
Abilene Christian
327
125
Southeastern Louisiana
164
145
Illinois
66
146
New Orleans
52
147
George Washington
51
148
Stetson
49
149
FIU
48
150
Kent State
46
151
Tennessee Tech
45
152
BYU
39
153
Cal Poly
33
154
UC San Diego
33
155
Penn
29
156
Fresno State
28
157
Marist
16
158
Northwestern State
16
159
Albany
11
160
Charleston
8
161
Georgia State
5
162
UTRGV
3
163
East Tennessee State
2
164
Penn State
-
165
Eastern Illinois
-6
166
Sacred Heart
-8
167
Radford
-11
168
Binghamton
-19
169
Appalachian State
-19
170
Davidson
-23
171
Illinois State
-28
172
Little Rock
-35
173
Cal State Fullerton
-39
174
Evansville
-41
175
Toledo
-47
176
Washington
-54
177
Northwestern
-59
178
Lamar
-61
179
Rice
-67
180
VMI
-69
181
Arkansas State
-73
182
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
-76
183
Stephen F. Austin
-77
200
North Carolina Central
-135
225
Texas State
-253
250
Bucknell
-397
275
Saint Bonaventure
-750
 

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

No significant Indirect Impact Games today