Upcoming RPI Impact Games for Northwestern Softball

2025 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	Texas A&M	1161
25	Washington	354
31	Georgia Tech	277
32	Nevada	271
33	Nebraska	264
34	Arizona State	255
35	South Florida	253
36	California	241
37	North Florida	221
38	North Carolina	179
39	Missouri	165
40	Grand Canyon	162
41	Coastal Carolina	159
42	Texas State	136
43	Michigan	129
44	San Diego State	128
45	Charlotte	105
46	BYU	60
47	Indiana	28
48	North Texas	28
49	Belmont	26
50	Northwestern	-
51	Wisconsin	-8
52	Louisville	-44
53	Iowa	-59
54	UNCG	-68
55	Cal State Fullerton	-75
56	Connecticut	-75
57	Wichita State	-88
58	Fresno State	-92
59	Baylor	-97
60	Omaha	-98
61	North Carolina State	-127
62	Purdue	-129
63	Iowa State	-146
64	Kansas	-149
65	Chattanooga	-155
66	Louisiana	-160
67	Stetson	-161
68	Boise State	-181
69	Samford	-189
75	FIU	-223
100	Utah State	-405
125	FGCU	-599
150	South Dakota	-727
175	San Jose State	-853
200	Cleveland State	-1082
225	Loyola-Chicago	-1265
250	UMBC	-1467
275	North Carolina Central	-1716
300	Niagara	-2178
306	Mercyhurst	-2613

Direct Impact Games

	3:00 PM		R	H	E
		23 Nebraska (29-10, 8-3 Big Ten)	0	0	0
		Northwestern (20-12, 9-1 Big Ten)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
NEB								0	0	0
NW								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

NEB

50%

Northwestern Wins:
Northwestern Loses:

48 RPI Points
-31 RPI Points

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

	2:00 PM		R	H	E
		Michigan State (12-21, 2-9 Big Ten)	0	0	0
		Illinois (16-19, 3-7 Big Ten)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
MSU								0	0	0
ILL								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

MSU

50%

ILL

Illinois Wins:
Illinois Loses:

6.9 RPI Points
-5.8 RPI Points

	2:00 PM		R	H	E
		4 Oregon (36-4, 10-1 Big Ten)	0	0	0
		Minnesota (14-24, 3-11 Big Ten)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
OR								0	0	0
MINN								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

50%

MINN

Minnesota Wins:
Minnesota Loses:

7.4 RPI Points
-4.3 RPI Points

	3:00 PM		R	H	E
		Missouri (20-23, 2-11 SEC)	0	0	0
		15 Mississippi State (32-10, 8-5 SEC)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
MO								0	0	0
MSST								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

50%

MSST

Mississippi State Wins:
Mississippi State Loses:

2.5 RPI Points
-8.1 RPI Points

	2:00 PM		R	H	E
		Michigan State (12-21, 2-9 Big Ten)	0	0	0
		Illinois (16-19, 3-7 Big Ten)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
MSU								0	0	0
ILL								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

MSU

50%

ILL

Michigan State Wins:
Michigan State Loses:

5.7 RPI Points
-3.2 RPI Points

	1:00 PM		R	H	E
		Longwood (12-22, 6-3 Big South)	0	0	0
		Radford (22-19, 7-2 Big South)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
LONG								0	0	0
RAD								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

LONG

50%

RAD

Longwood Wins:
Longwood Loses:

5.6 RPI Points
-3.1 RPI Points

	3:00 PM		R	H	E
		Longwood (12-22, 6-3 Big South)	0	0	0
		Radford (22-19, 7-2 Big South)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
LONG								0	0	0
RAD								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

LONG

50%

RAD

Longwood Wins:
Longwood Loses:

5.6 RPI Points
-3.1 RPI Points

	2:00 PM		R	H	E
		UTA (22-15, 8-6 Western Athletic)	0	0	0
		California Baptist (18-24, 6-8 Western Athletic)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
UTA								0	0	0
CBU								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

UTA

50%

CBU

UTA Wins:
UTA Loses:

3.2 RPI Points
-4.7 RPI Points

	2:00 PM		R	H	E
		24 Ohio State (32-9, 7-4 Big Ten)	0	0	0
		Penn State (19-19, 5-6 Big Ten)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
OSU								0	0	0
PSU								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

OSU

50%

PSU

Penn State Wins:
Penn State Loses:

3.9 RPI Points
-3.9 RPI Points

	3:00 PM		R	H	E
		6 LSU (35-6, 8-5 SEC)	0	0	0
		3 Texas A&M (35-5, 9-3 SEC)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
LSU								0	0	0
TXAM								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

LSU

50%

TXAM

LSU Wins:
LSU Loses:

1.1 RPI Points
-6.2 RPI Points

	1:00 PM		R	H	E
		Northern Illinois (12-22, 7-8 Mid-American)	0	0	0
		Buffalo (9-24, 4-8 Mid-American)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
NILL								0	0	0
BUFF								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

NILL

50%

BUFF

Northern Illinois Wins:
Northern Illinois Loses:

2.8 RPI Points
-1.5 RPI Points

	3:00 PM		R	H	E
		Northern Illinois (12-22, 7-8 Mid-American)	0	0	0
		Buffalo (9-24, 4-8 Mid-American)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
NILL								0	0	0
BUFF								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

NILL

50%

BUFF

Northern Illinois Wins:
Northern Illinois Loses:

2.8 RPI Points
-1.5 RPI Points

	1:00 PM		R	H	E
		Kent State (7-29, 0-12 Mid-American)	0	0	0
		Central Michigan (17-18, 9-4 Mid-American)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
KENT								0	0	0
CMCH								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

KENT

50%

CMCH

Central Michigan Wins:
Central Michigan Loses:

2.2 RPI Points
-2.0 RPI Points

	3:00 PM		R	H	E
		Kent State (7-29, 0-12 Mid-American)	0	0	0
		Central Michigan (17-18, 9-4 Mid-American)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
KENT								0	0	0
CMCH								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

KENT

50%

CMCH

Central Michigan Wins:
Central Michigan Loses:

2.2 RPI Points
-2.0 RPI Points

	2:00 PM		R	H	E
		Notre Dame (19-21, 6-9 ACC)	0	0	0
		12 Virginia Tech (33-5, 11-1 ACC)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
ND								0	0	0
VT								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

50%

Virginia Tech Wins:
Virginia Tech Loses:

0.5 RPI Points
-3.4 RPI Points

	5:00 PM		R	H	E
		9 Florida State (38-6, 12-1 ACC)	0	0	0
		California (27-12, 6-7 ACC)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
FSU								0	0	0
CAL								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

FSU

50%

CAL

California Wins:
California Loses:

1.2 RPI Points
-2.6 RPI Points

	1:00 PM		R	H	E
		Louisville (21-18, 4-10 ACC)	0	0	0
		Boston College (18-20, 4-10 ACC)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
LOU								0	0	0
BC								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

LOU

50%

Louisville Wins:
Louisville Loses:

1.7 RPI Points
-2.0 RPI Points

	3:00 PM		R	H	E
		Seattle University (23-16, 8-6 Western Athletic)	0	0	0
		Grand Canyon (32-6, 11-2 Western Athletic)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
SEAT								0	0	0
GCU								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

SEAT

50%

GCU

Seattle University Wins:
Seattle University Loses:

1.6 RPI Points
-2.2 RPI Points

	7:00 PM		R	H	E
		Arizona State (29-14, 9-7 Big 12)	0	0	0
		Utah (12-28, 4-9 Big 12)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
AZST								0	0	0
UTAH								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

AZST

50%

UTAH

Utah Wins:
Utah Loses:

2.6 RPI Points
-1.1 RPI Points

	3:00 PM		R	H	E
		Kennesaw State (10-31, 1-15 Conference USA)	0	0	0
		Jacksonville State (25-17, 8-8 Conference USA)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
KENN								0	0	0
JVST								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

KENN

50%

JVST

Kennesaw State Wins:
Kennesaw State Loses:

2.7 RPI Points
-0.9 RPI Points

	6:00 PM		R	H	E
		5 Tennessee (32-9, 7-6 SEC)	0	0	0
		1 Texas (39-3, 11-2 SEC)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
TN								0	0	0
TEX								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

50%

TEX

Tennessee Wins:
Tennessee Loses:

0.8 RPI Points
-2.8 RPI Points

	3:00 PM		R	H	E
		16 Duke (30-12, 11-5 ACC)	0	0	0
		Pittsburgh (13-25, 3-13 ACC)	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
DUKE								0	0	0
PITT								0	0	0

Live Win Probability

DUKE

50%

PITT

Duke Wins:
Duke Loses:

1.0 RPI Points
-2.5 RPI Points