2020 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
UCLA
1311
25
Illinois State
326
31
Notre Dame
249
32
Pepperdine
239
33
Coastal Carolina
232
34
Texas
220
35
Louisville
200
36
Southern Miss
193
37
LSU
188
38
Iowa
170
39
Indiana
162
40
Mercer
149
41
Santa Clara
148
42
Arizona State
132
43
San Diego State
132
44
Texas Tech
69
45
Arizona
51
46
USC
28
47
Arkansas
24
48
Middle Tennessee
20
49
Southern Illinois
4
50
Mississippi State
-
51
Charleston
-7
52
Oregon State
-13
53
Utah
-16
54
Northwestern State
-16
55
Georgia Tech
-25
56
East Tennessee State
-26
57
Virginia Tech
-26
58
Vanderbilt
-44
59
Penn
-45
60
Eastern Illinois
-60
61
Virginia
-69
62
Appalachian State
-86
63
Western Michigan
-103
64
Michigan
-109
65
New Mexico
-113
66
Illinois
-115
67
Louisiana Tech
-121
68
North Carolina
-130
69
ULM
-133
75
Long Beach State
-165
100
Indiana State
-430
125
Washington
-531
150
Boise State
-675
175
FIU
-843
200
Southeast Missouri
-1044
225
Northern Colorado
-1225
250
The Citadel
-1411
275
Oakland
-1833
301
Delaware State
-2756
 

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

No significant Indirect Impact Games today