2021 Houston Cougars 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
South Carolina
1287
25
Georgia Tech
408
43
Marist
156
44
FGCU
156
45
Belmont
154
46
New Mexico
151
47
UMass
130
48
Virginia Tech
120
49
Villanova
99
50
Ohio State
91
51
Marquette
90
52
Troy
78
53
Northwestern
68
54
Oregon State
66
55
Boston University
63
56
South Dakota
50
57
Drake
47
58
Mount Saint Mary's
28
59
Rutgers
9
60
Colorado State
7
61
Wake Forest
5
62
Houston
-
63
LSU
-6
64
Maine
-17
65
Tulane
-24
66
Howard
-45
67
Bowling Green
-45
68
Drexel
-47
69
Mississippi State
-47
70
IUPUI
-53
71
Idaho
-53
72
Central Michigan
-81
73
Milwaukee
-88
74
Fordham
-88
75
Stony Brook
-114
76
Michigan State
-122
77
Middle Tennessee
-123
78
Ole Miss
-125
79
Northern Iowa
-126
80
Louisiana
-133
81
North Texas
-133
100
UTEP
-241
125
USC
-421
150
Northeastern
-559
175
TCU
-723
200
Providence
-858
225
San Diego State
-987
250
Nicholls
-1186
275
Norfolk State
-1378
300
SMU
-1580
325
Colgate
-1807
 

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

No significant Indirect Impact Games today