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
South Carolina
1219
25
Georgia Tech
340
34
Syracuse
248
35
BYU
239
36
Oregon
207
37
Saint Louis
205
38
Idaho State
199
39
Alabama
191
40
Stephen F. Austin
138
41
Jackson State
109
42
Oklahoma State
97
43
Marist
88
44
FGCU
88
45
Belmont
86
46
New Mexico
83
47
UMass
62
48
Virginia Tech
52
49
Villanova
31
50
Ohio State
23
51
Marquette
22
52
Troy
10
53
Northwestern
-
54
Oregon State
-2
55
Boston University
-5
56
South Dakota
-18
57
Drake
-21
58
Mount Saint Mary's
-40
59
Rutgers
-59
60
Colorado State
-61
61
Wake Forest
-63
62
Houston
-68
63
LSU
-74
64
Maine
-85
65
Tulane
-92
66
Howard
-113
67
Bowling Green
-113
68
Drexel
-115
69
Mississippi State
-115
70
IUPUI
-121
71
Idaho
-121
72
Central Michigan
-149
75
Stony Brook
-182
100
UTEP
-309
125
USC
-489
150
Northeastern
-627
175
TCU
-791
200
Providence
-926
225
San Diego State
-1055
250
Nicholls
-1254
275
Norfolk State
-1446
300
SMU
-1648
325
Colgate
-1875
 

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

No significant Indirect Impact Games today