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
South Carolina
1944
25
Georgia Tech
1065
50
Ohio State
748
75
Stony Brook
543
100
UTEP
416
125
USC
236
147
Southern
107
148
Florida
101
149
Clemson
101
150
Northeastern
98
151
Manhattan
74
152
Colorado
70
153
Samford
60
154
Alabama A&M
55
155
Northern Illinois
53
156
Appalachian State
48
157
Quinnipiac
48
158
Utah Valley
44
159
UTA
43
160
Northern Arizona
39
161
Long Beach State
36
162
Boston College
30
163
North Dakota State
29
164
Nevada
20
165
Charlotte
15
166
Penn State
-
167
Albany
-11
168
Lipscomb
-21
169
Little Rock
-33
170
Portland
-36
171
Southeast Missouri
-43
172
Eastern Michigan
-44
173
Northern Kentucky
-46
174
FIU
-60
175
TCU
-66
176
Washington
-69
177
Kansas State
-72
178
Sacred Heart
-81
179
Eastern Kentucky
-85
180
Hofstra
-99
181
San Diego
-100
182
Georgia State
-102
183
Minnesota
-107
184
North Florida
-109
185
William & Mary
-121
200
Providence
-201
225
San Diego State
-330
250
Nicholls
-529
275
Norfolk State
-721
300
SMU
-923
325
Colgate
-1150
 

Direct Impact Games

No Direct Impact Games today

Indirect (SOS) Impact Games

No significant Indirect Impact Games today