RPI Rankings

Northwestern

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RPI rank

No. 51

of 308 teams

Record

Overall
29-21
.580
Conference
17-9
.654
Last 10
8-2
.800

Home 14-10Away 15-11Neutral 0-0

RPI

RPI
0.563
SOS rank
45
WP
0.580
25% of RPI
OWP
0.561
50% of RPI
OOWP
0.548
25% of RPI

RPI weighs a team's own winning percentage at a quarter, its opponents' at half, and its opponents' opponents' at a quarter. RPI and quadrants count Division I games only, so they can differ from the overall record.

Quadrants

QuadrantOpponent RPIRecordPct
Q11–507-17.292
Q251–1005-2.714
Q3101–1504-1.800
Q4151+13-1.929

Softball quadrants group games by the opponent's RPI rank, the same at home, on the road or at a neutral site.

2026 schedule

Upcoming

The 2027 season opens in February.

Results

May

  1. May 6Wed

    vs RPI No. 74 Penn St.

    Q2Conference

    Loss 5–11

  2. May 3Sun

    vs RPI No. 148 Minnesota

    Q3Conference

    Win 6–0

  3. May 2Sat

    vs RPI No. 148 Minnesota

    Q3Conference

    Loss 2–3

  4. May 1Fri

    vs RPI No. 148 Minnesota

    Q3Conference

    Win 5–1

April

  1. Apr 26Sun

    at RPI No. 48 Purdue

    Q1Conference

    Win 1–0

  2. Apr 25Sat

    at RPI No. 48 Purdue

    Q1Conference

    Win 11–4

  3. Apr 24Fri

    at RPI No. 48 Purdue

    Q1Conference

    Win 8–7

  4. Apr 21Tue

    at RPI No. 150 NIU

    Q3

    Win 5–4

  5. Apr 19Sun

    vs RPI No. 159 Michigan St.

    Q4Conference

    Win 8–0

  6. Apr 18Sat

    vs RPI No. 159 Michigan St.

    Q4Conference

    Win 8–7

  7. Apr 17Fri

    vs RPI No. 159 Michigan St.

    Q4Conference

    Win 10–0

  8. Apr 12Sun

    at RPI No. 74 Penn St.

    Q2Conference

    Win 17–3

  9. Apr 11Sat

    at RPI No. 74 Penn St.

    Q2Conference

    Win 13–4

  10. Apr 10Fri

    at RPI No. 74 Penn St.

    Q2Conference

    Win 8–2

  11. Apr 8Wed

    vs RPI No. 208 DePaul

    Q4

    Loss 5–9

  12. Apr 5Sun

    vs RPI No. 40 Michigan

    Q1Conference

    Loss 9–11

  13. Apr 4Sat

    vs RPI No. 40 Michigan

    Q1Conference

    Loss 5–9

  14. Apr 3Fri

    vs RPI No. 40 Michigan

    Q1Conference

    Win 4–0

March

  1. Mar 28Sat

    vs RPI No. 11 Oregon

    Q1Conference

    Loss 3–7

  2. Mar 27Fri

    vs RPI No. 11 Oregon

    Q1Conference

    Loss 0–4

  3. Mar 26Thu

    vs RPI No. 11 Oregon

    Q1Conference

    Win 11–3

  4. Mar 22Sun

    at RPI No. 206 Illinois

    Q4Conference

    Win 5–0

  5. Mar 21Sat

    at RPI No. 206 Illinois

    Q4Conference

    Win 19–5

  6. Mar 20Fri

    at RPI No. 206 Illinois

    Q4Conference

    Win 6–1

  7. Mar 14Sat

    vs RPI No. 110 UNI

    Q3

    Win 10–2

  8. Mar 14Sat

    at RPI No. 269 Detroit Mercy

    Q4

    Win 8–3

  9. Mar 13Fri

    at RPI No. 199 Northern Ky.

    Q4

    Win 16–1

  10. Mar 13Fri

    at RPI No. 269 Detroit Mercy

    Q4

    Win 11–2

  11. Mar 8Sun

    at RPI No. 30 Washington

    Q1Conference

    Loss 4–10

  12. Mar 7Sat

    at RPI No. 30 Washington

    Q1Conference

    Loss 0–2

  13. Mar 6Fri

    at RPI No. 30 Washington

    Q1Conference

    Loss 2–13

February

  1. Feb 28Sat

    at RPI No. 16 Duke

    Q1

    Loss 1–6

  2. Feb 28Sat

    at RPI No. 61 Boston U.

    Q2

    Win 6–3

  3. Feb 27Fri

    vs RPI No. 71 Ohio St.

    Q2Conference

    Win 11–1

  4. Feb 27Fri

    at RPI No. 61 Boston U.

    Q2

    Loss 4–6

  5. Feb 22Sun

    at RPI No. 4 Arkansas

    Q1

    Loss 8–9

  6. Feb 21Sat

    at RPI No. 4 Arkansas

    Q1

    Loss 0–7

  7. Feb 21Sat

    vs RPI No. 232 Southeast Mo. St.

    Q4

    Win 12–1

  8. Feb 20Fri

    at RPI No. 4 Arkansas

    Q1

    Loss 0–6

  9. Feb 20Fri

    vs RPI No. 232 Southeast Mo. St.

    Q4

    Win 4–1

  10. Feb 15Sun

    vs RPI No. 18 Texas A&M

    Q1

    Loss 5–6

  11. Feb 14Sat

    at RPI No. 12 Georgia

    Q1

    Loss 3–8

  12. Feb 14Sat

    at RPI No. 45 Missouri

    Q1

    Win 3–0

  13. Feb 13Fri

    vs RPI No. 19 UCF

    Q1

    Loss 4–6

  14. Feb 12Thu

    at RPI No. 8 Texas Tech

    Q1

    Loss 0–5

  15. Feb 8Sun

    vs RPI No. 215 Memphis

    Q4

    Win 14–5

  16. Feb 7Sat

    at RPI No. 21 Arizona St.

    Q1

    Loss 0–8

  17. Feb 7Sat

    vs RPI No. 37 Texas St.

    Q1

    Win 7–1

  18. Feb 6Fri

    vs RPI No. 37 Texas St.

    Q1

    Loss 3–4

  19. Feb 6Fri

    vs RPI No. 221 Toledo

    Q4

    Win 9–1