The Most Important Games for the Rice Owls are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Owls final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Rice Owls fans can use this table to identify the most interesting conference games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Rice Resultant Probabilities | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||||||||
| 1* First and Second Round Byes |
2* First and Second Round Byes |
3* First and Second Round Byes |
4* First and Second Round Byes |
5** First Round Bye |
6** First Round Bye |
7** First Round Bye |
8** First Round Bye |
9** First Round Bye |
10** First Round Bye |
11** First Round Bye |
12 | 13 | |||
| Rice (7‑3) vs Tulsa (4‑6) |
23 | Rice Wins | 8% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 1% | ||
| Tulsa Wins | 4% | 9% | 11% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 2% | ||
| UAB (6‑5) vs North Texas (5‑3) |
2 | UAB Wins | 8% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 1% | ||
| North Texas Wins | 7% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 1% | ||
| E. Carolina (7‑4) vs South Florida (5‑4) |
2 | E. Carolina Wins | 8% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 1% | ||
| South Florida Wins | 8% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 1% | ||
| Temple (5‑4) vs Wichita St. (8‑1) |
1 | Temple Wins | 8% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 1% | ||
| Wichita St. Wins | 7% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 1% | ||
| Memphis (7‑2) vs Florida Atlantic (6‑5) |
1 | Memphis Wins | 7% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 2% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 1% | ||
| Florida Atlantic Wins | 9% | 11% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 1% | ||
| Tulane (5‑6) vs Charlotte (4‑4) |
1 | Tulane Wins | 8% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 1% | ||
| Charlotte Wins | 7% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 1% | ||