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 (6‑7) vs Tulsa (12‑1) |
38 | Rice Wins | 1% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 11% | 36% | 1% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 45% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | ||
| Tulsa Wins | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 46% | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
| Texas-San Antonio (4‑8) vs Florida Atlantic (8‑5) |
3 | Texas-San Antonio Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 45% | 1% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 45% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | ||
| Florida Atlantic Wins | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 45% | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
| Tulane (9‑4) vs E. Carolina (5‑8) |
2 | Tulane Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 45% | 1% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 45% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | ||
| E. Carolina Wins | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 46% | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
| Wichita St. (8‑5) vs UAB (9‑4) |
0 | Wichita St. Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 45% | 1% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 45% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | ||
| UAB Wins | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 45% | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
| Charlotte (6‑7) vs Temple (8‑5) |
0 | Charlotte Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 45% | 1% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 45% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | ||
| Temple Wins | 5% | 6% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 44% | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
| North Texas (9‑4) vs Memphis (5‑7) |
0 | North Texas Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 45% | 1% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 45% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | ||
| Memphis Wins | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 45% | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||