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* Conference Championship Game Participant |
2* Conference Championship Game Participant |
3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||
| Florida Atlantic (4‑7) vs East Carolina (7‑4) |
0 | Florida Atlantic Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 5% | 9% | 65% | 22% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7% | 6% | 65% | 22% | ^ | ^ | ||
| East Carolina Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8% | 5% | 65% | 22% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Tulsa (4‑7) vs UAB (3‑8) |
0 | Tulsa Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7% | 6% | 48% | 39% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7% | 6% | 65% | 22% | ^ | ^ | ||
| UAB Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7% | 6% | 87% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| UTSA (6‑5) vs Black Knights (5‑5) |
0 | UTSA Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8% | 6% | 65% | 22% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7% | 6% | 65% | 22% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Black Knights Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 5% | 7% | 67% | 22% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Rice (5‑6) vs South Florida (8‑3) |
0 | Rice Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 29% | 29% | 42% | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7% | 6% | 65% | 22% | ^ | ^ | ||
| South Florida Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 72% | 28% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Tulane (9‑2) vs Charlotte (1‑10) |
0 | Tulane Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7% | 6% | 65% | 22% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7% | 6% | 65% | 22% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Charlotte Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7% | 6% | 65% | 22% | ^ | ^ | ||