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 | |||
| East Carolina (4‑4) vs South Florida (6‑2) |
0 | East Carolina Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 11% | 21% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 20% | 58% | ||
| South Florida Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 11% | 20% | 58% | ||
| Tulane (4‑4) vs Tulsa (4‑4) |
0 | Tulane Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 10% | 21% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 20% | 58% | ||
| Tulsa Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 11% | 22% | 57% | ||
| Navy (2‑6) vs Temple (2‑6) |
0 | Navy Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 10% | 20% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 20% | 58% | ||
| Temple Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 9% | 18% | 60% | ||
| UAB (4‑4) vs Charlotte (1‑7) |
0 | UAB Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 11% | 21% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 20% | 58% | ||
| Charlotte Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 20% | 62% | ||
| Rice (1‑7) vs North Texas (6‑2) |
0 | Rice Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 12% | 17% | 22% | 32% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 20% | 58% | ||
| North Texas Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 10% | 21% | 61% | ||