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 | |||
| Rice (2‑1) vs Charlotte (1‑2) |
8 | Rice Wins | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 5% | ||
| Charlotte Wins | 2% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% | ||
| North Texas (3‑0) vs Black Knights (1‑1) |
0 | North Texas Wins | 5% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 5% | ||
| Black Knights Wins | 6% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 6% | ||