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 (5‑5) vs North Texas (9‑1) |
0 | Rice Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 17% | 15% | 56% | 1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 6% | 72% | 12% | ^ | ^ | ||
| North Texas Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 3% | 3% | 78% | 16% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Temple (5‑5) vs Tulane (8‑2) |
0 | Temple Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 79% | 12% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 6% | 72% | 12% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Tulane Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 7% | 70% | 12% | ^ | ^ | ||
| UAB (3‑7) vs South Florida (7‑3) |
0 | UAB Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 3% | 2% | 5% | 5% | 50% | 34% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 6% | 72% | 12% | ^ | ^ | ||
| South Florida Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 6% | 79% | 4% | ^ | ^ | ||
| UTSA (5‑5) vs East Carolina (7‑3) |
0 | UTSA Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 2% | 8% | 8% | 69% | 12% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 6% | 72% | 12% | ^ | ^ | ||
| East Carolina Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 5% | 73% | 12% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Black Knights (5‑4) vs Tulsa (3‑7) |
0 | Black Knights Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 2% | 6% | 6% | 77% | 8% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 6% | 72% | 12% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Tulsa Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 9% | 7% | 57% | 22% | ^ | ^ | ||