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 | |||
| Memphis (6‑1) vs South Florida (6‑1) |
0 | Memphis Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 7% | 12% | 18% | 26% | 23% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 11% | 18% | 26% | 22% | 3% | ||
| South Florida Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 11% | 19% | 25% | 22% | 3% | ||
| Charlotte (1‑6) vs North Texas (6‑1) |
0 | Charlotte Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 12% | 17% | 21% | 21% | 9% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 11% | 18% | 26% | 22% | 3% | ||
| North Texas Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 7% | 12% | 18% | 26% | 24% | 2% | ||
| Florida Atlantic (3‑4) vs Navy (6‑0) |
0 | Florida Atlantic Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 7% | 12% | 20% | 26% | 22% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 11% | 18% | 26% | 22% | 3% | ||
| Navy Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 11% | 19% | 25% | 22% | 3% | ||
| Temple (4‑3) vs Tulsa (2‑5) |
0 | Temple Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 11% | 20% | 28% | 19% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 11% | 18% | 26% | 22% | 3% | ||
| Tulsa Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 11% | 16% | 20% | 29% | 4% | ||