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 | |||
| Temple (2‑5) vs East Carolina (3‑4) |
0 | Temple Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 10% | 14% | 16% | 15% | 16% | 12% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 8% | 11% | 14% | 16% | 15% | 16% | 11% | ||
| East Carolina Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 16% | 15% | 11% | ||
| Memphis (6‑1) vs Charlotte (3‑4) |
0 | Memphis Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 8% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 16% | 16% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 8% | 11% | 14% | 16% | 15% | 16% | 11% | ||
| Charlotte Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 8% | 11% | 14% | 16% | 16% | 15% | 11% | ||
| North Texas (5‑2) vs Tulane (5‑2) |
0 | North Texas Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 9% | 11% | 13% | 16% | 16% | 15% | 12% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 8% | 11% | 14% | 16% | 15% | 16% | 11% | ||
| Tulane Wins | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 8% | 11% | 14% | 16% | 16% | 15% | 11% | ||
| Tulsa (2‑5) vs UTSA (3‑4) |
0 | Tulsa Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 12% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 14% | 12% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 8% | 11% | 14% | 16% | 15% | 16% | 11% | ||
| UTSA Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 10% | 13% | 15% | 15% | 17% | 12% | ||