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 | |||
| South Florida (6‑2) vs UTSA (4‑4) |
0 | South Florida Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 29% | 35% | 18% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 28% | 35% | 18% | 1% | ||
| UTSA Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 28% | 36% | 18% | 1% | ||
| Memphis (8‑1) vs Tulane (6‑2) |
0 | Memphis Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 28% | 35% | 18% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 28% | 35% | 18% | 1% | ||
| Tulane Wins | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 10% | 29% | 36% | 18% | 1% | ||
| Black Knights (4‑4) vs Temple (5‑4) |
0 | Black Knights Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 7% | 29% | 36% | 19% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 28% | 35% | 18% | 1% | ||
| Temple Wins | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 11% | 28% | 35% | 18% | 1% | ||
| Rice (4‑5) vs UAB (3‑5) |
0 | Rice Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 15% | 47% | 26% | 2% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 28% | 35% | 18% | 1% | ||
| UAB Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 51% | 41% | 3% | ||
| East Carolina (5‑3) vs Charlotte (1‑7) |
0 | East Carolina Wins | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 10% | 28% | 36% | 18% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 28% | 35% | 18% | 1% | ||
| Charlotte Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 28% | 30% | 19% | 6% | ||
| Florida Atlantic (3‑5) vs Tulsa (2‑6) |
0 | Florida Atlantic Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 9% | 34% | 37% | 12% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 28% | 35% | 18% | 1% | ||
| Tulsa Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 6% | 10% | 19% | 31% | 28% | 2% | ||