The Most Important Games for the Michigan State Spartans are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Spartans final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Michigan State Spartans fans can use this table to identify the most interesting conference games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Remaining Games Winner |
Michigan State Resultant Probabilities | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2** First Round Home Field Advantage |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Wisconsin (19‑10‑2) vs Michigan (24‑6‑1) 1 Game Remaining |
16 | Wisconsin Sweeps 1 Game | 98% | 2% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 92% | 8% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Michigan Sweeps 1 Game | 89% | 11% | 1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Ohio State (11‑17‑1) vs Penn State (19‑9‑1) 1 Game Remaining |
1 | Ohio State Sweeps 1 Game | 92% | 8% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 92% | 8% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Penn State Sweeps 1 Game | 92% | 8% | 1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Michigan State Resultant Probabilities | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2** First Round Home Field Advantage |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Wisconsin (19‑10‑2) vs Michigan (24‑6‑1) |
16 | Wisconsin Wins | 98% | 2% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 92% | 8% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Michigan Wins | 89% | 11% | 1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Ohio State (11‑17‑1) vs Penn State (19‑9‑1) |
1 | Ohio State Wins | 92% | 8% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 92% | 8% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Penn State Wins | 92% | 8% | 1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||