The Most Important Games for the Minnesota Golden Gophers are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Golden Gophers final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Minnesota Golden Gophers 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 |
Minnesota 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 | |||
| Minnesota (18‑7‑1) vs Michigan State (13‑11‑2) 2 Games Remaining |
29 | Minnesota Sweeps 2 Games | 98% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 93% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Michigan State Sweeps 2 Games | 81% | 14% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Michigan (14‑9‑1) vs Penn State (18‑7‑1) 2 Games Remaining |
10 | Michigan Sweeps 2 Games | 96% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 93% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Penn State Sweeps 2 Games | 90% | 8% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Notre Dame (11‑12‑3) vs Wisconsin (10‑14) 2 Games Remaining |
0 | Notre Dame Sweeps 2 Games | 94% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 93% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Wisconsin Sweeps 2 Games | 93% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Minnesota 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 | |||
| Minnesota (18‑7‑1) vs Michigan State (13‑11‑2) |
12 | Minnesota Wins | 96% | 4% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 93% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Michigan State Wins | 89% | 9% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Michigan (14‑9‑1) vs Penn State (18‑7‑1) |
6 | Michigan Wins | 95% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 93% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Penn State Wins | 92% | 7% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Notre Dame (11‑12‑3) vs Wisconsin (10‑14) |
0 | Notre Dame Wins | 94% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 93% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Wisconsin Wins | 93% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||