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 (15‑2‑2) vs Michigan State (12‑2‑1) 1 Game Remaining |
40 | Minnesota Sweeps 1 Game | 62% | 27% | 9% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 51% | 32% | 13% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Michigan State Sweeps 1 Game | 40% | 38% | 16% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Notre Dame (6‑11) vs Ohio State (12‑4‑1) 1 Game Remaining |
4 | Notre Dame Sweeps 1 Game | 53% | 32% | 11% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 51% | 32% | 13% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Ohio State Sweeps 1 Game | 52% | 31% | 13% | 4% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Wisconsin (7‑9‑1) vs Michigan (10‑6‑1) 1 Game Remaining |
1 | Wisconsin Sweeps 1 Game | 52% | 32% | 13% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 51% | 32% | 13% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Michigan Sweeps 1 Game | 52% | 31% | 13% | 3% | <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 (15‑2‑2) vs Michigan State (12‑2‑1) |
40 | Minnesota Wins | 62% | 27% | 9% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 51% | 32% | 13% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Michigan State Wins | 40% | 38% | 16% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Notre Dame (6‑11) vs Ohio State (12‑4‑1) |
4 | Notre Dame Wins | 53% | 32% | 11% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 51% | 32% | 13% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Ohio State Wins | 52% | 31% | 13% | 4% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Wisconsin (7‑9‑1) vs Michigan (10‑6‑1) |
1 | Wisconsin Wins | 52% | 32% | 13% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 51% | 32% | 13% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Michigan Wins | 52% | 31% | 13% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||