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 (8‑12‑1) vs Michigan (18‑4) 2 Games Remaining |
6 | Minnesota Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | 1% | 4% | 12% | 61% | 20% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 54% | 35% | 2% | ||
| Michigan Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 53% | 39% | 2% | ||
| Notre Dame (4‑15‑1) vs Penn State (14‑6) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | Notre Dame Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | 1% | 3% | 9% | 49% | 33% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 54% | 35% | 2% | ||
| Penn State Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 55% | 34% | 1% | ||
| Wisconsin (15‑3‑2) vs Michigan State (15‑5) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | Wisconsin Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 53% | 35% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 54% | 35% | 2% | ||
| Michigan State Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 57% | 34% | 2% | ||
| 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 (8‑12‑1) vs Michigan (18‑4) |
3 | Minnesota Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 10% | 59% | 27% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 54% | 35% | 2% | ||
| Michigan Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 6% | 54% | 37% | 2% | ||
| Wisconsin (15‑3‑2) vs Michigan State (15‑5) |
0 | Wisconsin Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 53% | 35% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 54% | 35% | 2% | ||
| Michigan State Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 55% | 35% | 2% | ||
| Notre Dame (4‑15‑1) vs Penn State (14‑6) |
0 | Notre Dame Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | 8% | 52% | 34% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 54% | 35% | 2% | ||
| Penn State Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 55% | 34% | 2% | ||