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 (0‑2) vs Penn State (0‑2) 2 Games Remaining |
6 | Minnesota Sweeps 2 Games | 1% | 4% | 8% | 13% | 19% | 32% | 22% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 8% | 12% | 16% | 26% | 33% | ||
| Penn State Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | 2% | 6% | 10% | 15% | 21% | 46% | ||
| Michigan (4‑0) vs Ohio State (1‑1) 2 Games Remaining |
0 | Michigan Sweeps 2 Games | 1% | 4% | 8% | 12% | 16% | 26% | 33% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 8% | 12% | 16% | 26% | 33% | ||
| Ohio State Sweeps 2 Games | 1% | 4% | 8% | 12% | 15% | 26% | 34% | ||
| Wisconsin (4‑0) vs Notre Dame (2‑0) 2 Games Remaining |
0 | Wisconsin Sweeps 2 Games | 1% | 4% | 8% | 12% | 17% | 27% | 33% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 8% | 12% | 16% | 26% | 33% | ||
| Notre Dame Sweeps 2 Games | 1% | 4% | 8% | 12% | 16% | 26% | 34% | ||
| 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 (0‑2) vs Penn State (0‑2) |
3 | Minnesota Wins | 1% | 4% | 8% | 13% | 17% | 29% | 28% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 8% | 12% | 16% | 26% | 33% | ||
| Penn State Wins | 1% | 3% | 6% | 11% | 16% | 25% | 39% | ||
| Wisconsin (4‑0) vs Notre Dame (2‑0) |
0 | Wisconsin Wins | 1% | 4% | 8% | 12% | 16% | 26% | 33% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 8% | 12% | 16% | 26% | 33% | ||
| Notre Dame Wins | 1% | 4% | 8% | 12% | 16% | 26% | 33% | ||
| Ohio State (1‑1) vs Michigan (4‑0) |
0 | Ohio State Wins | 1% | 4% | 8% | 12% | 16% | 25% | 34% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 8% | 12% | 16% | 26% | 33% | ||
| Michigan Wins | 1% | 4% | 8% | 12% | 17% | 26% | 33% | ||