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 (8‑10‑1) vs Penn State (11‑5) 2 Games Remaining |
15 | Minnesota Sweeps 2 Games | 1% | 5% | 12% | 30% | 40% | 10% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 7% | 16% | 50% | 22% | 2% | ||
| Penn State Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | 1% | 3% | 10% | 58% | 26% | 2% | ||
| Notre Dame (4‑11‑1) vs Michigan (16‑4) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | Notre Dame Sweeps 2 Games | 1% | 4% | 8% | 16% | 45% | 22% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 7% | 16% | 50% | 22% | 2% | ||
| Michigan Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | 2% | 6% | 17% | 51% | 21% | 1% | ||
| Ohio State (6‑10) vs Michigan State (12‑4) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | Ohio State Sweeps 2 Games | 1% | 3% | 9% | 16% | 38% | 30% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 7% | 16% | 50% | 22% | 2% | ||
| Michigan State Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | 2% | 6% | 17% | 54% | 19% | 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 (8‑10‑1) vs Penn State (11‑5) |
7 | Minnesota Wins | 1% | 4% | 9% | 22% | 47% | 16% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 7% | 16% | 50% | 22% | 2% | ||
| Penn State Wins | <1% | 2% | 5% | 13% | 54% | 24% | 2% | ||
| Notre Dame (4‑11‑1) vs Michigan (16‑4) |
1 | Notre Dame Wins | 1% | 3% | 7% | 17% | 48% | 22% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 7% | 16% | 50% | 22% | 2% | ||
| Michigan Wins | 1% | 2% | 7% | 17% | 50% | 22% | 2% | ||
| Ohio State (6‑10) vs Michigan State (12‑4) |
0 | Ohio State Wins | 1% | 3% | 7% | 17% | 44% | 27% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 7% | 16% | 50% | 22% | 2% | ||
| Michigan State Wins | <1% | 2% | 6% | 16% | 52% | 20% | 2% | ||