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 (0‑0) vs Penn State (0‑0) 2 Games Remaining |
19 | Minnesota Sweeps 2 Games | 13% | 15% | 15% | 16% | 16% | 16% | 10% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 17% | ||
| Penn State Sweeps 2 Games | 6% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 15% | 16% | 21% | ||
| Notre Dame (0‑0) vs Wisconsin (1‑0) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | Notre Dame Sweeps 2 Games | 12% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 17% | ||
| Wisconsin Sweeps 2 Games | 11% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 16% | 18% | ||
| Ohio State (0‑0) vs Michigan (1‑0) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | Ohio State Sweeps 2 Games | 12% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 17% | ||
| Michigan Sweeps 2 Games | 11% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 16% | 17% | ||
| 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 (0‑0) vs Penn State (0‑0) |
10 | Minnesota Wins | 12% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 13% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 17% | ||
| Penn State Wins | 9% | 12% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 16% | 19% | ||
| Notre Dame (0‑0) vs Wisconsin (1‑0) |
1 | Notre Dame Wins | 12% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 17% | ||
| Wisconsin Wins | 11% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 17% | ||
| Ohio State (0‑0) vs Michigan (1‑0) |
1 | Ohio State Wins | 12% | 13% | 13% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 17% | ||
| Michigan Wins | 11% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 16% | 17% | ||