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 (10‑18‑1) vs Notre Dame (5‑20‑3) 2 Games Remaining |
4 | Minnesota Sweeps 2 Games | X | X | <1% | 3% | 56% | 41% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | 1% | 37% | 61% | 1% | ||
| Notre Dame Sweeps 2 Games | X | X | X | <1% | 13% | 83% | 3% | ||
| Wisconsin (17‑9‑2) vs Ohio State (10‑15‑1) 2 Games Remaining |
2 | Wisconsin Sweeps 2 Games | X | X | <1% | <1% | 54% | 45% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | 1% | 37% | 61% | 1% | ||
| Ohio State Sweeps 2 Games | X | X | <1% | 4% | 11% | 84% | 1% | ||
| Penn State (18‑8) vs Michigan (23‑5) 2 Games Remaining |
0 | Penn State Sweeps 2 Games | X | X | X | 1% | 37% | 61% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | 1% | 37% | 61% | 1% | ||
| Michigan Sweeps 2 Games | X | X | <1% | 1% | 37% | 61% | 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 (10‑18‑1) vs Notre Dame (5‑20‑3) |
2 | Minnesota Wins | X | X | <1% | 2% | 46% | 52% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | 1% | 37% | 61% | 1% | ||
| Notre Dame Wins | X | X | <1% | <1% | 25% | 73% | 2% | ||
| Wisconsin (17‑9‑2) vs Ohio State (10‑15‑1) |
1 | Wisconsin Wins | X | X | <1% | 1% | 45% | 54% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | 1% | 37% | 61% | 1% | ||
| Ohio State Wins | X | X | <1% | 2% | 23% | 74% | 1% | ||
| Penn State (18‑8) vs Michigan (23‑5) |
0 | Penn State Wins | X | X | <1% | 1% | 37% | 61% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | 1% | 37% | 61% | 1% | ||
| Michigan Wins | X | X | <1% | 1% | 38% | 60% | 1% | ||