The Most Important Games for the Ohio State Buckeyes are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Buckeyes final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Ohio State Buckeyes 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 |
Ohio State 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 | |||
| Wisconsin (1‑3) vs Notre Dame (3‑1) 2 Games Remaining |
3 | Wisconsin Sweeps 2 Games | 20% | 18% | 16% | 15% | 14% | 11% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | 19% | 18% | 17% | 16% | 15% | 12% | 4% | ||
| Notre Dame Sweeps 2 Games | 19% | 18% | 17% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 4% | ||
| Penn State (2‑1) vs Minnesota (3‑1) 2 Games Remaining |
0 | Penn State Sweeps 2 Games | 20% | 18% | 16% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 19% | 18% | 17% | 16% | 15% | 12% | 4% | ||
| Minnesota Sweeps 2 Games | 20% | 18% | 16% | 15% | 14% | 12% | 4% | ||
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Ohio State 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 | |||
| Wisconsin (1‑3) vs Notre Dame (3‑1) |
2 | Wisconsin Wins | 20% | 18% | 16% | 15% | 14% | 12% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | 19% | 18% | 17% | 16% | 15% | 12% | 4% | ||
| Notre Dame Wins | 19% | 18% | 17% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 4% | ||
| Minnesota (3‑1) vs Penn State (2‑1) |
1 | Minnesota Wins | 20% | 18% | 16% | 16% | 15% | 12% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 19% | 18% | 17% | 16% | 15% | 12% | 4% | ||
| Penn State Wins | 19% | 18% | 16% | 15% | 15% | 12% | 4% | ||