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 | |||
| Ohio State (3‑6) vs Wisconsin (8‑0‑1) 1 Game Remaining |
5 | Ohio State Sweeps 1 Game | 2% | 7% | 16% | 20% | 24% | 22% | 10% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 5% | 14% | 19% | 24% | 25% | 13% | ||
| Wisconsin Sweeps 1 Game | 1% | 4% | 14% | 20% | 25% | 25% | 13% | ||
| Penn State (2‑8‑1) vs Michigan (9‑1) 1 Game Remaining |
1 | Penn State Sweeps 1 Game | 1% | 5% | 14% | 19% | 23% | 22% | 16% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 5% | 14% | 19% | 24% | 25% | 13% | ||
| Michigan Sweeps 1 Game | 1% | 5% | 13% | 20% | 24% | 25% | 12% | ||
| 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 | |||
| Ohio State (3‑6) vs Wisconsin (8‑0‑1) |
5 | Ohio State Wins | 2% | 7% | 16% | 20% | 24% | 22% | 10% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 5% | 14% | 19% | 24% | 25% | 13% | ||
| Wisconsin Wins | 1% | 4% | 14% | 20% | 25% | 25% | 13% | ||
| Penn State (2‑8‑1) vs Michigan (9‑1) |
1 | Penn State Wins | 1% | 5% | 14% | 19% | 23% | 22% | 16% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 5% | 14% | 19% | 24% | 25% | 13% | ||
| Michigan Wins | 1% | 5% | 13% | 20% | 24% | 25% | 12% | ||