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) |
Game Winner |
Minnesota Resultant Probabilities | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1* First and Second Round Byes |
2* First and Second Round Byes |
3* First and Second Round Byes |
4* First and Second Round Byes |
5** First Round Bye |
6** First Round Bye |
7** First Round Bye |
8** First Round Bye |
9** First Round Bye |
10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | NT | |||
| Minnesota (6‑5) vs Purdue (8‑2) |
18 | Minnesota Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 9% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 56% | ||
| Purdue Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 59% | ||
| Oregon (9‑1) vs Illinois (7‑2) |
1 | Oregon Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 56% | ||
| Illinois Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 8% | 57% | ||
| Nebraska (6‑2) vs Indiana (8‑2) |
0 | Nebraska Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 8% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 56% | ||
| Indiana Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 56% | ||
| Washington (7‑3) vs Maryland (8‑2) |
0 | Washington Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 56% | ||
| Maryland Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 56% | ||
| Penn State (8‑2) vs NorthwesternN. Western (7‑3) |
0 | Penn State Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 56% | ||
| NorthwesternN. Western Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 56% | ||