The Most Important Games for the conference are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final playoff picture. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting Big 10 Football games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team standings page.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Wisconsin (2‑4) |
Ohio St. (6‑0) |
34 |
| Indiana (6‑0) |
Michigan St. (3‑3) |
33 |
| Michigan (4‑2) |
Washington (5‑1) |
16 |
| Minnesota (4‑2) |
Nebraska (5‑1) |
12 |
| Rutgers (3‑3) |
Oregon (5‑1) |
7 |
| Iowa (4‑2) |
Penn St. (3‑3) |
4 |
| Northwestern (4‑2) |
Purdue (2‑4) |
3 |
| UCLA (2‑4) |
Maryland (4‑2) |
2 |