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 | |
| UCLA (6‑0) |
Michigan St. (2‑5) |
30 |
| Michigan (4‑2) |
Indiana (6‑1) |
23 |
| Wisconsin (4‑2) |
USC (6‑1) |
18 |
| Minnesota (4‑2) |
Iowa (5‑1) |
14 |
| Illinois (3‑3) |
Oregon (4‑2) |
11 |
| Northwestern (5‑1) |
Rutgers (2‑4) |
8 |