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 | |
| Michigan (9‑2) |
Ohio St. (11‑0) |
82 |
| Purdue (2‑9) |
Indiana (11‑0) |
34 |
| Washington (8‑3) |
Oregon (10‑1) |
30 |
| USC (8‑3) |
UCLA (3‑8) |
0 |
| Nebraska (7‑4) |
Iowa (7‑4) |
0 |
| Minnesota (6‑5) |
Wisconsin (4‑7) |
0 |
| Rutgers (5‑6) |
Penn St. (5‑6) |
0 |
| Michigan St. (3‑8) |
Maryland (4‑7) |
0 |
| Illinois (7‑4) |
Northwestern (6‑5) |
0 |