The Most Important Games for the Iowa Hawkeyes are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Hawkeyes final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Iowa Hawkeyes 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 |
Iowa Resultant Probabilities | |||||||||||||||||
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| Regular Season Finish | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1* Conference Championship Game Participant |
2* Conference Championship Game Participant |
3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |||
| Penn St. (3‑4) vs Ohio St. (7‑0) |
8 | Penn St. Wins | 2% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 5% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 5% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 5% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Ohio St. Wins | 1% | 4% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 5% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Maryland (4‑3) vs Indiana (8‑0) |
2 | Maryland Wins | 3% | 5% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 5% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 5% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 5% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Indiana Wins | 1% | 5% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 5% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Purdue (2‑6) vs Michigan (6‑2) |
1 | Purdue Wins | 1% | 6% | 16% | 13% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 5% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 5% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Michigan Wins | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 5% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Michigan St. (3‑5) vs Minnesota (5‑3) |
0 | Michigan St. Wins | 1% | 5% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 12% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 5% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 5% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Minnesota Wins | 1% | 5% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Rutgers (4‑4) vs Illinois (5‑3) |
0 | Rutgers Wins | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 5% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 5% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Illinois Wins | 1% | 5% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Nebraska (6‑2) vs USC (5‑2) |
0 | Nebraska Wins | 1% | 5% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 5% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 5% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 5% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| USC Wins | 1% | 5% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 5% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||