The Most Important Games for the Purdue Boilermakers are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Boilermakers final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Purdue Boilermakers 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 |
Purdue 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 | |||
| USC (6‑2) vs NorthwesternN. Western (5‑3) |
0 | USC Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 14% | 30% | 47% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 15% | 30% | 47% | ||
| NorthwesternN. Western Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 15% | 30% | 47% | ||
| Iowa (6‑2) vs Oregon (7‑1) |
0 | Iowa Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 15% | 30% | 47% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 15% | 30% | 47% | ||
| Oregon Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 15% | 30% | 47% | ||
| Penn St. (3‑5) vs Indiana (9‑0) |
0 | Penn St. Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 11% | 29% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 15% | 30% | 47% | ||
| Indiana Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 15% | 30% | 46% | ||
| UCLA (3‑5) vs Nebraska (6‑3) |
0 | UCLA Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 15% | 30% | 46% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 15% | 30% | 47% | ||
| Nebraska Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 15% | 30% | 46% | ||
| Wisconsin (2‑6) vs Washington (6‑2) |
0 | Wisconsin Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 8% | 26% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 15% | 30% | 47% | ||
| Washington Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 17% | 31% | 43% | ||
| Purdue (2‑7) vs Ohio St. (8‑0) |
0 | Purdue Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 24% | 34% | 25% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 15% | 30% | 47% | ||
| Ohio St. Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 5% | 13% | 30% | 50% | ||
| Rutgers (4‑5) vs Maryland (4‑4) |
0 | Rutgers Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 15% | 30% | 46% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 15% | 30% | 47% | ||
| Maryland Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 6% | 15% | 30% | 47% | ||