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 | |||
| Purdue (3‑5) vs Maryland (2‑6) |
0 | Purdue Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 16% | 13% | 7% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 7% | 4% | 1% | ||
| Maryland Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 9% | 12% | 15% | 18% | 17% | 10% | 1% | ||
| Illinois (5‑3) vs Nebraska (5‑3) |
0 | Illinois Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 9% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 11% | 7% | 4% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 7% | 4% | 1% | ||
| Nebraska Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 8% | 5% | 1% | ||
| Oregon (5‑3) vs Ohio St. (6‑2) |
0 | Oregon Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 9% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 11% | 8% | 4% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 7% | 4% | 1% | ||
| Ohio St. Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 9% | 11% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 7% | 4% | <1% | ||
| Iowa (6‑2) vs NorthwesternN. Western (6‑2) |
0 | Iowa Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 7% | 4% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 7% | 4% | 1% | ||
| NorthwesternN. Western Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 8% | 11% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 7% | 5% | 1% | ||
| Penn St. (4‑4) vs Washington (5‑3) |
0 | Penn St. Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 7% | 5% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 7% | 4% | 1% | ||
| Washington Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 9% | 11% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 8% | 5% | 1% | ||
| Michigan (5‑3) vs Michigan St. (2‑6) |
0 | Michigan Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 9% | 11% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 7% | 4% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 7% | 4% | 1% | ||
| Michigan St. Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 10% | 10% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 6% | 5% | 1% | ||
| UCLA (8‑0) vs Minnesota (5‑3) |
0 | UCLA Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 9% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 11% | 7% | 5% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 7% | 4% | 1% | ||
| Minnesota Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 7% | 4% | 1% | ||
| Wisconsin (5‑3) vs Rutgers (2‑6) |
0 | Wisconsin Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 9% | 11% | 11% | 15% | 13% | 10% | 6% | 4% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 7% | 4% | 1% | ||
| Rutgers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 6% | 2% | ||