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 | |||
| Iowa (6‑4) vs Michigan St. (3‑7) |
0 | Iowa Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 1% | 3% | 3% | 25% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 3% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Michigan St. Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 2% | 3% | 3% | 92% | ||
| Maryland (4‑6) vs Michigan (8‑2) |
0 | Maryland Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 2% | 3% | 21% | 74% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 3% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Michigan Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 1% | 3% | 3% | 20% | 73% | ||
| NorthwesternN. Western (5‑5) vs Minnesota (6‑4) |
0 | NorthwesternN. Western Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 3% | 21% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 3% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Minnesota Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 3% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Ohio St. (10‑0) vs Rutgers (5‑5) |
0 | Ohio St. Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 3% | 21% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 3% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Rutgers Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 3% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Oregon (9‑1) vs USC (8‑2) |
0 | Oregon Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 3% | 21% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 3% | 21% | 73% | ||
| USC Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 3% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Penn St. (4‑6) vs Nebraska (7‑3) |
0 | Penn St. Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 1% | 3% | 22% | 74% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 3% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Nebraska Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 1% | 3% | 3% | 20% | 73% | ||
| UCLA (3‑7) vs Washington (7‑3) |
0 | UCLA Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 3% | 21% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 3% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Washington Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 3% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Wisconsin (3‑7) vs Illinois (7‑3) |
0 | Wisconsin Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 1% | 4% | 22% | 74% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 3% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Illinois Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 1% | 3% | 3% | 20% | 73% | ||