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 | |||
| Nebraska (7‑4) vs Iowa (7‑4) |
0 | Nebraska Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% | ||
| Iowa Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% | ||
| Purdue (2‑9) vs Indiana (11‑0) |
0 | Purdue Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 50% | 50% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% | ||
| Indiana Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 27% | 73% | ||
| Washington (8‑3) vs Oregon (10‑1) |
0 | Washington Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% | ||
| Oregon Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% | ||
| Michigan (9‑2) vs Ohio St. (11‑0) |
0 | Michigan Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% | ||
| Ohio St. Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% | ||
| Minnesota (6‑5) vs Wisconsin (4‑7) |
0 | Minnesota Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% | ||
| Wisconsin Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% | ||
| Rutgers (5‑6) vs Penn St. (5‑6) |
0 | Rutgers Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% | ||
| Penn St. Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% | ||
| USC (8‑3) vs UCLA (3‑8) |
0 | USC Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% | ||
| UCLA Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% | ||
| Michigan St. (3‑8) vs Maryland (4‑7) |
0 | Michigan St. Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7% | X | 93% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% | ||
| Maryland Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 53% | 47% | ||
| Illinois (7‑4) vs NorthwesternN. Western (6‑5) |
0 | Illinois Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% | ||
| NorthwesternN. Western Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 4% | 28% | 69% | ||