The Most Important Games for the Iowa St. Cyclones are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Cyclones final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Iowa St. Cyclones 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 St. Resultant Probabilities | |||||||||||||||
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| Regular Season Finish | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1* First and Second Round Byes |
2* First and Second Round Byes |
3* First and Second Round Byes |
4* First and Second Round Byes |
5** First Round Bye |
6** First Round Bye |
7** First Round Bye |
8** First Round Bye |
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
| Baylor (15‑14) vs Houston (24‑5) |
47 | Baylor Wins | X | X | 1% | 25% | 71% | 2% | 1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | 6% | 91% | 2% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Houston Wins | X | X | X | 2% | 95% | 2% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Arizona St. (15‑14) vs Kansas (21‑8) |
15 | Arizona St. Wins | X | X | <1% | 11% | 86% | 2% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | 6% | 91% | 2% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Kansas Wins | X | X | X | 4% | 94% | 2% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| UCF (20‑8) vs Oklahoma St. (17‑12) |
1 | UCF Wins | X | X | <1% | 6% | 92% | 1% | 1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | 6% | 91% | 2% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Oklahoma St. Wins | X | X | <1% | 6% | 91% | 3% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Texas Tech (22‑7) vs TCU (19‑10) |
0 | Texas Tech Wins | X | X | <1% | 6% | 94% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | 6% | 91% | 2% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| TCU Wins | X | X | <1% | 6% | 85% | 8% | 2% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Cincinnati (16‑13) vs BYU (20‑9) |
0 | Cincinnati Wins | X | X | <1% | 6% | 91% | 2% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | 6% | 91% | 2% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| BYU Wins | X | X | <1% | 6% | 91% | 2% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Kansas St. (11‑18) vs West Virginia (17‑12) |
0 | Kansas St. Wins | X | X | <1% | 6% | 91% | 2% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | 6% | 91% | 2% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| West Virginia Wins | X | X | <1% | 6% | 91% | 2% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Utah (10‑19) vs Colorado (16‑13) |
0 | Utah Wins | X | X | <1% | 6% | 91% | 2% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | 6% | 91% | 2% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Colorado Wins | X | X | <1% | 6% | 91% | 2% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||