The Most Important Games for the Houston Cougars are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Cougars final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Houston Cougars 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 |
Houston 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 | |||
| West Virginia (2‑1) vs Kansas (2‑1) |
2 | West Virginia Wins | 14% | 12% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | ||
| Kansas Wins | 14% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 1% | ||
| Texas Tech (3‑0) vs Utah (3‑0) |
1 | Texas Tech Wins | 15% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | ||
| Utah Wins | 14% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Arizona St. (2‑1) vs Baylor (2‑1) |
1 | Arizona St. Wins | 13% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | ||
| Baylor Wins | 13% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 1% | ||