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 | |||
| Houston (7‑2) vs UCF (4‑4) |
7 | Houston Wins | 1% | 7% | 14% | 19% | 19% | 17% | 10% | 7% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 6% | 11% | 15% | 18% | 16% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| UCF Wins | <1% | <1% | 4% | 8% | 16% | 19% | 14% | 14% | 10% | 7% | 5% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| BYU (8‑0) vs Texas Tech (8‑1) |
3 | BYU Wins | 1% | 7% | 11% | 15% | 17% | 17% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 6% | 11% | 15% | 18% | 16% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Texas Tech Wins | 1% | 3% | 12% | 16% | 18% | 16% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Arizona (5‑3) vs Kansas (5‑4) |
1 | Arizona Wins | <1% | 6% | 11% | 16% | 19% | 17% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 3% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 6% | 11% | 15% | 18% | 16% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Kansas Wins | <1% | 5% | 11% | 16% | 18% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| TCU (6‑2) vs Iowa St. (5‑4) |
0 | TCU Wins | 1% | 5% | 11% | 15% | 18% | 16% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 6% | 11% | 15% | 18% | 16% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Iowa St. Wins | <1% | 5% | 12% | 16% | 20% | 18% | 10% | 7% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| West Virginia (3‑6) vs Colorado (3‑6) |
0 | West Virginia Wins | 1% | 6% | 10% | 15% | 18% | 17% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 3% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 6% | 11% | 15% | 18% | 16% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Colorado Wins | <1% | 6% | 12% | 15% | 17% | 17% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||