The Most Important Games for the Western Michigan Broncos are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Broncos final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Western Michigan Broncos 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 |
Western Michigan Resultant Probabilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||||
| 1* First and Second Round Byes |
2* First and Second Round Byes |
3** First Round Bye |
4** First Round Bye |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | NT | |||
| Western Michigan (0‑1) vs Buffalo (0‑1) |
15 | Western Michigan Wins | 2% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 51% | ||
| Buffalo Wins | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 55% | ||
| Kent State (0‑1) vs Bowling Green (1‑0) |
1 | Kent State Wins | 2% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 51% | ||
| Bowling Green Wins | 2% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 52% | ||
| Ohio (1‑0) vs Toledo (0‑1) |
1 | Ohio Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 51% | ||
| Toledo Wins | 2% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 52% | ||
| Central Michigan (1‑0) vs Miami OH (1‑0) |
0 | Central Michigan Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 51% | ||
| Miami OH Wins | 2% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 52% | ||
| UMass (1‑0) vs Eastern Michigan (1‑0) |
0 | UMass Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 51% | ||
| Eastern Michigan Wins | 1% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 51% | ||
| Ball State (0‑1) vs Akron (1‑0) |
0 | Ball State Wins | 2% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 51% | ||
| Akron Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 51% | ||