The Most Important Games for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Fighting Sioux final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. North Dakota Fighting Sioux fans can use this table to identify the most interesting conference games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Remaining Games Winner |
North Dakota Resultant Probabilities | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||||||
| 1* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
2* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
3* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
4* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
5* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| North Dakota (6‑3‑1) vs St. Thomas (4‑5) 1 Game Remaining |
8 | North Dakota Sweeps 1 Game | 15% | 17% | 15% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 3% | 1% | |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 16% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 1% | |||
| St. Thomas Sweeps 1 Game | 10% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 5% | 2% | |||
| Colorado College (7‑3‑1) vs Western Michigan (7‑2‑1) 1 Game Remaining |
1 | Colorado College Sweeps 1 Game | 15% | 15% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 2% | |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 16% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 1% | |||
| Western Michigan Sweeps 1 Game | 14% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 2% | |||
| St. Cloud State (3‑6‑1) vs Minnesota-DuluthMN-Duluth (8‑3‑2) 1 Game Remaining |
0 | St. Cloud State Sweeps 1 Game | 15% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 2% | |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 16% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 1% | |||
| Minnesota-DuluthMN-Duluth Sweeps 1 Game | 14% | 16% | 15% | 13% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 1% | |||
| Miami (7‑4) vs Nebraska-OmahaNebr-Omaha (4‑4‑1) 1 Game Remaining |
0 | Miami Sweeps 1 Game | 14% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 2% | |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 16% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 1% | |||
| Nebraska-OmahaNebr-Omaha Sweeps 1 Game | 14% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 2% | |||
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
North Dakota Resultant Probabilities | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | ||||||||||||
| 1* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
2* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
3* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
4* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
5* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
| North Dakota (6‑3‑1) vs St. Thomas (4‑5) |
8 | North Dakota Wins | 15% | 17% | 15% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 3% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 16% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 1% | ||
| St. Thomas Wins | 10% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 5% | 2% | ||
| Colorado College (7‑3‑1) vs Western Michigan (7‑2‑1) |
1 | Colorado College Wins | 15% | 15% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 16% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 1% | ||
| Western Michigan Wins | 14% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 2% | ||
| St. Cloud State (3‑6‑1) vs Minnesota-DuluthMN-Duluth (8‑3‑2) |
0 | St. Cloud State Wins | 15% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 16% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 1% | ||
| Minnesota-DuluthMN-Duluth Wins | 14% | 16% | 15% | 13% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 1% | ||
| Miami (7‑4) vs Nebraska-OmahaNebr-Omaha (4‑4‑1) |
0 | Miami Wins | 14% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 16% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 1% | ||
| Nebraska-OmahaNebr-Omaha Wins | 14% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 2% | ||