The Most Important Games for the North Dakota Fighting Hawks are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Fighting Hawks final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. North Dakota Fighting Hawks 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 |
North Dakota Resultant Probabilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2* First Round Bye |
3* First Round Bye |
4* First Round Bye |
5* First Round Bye |
6* First Round Bye |
7* First Round Bye |
8 | 9 | |||
| North Dakota (4‑5) vs Nebraska Omaha (4‑7) |
11 | North Dakota Wins | 6% | 10% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 10% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | ||
| Nebraska Omaha Wins | 3% | 7% | 10% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 13% | ||
| South Dakota (8‑4) vs UMKC (5‑7) |
1 | South Dakota Wins | 6% | 9% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | ||
| UMKC Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | ||
| South Dakota St. (8‑4) vs Denver (6‑6) |
1 | South Dakota St. Wins | 6% | 9% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | ||
| Denver Wins | 6% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 10% | ||
| North Dakota St. (8‑4) vs St. Thomas (7‑4) |
0 | North Dakota St. Wins | 6% | 9% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 10% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | ||
| St. Thomas Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | ||