The Most Important Games for the South Dakota Coyotes are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Coyotes final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. South Dakota Coyotes 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 |
South 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 | |||
| South Dakota (10‑10) vs Nebraska Omaha (9‑11) |
9 | South Dakota Wins | 1% | 5% | 17% | 21% | 21% | 18% | 11% | 5% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 14% | 17% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 8% | 3% | ||
| Nebraska Omaha Wins | <1% | 2% | 10% | 15% | 19% | 20% | 19% | 11% | 4% | ||
| North Dakota (10‑12) vs Oral Roberts (5‑15) |
2 | North Dakota Wins | 1% | 4% | 13% | 17% | 19% | 20% | 16% | 8% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 14% | 17% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 8% | 3% | ||
| Oral Roberts Wins | 1% | 4% | 16% | 17% | 18% | 17% | 14% | 9% | 3% | ||
| North Dakota St. (16‑5) vs Denver (9‑11) |
1 | North Dakota St. Wins | <1% | 4% | 15% | 18% | 19% | 18% | 15% | 8% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 14% | 17% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 8% | 3% | ||
| Denver Wins | 1% | 4% | 13% | 17% | 18% | 19% | 16% | 9% | 3% | ||
| St. Thomas (14‑6) vs South Dakota St. (10‑10) |
0 | St. Thomas Wins | 1% | 4% | 15% | 18% | 18% | 19% | 15% | 8% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 14% | 17% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 8% | 3% | ||
| South Dakota St. Wins | 1% | 5% | 12% | 17% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 8% | 3% | ||