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 (7‑6) vs North Dakota St. (10‑3) |
7 | South Dakota Wins | 14% | 16% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 9% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 6% | ||
| North Dakota St. Wins | 6% | 12% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 10% | 7% | ||
| Denver (6‑7) vs UMKC (2‑11) |
1 | Denver Wins | 9% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | 9% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 6% | ||
| UMKC Wins | 10% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 7% | ||
| North Dakota (5‑9) vs Oral Roberts (5‑9) |
0 | North Dakota Wins | 10% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | 9% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 6% | ||
| Oral Roberts Wins | 9% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 6% | ||
| South Dakota St. (7‑7) vs Nebraska Omaha (6‑7) |
0 | South Dakota St. Wins | 9% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | 9% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 6% | ||
| Nebraska Omaha Wins | 9% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 6% | ||