The Most Important Games for the Rice Owls are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Owls final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Rice Owls 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 |
Rice Resultant Probabilities | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||||||||
| 1* First and Second Round Byes |
2* First and Second Round Byes |
3* First and Second Round Byes |
4* First and Second Round Byes |
5** First Round Bye |
6** First Round Bye |
7** First Round Bye |
8** First Round Bye |
9** First Round Bye |
10** First Round Bye |
11** First Round Bye |
12 | 13 | |||
| Rice (4‑1) vs Tulsa (3‑2) |
19 | Rice Wins | 7% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 4% | ||
| Tulsa Wins | 4% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 6% | ||
| E. Carolina (4‑1) vs South Florida (3‑2) |
2 | E. Carolina Wins | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 4% | ||
| South Florida Wins | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 4% | ||
| Florida Atlantic (4‑2) vs Memphis (4‑0) |
1 | Florida Atlantic Wins | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 4% | ||
| Memphis Wins | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 5% | ||
| North Texas (3‑1) vs UAB (4‑2) |
1 | North Texas Wins | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 4% | ||
| UAB Wins | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 5% | ||
| Charlotte (3‑1) vs Tulane (4‑1) |
1 | Charlotte Wins | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 4% | ||
| Tulane Wins | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 4% | ||
| Wichita St. (4‑0) vs Temple (3‑1) |
0 | Wichita St. Wins | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 4% | ||
| Temple Wins | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 5% | ||