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, Second, and Third Round Byes |
2* First, Second, and Third Round Byes |
3** First and Second Round Byes |
4** First and Second Round Byes |
5*** First Round Bye |
6*** First Round Bye |
7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | NT | |||
| UAB (18‑10) vs North Texas (16‑13) |
15 | UAB Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 7% | 18% | 74% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 6% | 13% | 79% | ||
| North Texas Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | 1% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 89% | ||
| Temple (15‑12) vs Florida Atlantic (15‑13) |
5 | Temple Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 6% | 15% | 76% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 6% | 13% | 79% | ||
| Florida Atlantic Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 5% | 12% | 81% | ||
| Tulane (17‑11) vs South Florida (20‑8) |
1 | Tulane Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 6% | 13% | 78% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 6% | 13% | 79% | ||
| South Florida Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 5% | 13% | 79% | ||
| Memphis (12‑15) vs Wichita St. (18‑10) |
0 | Memphis Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 6% | 13% | 79% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 6% | 13% | 79% | ||
| Wichita St. Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 5% | 13% | 79% | ||