The Most Important Games for the Minnesota Golden Gophers are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Golden Gophers final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Minnesota Golden Gophers fans can use this table to identify the most interesting conference games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Remaining Games Winner |
Minnesota Resultant Probabilities | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2** First Round Home Field Advantage |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Minnesota (8‑16‑1) vs Wisconsin (15‑7‑2) 2 Games Remaining |
6 | Minnesota Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | <1% | <1% | 13% | 60% | 26% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 50% | 44% | 2% | ||
| Wisconsin Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 45% | 51% | 3% | ||
| Michigan (20‑4) vs Ohio State (8‑13‑1) 2 Games Remaining |
2 | Michigan Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 55% | 38% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 50% | 44% | 2% | ||
| Ohio State Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 29% | 65% | 3% | ||
| Penn State (18‑6) vs Michigan State (19‑5) 2 Games Remaining |
0 | Penn State Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 50% | 44% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 50% | 44% | 2% | ||
| Michigan State Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 50% | 44% | 2% | ||
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Minnesota Resultant Probabilities | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2** First Round Home Field Advantage |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Minnesota (8‑16‑1) vs Wisconsin (15‑7‑2) |
3 | Minnesota Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 7% | 58% | 35% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 50% | 44% | 2% | ||
| Wisconsin Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 49% | 47% | 3% | ||
| Michigan (20‑4) vs Ohio State (8‑13‑1) |
1 | Michigan Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 53% | 41% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 50% | 44% | 2% | ||
| Ohio State Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 41% | 53% | 3% | ||
| Penn State (18‑6) vs Michigan State (19‑5) |
0 | Penn State Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 50% | 43% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 50% | 44% | 2% | ||
| Michigan State Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 51% | 43% | 2% | ||