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 (18‑4‑2) vs Notre Dame (7‑14‑1) 2 Games Remaining |
44 | Minnesota Sweeps 2 Games | 33% | 47% | 17% | 3% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 30% | 46% | 19% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Notre Dame Sweeps 2 Games | 12% | 43% | 32% | 12% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Michigan (13‑8‑1) vs Michigan State (18‑2‑2) 1 Game Remaining |
18 | Michigan Sweeps 1 Game | 37% | 39% | 18% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 30% | 46% | 19% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Michigan State Sweeps 1 Game | 26% | 50% | 20% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| 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 (18‑4‑2) vs Notre Dame (7‑14‑1) |
23 | Minnesota Wins | 31% | 47% | 18% | 4% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 30% | 46% | 19% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Notre Dame Wins | 20% | 46% | 26% | 7% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Michigan (13‑8‑1) vs Michigan State (18‑2‑2) |
18 | Michigan Wins | 37% | 39% | 18% | 5% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 30% | 46% | 19% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Michigan State Wins | 26% | 50% | 20% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||