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 | |||
| Penn State (2‑8‑1) vs Michigan (9‑1) 1 Game Remaining |
1 | Penn State Sweeps 1 Game | 1% | 6% | 13% | 19% | 22% | 25% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 5% | 14% | 19% | 24% | 27% | 11% | ||
| Michigan Sweeps 1 Game | 1% | 5% | 14% | 19% | 24% | 27% | 11% | ||
| Wisconsin (8‑0‑1) vs Ohio State (3‑6) 1 Game Remaining |
0 | Wisconsin Sweeps 1 Game | 1% | 5% | 13% | 20% | 24% | 26% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 5% | 14% | 19% | 24% | 27% | 11% | ||
| Ohio State Sweeps 1 Game | 1% | 5% | 13% | 18% | 23% | 28% | 12% | ||
| 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 | |||
| Penn State (2‑8‑1) vs Michigan (9‑1) |
1 | Penn State Wins | 1% | 6% | 13% | 19% | 22% | 25% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 5% | 14% | 19% | 24% | 27% | 11% | ||
| Michigan Wins | 1% | 5% | 14% | 19% | 24% | 27% | 11% | ||
| Wisconsin (8‑0‑1) vs Ohio State (3‑6) |
0 | Wisconsin Wins | 1% | 5% | 13% | 20% | 24% | 26% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 5% | 14% | 19% | 24% | 27% | 11% | ||
| Ohio State Wins | 1% | 5% | 13% | 18% | 23% | 28% | 12% | ||