The Most Important Games for the Ohio State Buckeyes are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Buckeyes final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Ohio State Buckeyes 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 |
Ohio State 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 | |||
| Ohio State (5‑9) vs Minnesota (6‑9‑2) 2 Games Remaining |
6 | Ohio State Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | 1% | 3% | 10% | 37% | 35% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 27% | 41% | 22% | ||
| Minnesota Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 17% | 52% | 28% | ||
| Wisconsin (10‑2‑2) vs Notre Dame (4‑9‑1) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | Wisconsin Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 28% | 42% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 27% | 41% | 22% | ||
| Notre Dame Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 24% | 32% | 33% | ||
| Michigan (15‑3) vs Michigan State (11‑3) 1 Game Remaining |
0 | Michigan Sweeps 1 Game | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 27% | 41% | 22% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 27% | 41% | 22% | ||
| Michigan State Sweeps 1 Game | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 28% | 41% | 22% | ||
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Ohio State 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 | |||
| Ohio State (5‑9) vs Minnesota (6‑9‑2) |
3 | Ohio State Wins | <1% | <1% | 3% | 9% | 32% | 38% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 27% | 41% | 22% | ||
| Minnesota Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 22% | 47% | 25% | ||
| Wisconsin (10‑2‑2) vs Notre Dame (4‑9‑1) |
0 | Wisconsin Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 28% | 41% | 21% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 27% | 41% | 22% | ||
| Notre Dame Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 26% | 37% | 28% | ||
| Michigan (15‑3) vs Michigan State (11‑3) |
0 | Michigan Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 27% | 41% | 22% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 27% | 41% | 22% | ||
| Michigan State Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 28% | 41% | 22% | ||