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 (8‑13‑1) vs Michigan (20‑4) 2 Games Remaining |
4 | Ohio State Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | <1% | <1% | 7% | 61% | 31% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 43% | 49% | 6% | ||
| Michigan Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 39% | 53% | 7% | ||
| Wisconsin (15‑7‑2) vs Minnesota (8‑16‑1) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | Wisconsin Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 52% | 41% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 43% | 49% | 6% | ||
| Minnesota Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 23% | 66% | 6% | ||
| Penn State (18‑6) vs Michigan State (19‑5) 2 Games Remaining |
0 | Penn State Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 43% | 49% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 43% | 49% | 6% | ||
| Michigan State Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 43% | 49% | 6% | ||
| 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 (8‑13‑1) vs Michigan (20‑4) |
2 | Ohio State Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 51% | 42% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 43% | 49% | 6% | ||
| Michigan Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 41% | 51% | 6% | ||
| Wisconsin (15‑7‑2) vs Minnesota (8‑16‑1) |
0 | Wisconsin Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 48% | 45% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 43% | 49% | 6% | ||
| Minnesota Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 32% | 58% | 6% | ||
| Michigan State (19‑5) vs Penn State (18‑6) |
0 | Michigan State Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 42% | 50% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 43% | 49% | 6% | ||
| Penn State Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 43% | 49% | 5% | ||