The Most Important Games for the conference are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final playoff picture. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting Big 10 Football games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team standings page.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Ohio St. (7‑0) |
Penn St. (3‑4) |
33 |
| Maryland (4‑3) |
Indiana (8‑0) |
22 |
| Michigan (6‑2) |
Purdue (2‑6) |
17 |
| Nebraska (6‑2) |
USC (5‑2) |
7 |
| Illinois (5‑3) |
Rutgers (4‑4) |
1 |
| Minnesota (5‑3) |
Michigan St. (3‑5) |
1 |