The Most Important Games for the Nebraska Cornhuskers are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Cornhuskers final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Nebraska Cornhuskers fans can use this table to identify the most interesting conference games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Nebraska Resultant Probabilities | |||||||||||||||||
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| Regular Season Finish | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1* Conference Championship Game Participant |
2* Conference Championship Game Participant |
3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |||
| Michigan St. (3‑7) vs Oregon (7‑3) |
0 | Michigan St. Wins | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 13% | 16% | 14% | 18% | 17% | 9% | 2% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 13% | 16% | 14% | 19% | 17% | 8% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Oregon Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 12% | 16% | 14% | 19% | 18% | 7% | 1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Michigan (5‑5) vs UCLA (10‑0) |
0 | Michigan Wins | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 11% | 15% | 13% | 18% | 15% | 14% | 2% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 13% | 16% | 14% | 19% | 17% | 8% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| UCLA Wins | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 13% | 15% | 14% | 19% | 18% | 6% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Nebraska (6‑4) vs Ohio St. (7‑3) |
0 | Nebraska Wins | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 22% | 27% | 19% | 5% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 13% | 16% | 14% | 19% | 17% | 8% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Ohio St. Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 8% | 11% | 13% | 26% | 25% | 12% | 2% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Washington (6‑4) vs Indiana (9‑1) |
0 | Washington Wins | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 8% | 11% | 18% | 24% | 19% | 7% | 1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 13% | 16% | 14% | 19% | 17% | 8% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Indiana Wins | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 14% | 18% | 12% | 17% | 17% | 7% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Minnesota (5‑5) vs NorthwesternN. Western (6‑4) |
0 | Minnesota Wins | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 9% | 18% | 15% | 20% | 18% | 7% | 1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 13% | 16% | 14% | 19% | 17% | 8% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| NorthwesternN. Western Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 15% | 15% | 14% | 19% | 16% | 8% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Purdue (3‑7) vs Wisconsin (6‑4) |
0 | Purdue Wins | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 13% | 14% | 10% | 6% | 25% | 15% | 2% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 13% | 16% | 14% | 19% | 17% | 8% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Wisconsin Wins | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 11% | 17% | 17% | 27% | 13% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Illinois (6‑4) vs Iowa (8‑2) |
0 | Illinois Wins | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 12% | 16% | 14% | 20% | 17% | 7% | 1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 13% | 16% | 14% | 19% | 17% | 8% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Iowa Wins | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 7% | 12% | 17% | 14% | 19% | 18% | 7% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Penn St. (6‑4) vs Rutgers (2‑8) |
0 | Penn St. Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 12% | 16% | 14% | 19% | 18% | 8% | 1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 13% | 16% | 14% | 19% | 17% | 8% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Rutgers Wins | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 19% | 13% | 4% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| USC (7‑3) vs Maryland (4‑6) |
0 | USC Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 13% | 17% | 15% | 20% | 16% | 7% | <1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 13% | 16% | 14% | 19% | 17% | 8% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Maryland Wins | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 8% | 10% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 17% | 11% | 2% | <1% | ^ | ||