The Most Important Games for the Northwestern Wildcats are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Wildcats final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Northwestern Wildcats 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 |
Northwestern 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 | |||
| Nebraska (3‑0) vs Michigan (2‑1) |
0 | Nebraska Wins | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 14% | ||
| Michigan Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 13% | 14% | ||
| Illinois (3‑0) vs Indiana (3‑0) |
0 | Illinois Wins | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 15% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 14% | ||
| Indiana Wins | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 15% | ||
| Michigan St. (3‑0) vs USC (3‑0) |
0 | Michigan St. Wins | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 13% | 15% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 14% | ||
| USC Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 14% | ||
| Wisconsin (2‑1) vs Maryland (3‑0) |
0 | Wisconsin Wins | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 15% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 14% | ||
| Maryland Wins | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 12% | 14% | ||