The Most Important Games for the Purdue Boilermakers are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Boilermakers final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Purdue Boilermakers 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 |
Purdue 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 | |||
| Illinois (5‑3) vs Rutgers (4‑4) |
0 | Illinois Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 16% | 28% | 46% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 16% | 29% | 45% | ||
| Rutgers Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 16% | 29% | 45% | ||
| Ohio St. (7‑0) vs Penn St. (3‑4) |
0 | Ohio St. Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 16% | 29% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 16% | 29% | 45% | ||
| Penn St. Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 12% | 28% | 54% | ||
| Maryland (4‑3) vs Indiana (8‑0) |
0 | Maryland Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 6% | 15% | 30% | 46% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 16% | 29% | 45% | ||
| Indiana Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 8% | 16% | 29% | 44% | ||
| Minnesota (5‑3) vs Michigan St. (3‑5) |
0 | Minnesota Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 9% | 16% | 29% | 43% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 16% | 29% | 45% | ||
| Michigan St. Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 14% | 28% | 52% | ||
| Purdue (2‑6) vs Michigan (6‑2) |
0 | Purdue Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 8% | 23% | 33% | 25% | 9% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 16% | 29% | 45% | ||
| Michigan Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 6% | 14% | 29% | 49% | ||
| Nebraska (6‑2) vs USC (5‑2) |
0 | Nebraska Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 16% | 29% | 45% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 16% | 29% | 45% | ||
| USC Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 16% | 29% | 45% | ||