The Most Important Games for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Hilltoppers final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 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 |
Western Kentucky Resultant Probabilities | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | ||||||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2* First Round Bye |
3* First Round Bye |
4* First Round Bye |
5* First Round Bye |
6* First Round Bye |
7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
| Western Kentucky (5‑2) vs Jacksonville StateJacksnvlle St. (3‑4) |
11 | Western Kentucky Wins | 14% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 7% | ||
| Jacksonville StateJacksnvlle St. Wins | 5% | 5% | 9% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 9% | ||
| New Mexico St. (6‑0) vs Sam Houston (5‑2) |
1 | New Mexico St. Wins | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 7% | ||
| Sam Houston Wins | 5% | 5% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | ||
| Middle Tenn. (5‑3) vs Kennesaw St. (5‑2) |
1 | Middle Tenn. Wins | 12% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 7% | ||
| Kennesaw St. Wins | 5% | 5% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | ||
| Missouri St. (4‑3) vs Delaware (2‑5) |
0 | Missouri St. Wins | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 7% | ||
| Delaware Wins | 5% | 5% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8% | ||
| Liberty (5‑2) vs FIU (3‑3) |
0 | Liberty Wins | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 7% | ||
| FIU Wins | 5% | 5% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | ||
| Louisiana Tech (4‑2) vs UTEP (3‑4) |
0 | Louisiana Tech Wins | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 7% | ||
| UTEP Wins | 5% | 5% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 7% | ||