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 (11‑6) vs Middle Tenn. (12‑5) |
13 | Western Kentucky Wins | 12% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 7% | 4% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 7% | 3% | ||
| Middle Tenn. Wins | 5% | 8% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 12% | 7% | 3% | ||
| Louisiana Tech (13‑4) vs Jacksonville StateJacksnvlle St. (9‑7) |
1 | Louisiana Tech Wins | 8% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 6% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 7% | 3% | ||
| Jacksonville StateJacksnvlle St. Wins | 9% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 7% | 3% | ||
| Sam Houston (8‑9) vs Kennesaw St. (9‑7) |
0 | Sam Houston Wins | 8% | 10% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 7% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 7% | 3% | ||
| Kennesaw St. Wins | 8% | 11% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 6% | 3% | ||
| Liberty (14‑3) vs UTEP (12‑4) |
0 | Liberty Wins | 9% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 6% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 7% | 3% | ||
| UTEP Wins | 9% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 7% | 3% | ||
| New Mexico St. (10‑6) vs FIU (7‑10) |
0 | New Mexico St. Wins | 8% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 6% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 7% | 3% | ||
| FIU Wins | 9% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 7% | 3% | ||