The Most Important Games for the Northern Illinois Huskies are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Huskies final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Northern Illinois Huskies 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 |
Northern Illinois Resultant Probabilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | NT | |||
| Northern Illinois (9‑18) vs Ball State (9‑19) |
5 | Northern Illinois Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 5% | 94% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 3% | 97% | ||
| Ball State Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Bowling Green (16‑13) vs UMass (15‑14) |
5 | Bowling Green Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 5% | 94% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 3% | 97% | ||
| UMass Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% | ||
| Buffalo (16‑12) vs Central Michigan (9‑19) |
2 | Buffalo Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 4% | 96% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 3% | 97% | ||
| Central Michigan Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 2% | 98% | ||
| Miami OH (28‑0) vs Western Michigan (10‑18) |
0 | Miami OH Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 3% | 96% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 3% | 97% | ||
| Western Michigan Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 3% | 97% | ||
| Kent State (21‑7) vs Akron (23‑5) |
0 | Kent State Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 3% | 97% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 3% | 97% | ||
| Akron Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 3% | 97% | ||
| Ohio (15‑13) vs Toledo (15‑13) |
0 | Ohio Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 3% | 97% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 3% | 97% | ||
| Toledo Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 3% | 97% | ||