The Most Important Games for the Kent State Golden Flashes are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Golden Flashes final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Kent State Golden Flashes 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 |
Kent State Resultant Probabilities | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||||||||
| 1* Conference Championship Game Participant |
2* Conference Championship Game Participant |
3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||
| Kent State (2‑5) vs Bowling Green (3‑4) |
3 | Kent State Wins | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 9% | 5% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 13% | 11% | 3% | ||
| Bowling Green Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 8% | 12% | 16% | 18% | 16% | 14% | 5% | ||
| Akron (2‑6) vs Buffalo (4‑3) |
1 | Akron Wins | <1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 9% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 13% | 12% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 13% | 11% | 3% | ||
| Buffalo Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 15% | 12% | 11% | 3% | ||
| Eastern Michigan (2‑6) vs Ohio (4‑3) |
0 | Eastern Michigan Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 13% | 11% | 3% | ||
| Ohio Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 10% | 12% | 15% | 16% | 12% | 10% | 3% | ||
| Miami OH (4‑3) vs Western Michigan (4‑3) |
0 | Miami OH Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 12% | 14% | 15% | 12% | 11% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 13% | 11% | 3% | ||
| Western Michigan Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 13% | 10% | 4% | ||
| Northern Illinois (1‑6) vs Ball State (3‑4) |
0 | Northern Illinois Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 12% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 13% | 11% | 3% | ||
| Ball State Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 10% | 11% | 15% | 16% | 12% | 11% | 4% | ||
| UMass (0‑7) vs Central Michigan (4‑3) |
0 | UMass Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 8% | 10% | 11% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 9% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 13% | 11% | 3% | ||
| Central Michigan Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 9% | 12% | 14% | 15% | 13% | 11% | 3% | ||