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 | |||
| Akron (1‑8) vs Western Michigan (6‑3) |
0 | Akron Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 12% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 17% | 14% | 13% | 3% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 12% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 17% | 16% | 12% | 2% | <1% | ||
| Western Michigan Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 12% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 17% | 15% | 12% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Kent State (3‑6) vs Bowling Green (2‑7) |
0 | Kent State Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 18% | 15% | 17% | 17% | 20% | 7% | 1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 12% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 17% | 16% | 12% | 2% | <1% | ||
| Bowling Green Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 16% | 25% | 23% | 5% | <1% | ||
| Sacramento St. (2‑8) vs Central Michigan (4‑5) |
0 | Sacramento St. Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 14% | 16% | 11% | 4% | 10% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 12% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 17% | 16% | 12% | 2% | <1% | ||
| Central Michigan Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 12% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 17% | 17% | 15% | <1% | ^ | ||
| UMass (5‑4) vs Toledo (7‑2) |
0 | UMass Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 9% | 13% | 14% | 19% | 16% | 13% | 2% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 12% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 17% | 16% | 12% | 2% | <1% | ||
| Toledo Wins | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 14% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 16% | 15% | 12% | 2% | <1% | ||
| Ball State (3‑6) vs Buffalo (6‑3) |
0 | Ball State Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 12% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 16% | 14% | 18% | 3% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 12% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 17% | 16% | 12% | 2% | <1% | ||
| Buffalo Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 18% | 16% | 10% | 2% | <1% | ||
| Miami OH (5‑4) vs Ohio (7‑2) |
0 | Miami OH Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 11% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 17% | 16% | 13% | 2% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 12% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 17% | 16% | 12% | 2% | <1% | ||
| Ohio Wins | X | <1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 16% | 15% | 12% | 2% | <1% | ||