The Most Important Games for the Western Michigan Broncos are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Broncos final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Western Michigan Broncos 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 Michigan 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 | |||
| Ball State (3‑5) vs Kent State (3‑5) |
2 | Ball State Wins | 19% | 31% | 23% | 13% | 6% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 19% | 31% | 23% | 14% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Kent State Wins | 19% | 30% | 22% | 14% | 8% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Ohio (5‑3) vs Miami OH (5‑3) |
1 | Ohio Wins | 25% | 24% | 20% | 15% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 19% | 31% | 23% | 14% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Miami OH Wins | 11% | 37% | 25% | 12% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Akron (3‑6) vs UMass (0‑8) |
1 | Akron Wins | 19% | 31% | 22% | 13% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 19% | 31% | 23% | 14% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| UMass Wins | 19% | 30% | 23% | 14% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Toledo (4‑4) vs Northern Illinois (2‑6) |
0 | Toledo Wins | 19% | 31% | 23% | 15% | 6% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 19% | 31% | 23% | 14% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Northern Illinois Wins | 19% | 30% | 22% | 13% | 8% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Eastern Michigan (2‑7) vs Bowling Green (3‑6) |
0 | Eastern Michigan Wins | 18% | 31% | 22% | 14% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 19% | 31% | 23% | 14% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Bowling Green Wins | 19% | 30% | 22% | 13% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||