The Most Important Games for the Northern Iowa Panthers are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Panthers final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Northern Iowa Panthers 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 Iowa Resultant Probabilities | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | ||||||||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2* First Round Bye |
3* First Round Bye |
4* First Round Bye |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||
| Murray State (14‑14) vs Bradley (21‑7) |
0 | Murray State Wins | 16% | 53% | 32% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 15% | 44% | 41% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Bradley Wins | 15% | 41% | 44% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| UIC (16‑12) vs Evansville (11‑17) |
0 | UIC Wins | 15% | 44% | 41% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 15% | 44% | 41% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Evansville Wins | 15% | 44% | 41% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Belmont (18‑10) vs Indiana St. (13‑15) |
0 | Belmont Wins | 15% | 44% | 41% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 15% | 44% | 41% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Indiana St. Wins | 16% | 43% | 41% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Southern Illinois (12‑16) vs Valparaiso (12‑16) |
0 | Southern Illinois Wins | 15% | 44% | 41% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 15% | 44% | 41% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Valparaiso Wins | 15% | 44% | 41% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Missouri St. (9‑19) vs Illinois St. (16‑12) |
0 | Missouri St. Wins | 15% | 44% | 41% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 15% | 44% | 41% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Illinois St. Wins | 15% | 44% | 41% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Northern Iowa (19‑9) vs Drake (24‑3) |
0 | Northern Iowa Wins | 36% | 51% | 13% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 15% | 44% | 41% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Drake Wins | X | 41% | 59% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||