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 | |||
| Northern Iowa (12‑4) vs Bradley (10‑6) |
8 | Northern Iowa Wins | 20% | 24% | 22% | 17% | 10% | 5% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 16% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 20% | 17% | 12% | 7% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 11% | 18% | ||
| Bradley Wins | 20% | 19% | 15% | 9% | 5% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
| Murray State (14‑3) vs Valparaiso (8‑8) |
1 | Murray State Wins | 16% | 21% | 21% | 17% | 12% | 7% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 16% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 20% | 17% | 12% | 7% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 19% | 21% | ||
| Valparaiso Wins | 19% | 16% | 12% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
| Evansville (4‑13) vs Indiana St. (8‑8) |
1 | Evansville Wins | 17% | 21% | 20% | 18% | 12% | 7% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 16% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 20% | 17% | 12% | 7% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 16% | 21% | ||
| Indiana St. Wins | 21% | 17% | 12% | 7% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
| UIC (6‑10) vs Illinois St. (11‑4) |
0 | UIC Wins | 17% | 22% | 21% | 17% | 12% | 7% | 4% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 16% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 20% | 17% | 12% | 7% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 16% | 21% | ||
| Illinois St. Wins | 20% | 18% | 12% | 7% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
| Drake (8‑8) vs Belmont (14‑3) |
0 | Drake Wins | 18% | 22% | 19% | 16% | 12% | 7% | 4% | 1% | 1% | <1% | <1% | 16% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 20% | 17% | 12% | 7% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 15% | 21% | ||
| Belmont Wins | 20% | 17% | 13% | 7% | 4% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||