The Most Important Games for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Fighting Sioux final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. North Dakota Fighting Sioux fans can use this table to identify the most interesting conference games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Remaining Games Winner |
North Dakota Resultant Probabilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||||
| 1* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
2* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
3* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
4* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | NT | |||
| North Dakota (16‑4) vs Colorado College (8‑9‑3) 2 Games Remaining |
11 | North Dakota Sweeps 2 Games | 65% | 22% | 9% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 56% | 23% | 12% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Colorado College Sweeps 2 Games | 38% | 27% | 18% | 10% | 4% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Miami (11‑7‑2) vs Arizona St. (11‑10‑1) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | Miami Sweeps 2 Games | 57% | 23% | 12% | 5% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 56% | 23% | 12% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Arizona St. Sweeps 2 Games | 56% | 23% | 12% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Western Michigan (14‑6) vs Denver (12‑7‑2) 2 Games Remaining |
0 | Western Michigan Sweeps 2 Games | 60% | 20% | 12% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 56% | 23% | 12% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Denver Sweeps 2 Games | 53% | 27% | 12% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Nebraska-OmahaNebr-Omaha (7‑13) vs St. Cloud State (10‑10) 2 Games Remaining |
0 | Nebraska-OmahaNebr-Omaha Sweeps 2 Games | 56% | 23% | 12% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 56% | 23% | 12% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| St. Cloud State Sweeps 2 Games | 57% | 23% | 12% | 5% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
North Dakota Resultant Probabilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||||
| 1* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
2* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
3* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
4* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | NT | |||
| North Dakota (16‑4) vs Colorado College (8‑9‑3) |
5 | North Dakota Wins | 61% | 23% | 11% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 56% | 23% | 12% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Colorado College Wins | 48% | 26% | 14% | 8% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Miami (11‑7‑2) vs Arizona St. (11‑10‑1) |
0 | Miami Wins | 57% | 23% | 12% | 5% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 56% | 23% | 12% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Arizona St. Wins | 56% | 23% | 12% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Nebraska-OmahaNebr-Omaha (7‑13) vs St. Cloud State (10‑10) |
0 | Nebraska-OmahaNebr-Omaha Wins | 56% | 23% | 12% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 56% | 23% | 12% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| St. Cloud State Wins | 56% | 23% | 12% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Denver (12‑7‑2) vs Western Michigan (14‑6) |
0 | Denver Wins | 56% | 24% | 12% | 5% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 56% | 23% | 12% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Western Michigan Wins | 58% | 22% | 12% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||