The Most Important Games for the South Dakota Coyotes are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Coyotes final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. South Dakota Coyotes 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 |
South Dakota Resultant Probabilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2* First Round Bye |
3* First Round Bye |
4* First Round Bye |
5* First Round Bye |
6* First Round Bye |
7* First Round Bye |
8 | 9 | |||
| North Dakota (15‑14) vs UMKC (4‑22) |
0 | North Dakota Wins | X | X | X | 40% | 26% | 20% | 14% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | 1% | 39% | 26% | 20% | 14% | ^ | ^ | ||
| UMKC Wins | X | X | 4% | 35% | 27% | 20% | 13% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Oral Roberts (6‑21) vs Nebraska Omaha (14‑14) |
0 | Oral Roberts Wins | X | X | 1% | 41% | 29% | 17% | 12% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | 1% | 39% | 26% | 20% | 14% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Nebraska Omaha Wins | X | X | 1% | 39% | 25% | 21% | 15% | ^ | ^ | ||
| North Dakota St. (21‑6) vs South Dakota St. (12‑15) |
0 | North Dakota St. Wins | X | X | 1% | 41% | 26% | 20% | 12% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | 1% | 39% | 26% | 20% | 14% | ^ | ^ | ||
| South Dakota St. Wins | X | X | 1% | 37% | 27% | 17% | 19% | ^ | ^ | ||
| South Dakota (14‑13) vs Denver (13‑15) |
0 | South Dakota Wins | X | X | 1% | 52% | 35% | 10% | 1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | 1% | 39% | 26% | 20% | 14% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Denver Wins | X | X | X | 30% | 19% | 28% | 23% | ^ | ^ | ||