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 | |||
| South Dakota (8‑8) vs St. Thomas (11‑5) |
9 | South Dakota Wins | 7% | 12% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | 4% | 9% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | ||
| St. Thomas Wins | 2% | 7% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 11% | ||
| North Dakota St. (12‑5) vs UMKC (4‑12) |
3 | North Dakota St. Wins | 4% | 9% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 10% |
| Current Probabilities | 4% | 9% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | ||
| UMKC Wins | 5% | 9% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 12% | ||
| Denver (8‑9) vs South Dakota St. (8‑9) |
1 | Denver Wins | 4% | 9% | 13% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% |
| Current Probabilities | 4% | 9% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | ||
| South Dakota St. Wins | 4% | 9% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | ||
| North Dakota (8‑10) vs Nebraska Omaha (7‑10) |
1 | North Dakota Wins | 4% | 9% | 12% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% |
| Current Probabilities | 4% | 9% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | ||
| Nebraska Omaha Wins | 4% | 9% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | ||