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 (5‑1) vs UMKC (3‑2) |
5 | South Dakota Wins | 25% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 22% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 6% | 3% | ||
| UMKC Wins | 17% | 15% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 4% | ||
| Denver (3‑2) vs South Dakota St. (4‑1) |
1 | Denver Wins | 23% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 6% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 22% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 6% | 3% | ||
| South Dakota St. Wins | 22% | 15% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 3% | ||
| North Dakota (2‑2) vs Nebraska Omaha (2‑3) |
0 | North Dakota Wins | 22% | 16% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 22% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 6% | 3% | ||
| Nebraska Omaha Wins | 22% | 17% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 3% | ||
| North Dakota St. (2‑3) vs St. Thomas (3‑2) |
0 | North Dakota St. Wins | 23% | 16% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 22% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 6% | 3% | ||
| St. Thomas Wins | 22% | 15% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 6% | 4% | ||