The Most Important Games for the Rice Owls are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Owls final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Rice Owls 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 |
Rice Resultant Probabilities | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | ||||||||||||||||
| 1* Conference Championship Game Participant |
2* Conference Championship Game Participant |
3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||
| UTSA (5‑5) vs Temple (3‑7) |
0 | UTSA Wins | X | X | X | X | 3% | 16% | 5% | 6% | 13% | 24% | 12% | 11% | 11% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 3% | 13% | 7% | 9% | 16% | 19% | 9% | 11% | 12% | <1% | ||
| Temple Wins | X | X | X | X | 2% | 11% | 10% | 15% | 20% | 11% | 6% | 12% | 13% | <1% | ||
| Rice (3‑7) vs UAB (2‑8) |
0 | Rice Wins | X | X | X | X | 5% | 23% | 11% | 13% | 21% | 23% | 4% | <1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 3% | 13% | 7% | 9% | 16% | 19% | 9% | 11% | 12% | <1% | ||
| UAB Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 6% | 12% | 18% | 15% | 23% | 24% | 1% | ||
| Florida Atlantic (2‑8) vs Charlotte (3‑7) |
0 | Florida Atlantic Wins | X | X | X | X | 5% | 15% | 6% | 11% | 14% | 18% | 9% | 7% | 15% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 3% | 13% | 7% | 9% | 16% | 19% | 9% | 11% | 12% | <1% | ||
| Charlotte Wins | X | X | X | X | 1% | 13% | 7% | 8% | 17% | 21% | 10% | 14% | 10% | ^ | ||
| North Texas (5‑5) vs East Carolina (6‑4) |
0 | North Texas Wins | X | X | X | X | 5% | 12% | 6% | 5% | 15% | 22% | 11% | 12% | 13% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 3% | 13% | 7% | 9% | 16% | 19% | 9% | 11% | 12% | <1% | ||
| East Carolina Wins | X | X | X | X | X | 17% | 8% | 14% | 17% | 15% | 8% | 11% | 10% | <1% | ||
| South Florida (5‑5) vs Tulsa (3‑7) |
0 | South Florida Wins | X | X | X | X | 3% | 15% | 5% | 9% | 17% | 20% | 8% | 12% | 11% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 3% | 13% | 7% | 9% | 16% | 19% | 9% | 11% | 12% | <1% | ||
| Tulsa Wins | X | X | X | X | 3% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 15% | 14% | 11% | 8% | 16% | 2% | ||