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 | |||
| North Texas (5‑2) vs Florida Atlantic (5‑2) |
0 | North Texas Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 9% | 19% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 18% | 60% | ||
| Florida Atlantic Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 18% | 60% | ||
| Charlotte (1‑6) vs Tulane (3‑4) |
0 | Charlotte Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 8% | 17% | 63% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 18% | 60% | ||
| Tulane Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 9% | 18% | 60% | ||
| South Florida (5‑2) vs UAB (4‑3) |
0 | South Florida Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 10% | 19% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 18% | 60% | ||
| UAB Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 19% | 59% | ||
| East Carolina (3‑4) vs Temple (2‑5) |
0 | East Carolina Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 20% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 18% | 60% | ||
| Temple Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 9% | 15% | 65% | ||
| Memphis (6‑2) vs Black Knights (5‑2) |
0 | Memphis Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 19% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 18% | 60% | ||
| Black Knights Wins | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 18% | 60% | ||