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 | |||
| Rice (3‑3) vs UTSA (2‑3) |
1 | Rice Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 11% | 14% | 16% | 15% | 14% | 9% | 3% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 12% | 5% | ||
| UTSA Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 7% | 10% | 14% | 17% | 18% | 17% | 7% | ||
| Temple (3‑2) vs Navy (5‑0) |
0 | Temple Wins | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 10% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 14% | 12% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 12% | 5% | ||
| Navy Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 11% | 5% | ||
| Charlotte (1‑4) vs Black Knights (2‑3) |
0 | Charlotte Wins | <1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 9% | 8% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 12% | 5% | ||
| Black Knights Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 10% | 11% | 13% | 15% | 14% | 13% | 4% | ||
| UAB (2‑3) vs Florida Atlantic (2‑3) |
0 | UAB Wins | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 12% | 5% | ||
| Florida Atlantic Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 13% | 15% | 14% | 12% | 4% | ||
| South Florida (4‑1) vs North Texas (5‑0) |
0 | South Florida Wins | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 10% | 12% | 13% | 15% | 14% | 12% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 12% | 5% | ||
| North Texas Wins | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 10% | 12% | 13% | 15% | 13% | 11% | 4% | ||