The Most Important Games for the Minnesota Golden Gophers are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Golden Gophers final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Minnesota Golden Gophers fans can use this table to identify the most interesting conference games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Remaining Games Winner |
Minnesota Resultant Probabilities | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2** First Round Home Field Advantage |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Minnesota (11‑20‑2) vs Michigan State (24‑7‑1) 2 Games Remaining |
4 | Minnesota Sweeps 2 Games | X | X | X | X | 54% | 46% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 9% | 91% | ^ | ||
| Michigan State Sweeps 2 Games | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ^ | ||
| Notre Dame (7‑22‑5) vs Ohio State (12‑18‑2) 2 Games Remaining |
3 | Notre Dame Sweeps 2 Games | X | X | X | X | 42% | 58% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 9% | 91% | ^ | ||
| Ohio State Sweeps 2 Games | X | X | X | X | X | 100% | ^ | ||
| Penn State (20‑10‑2) vs Wisconsin (19‑11‑2) 2 Games Remaining |
0 | Penn State Sweeps 2 Games | X | X | X | X | 9% | 91% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 9% | 91% | ^ | ||
| Wisconsin Sweeps 2 Games | X | X | X | X | 9% | 91% | ^ | ||
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Minnesota Resultant Probabilities | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2** First Round Home Field Advantage |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Minnesota (11‑20‑2) vs Michigan State (24‑7‑1) |
2 | Minnesota Wins | X | X | X | X | 23% | 77% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 9% | 91% | ^ | ||
| Michigan State Wins | X | X | X | X | 3% | 97% | ^ | ||
| Notre Dame (7‑22‑5) vs Ohio State (12‑18‑2) |
1 | Notre Dame Wins | X | X | X | X | 19% | 81% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 9% | 91% | ^ | ||
| Ohio State Wins | X | X | X | X | 3% | 97% | ^ | ||
| Penn State (20‑10‑2) vs Wisconsin (19‑11‑2) |
0 | Penn State Wins | X | X | X | X | 9% | 91% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 9% | 91% | ^ | ||
| Wisconsin Wins | X | X | X | X | 9% | 91% | ^ | ||