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 (8‑15‑1) vs Michigan State (18‑5) 1 Game Remaining |
2 | Minnesota Sweeps 1 Game | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 51% | 43% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 43% | 53% | 1% | ||
| Michigan State Sweeps 1 Game | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 41% | 55% | 1% | ||
| Notre Dame (4‑18‑1) vs Ohio State (8‑12‑1) 1 Game Remaining |
1 | Notre Dame Sweeps 1 Game | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 50% | 45% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 43% | 53% | 1% | ||
| Ohio State Sweeps 1 Game | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 38% | 58% | <1% | ||
| Penn State (17‑6) vs Wisconsin (15‑6‑2) 1 Game Remaining |
1 | Penn State Sweeps 1 Game | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 42% | 53% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 43% | 53% | 1% | ||
| Wisconsin Sweeps 1 Game | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 44% | 54% | 1% | ||
| 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 (8‑15‑1) vs Michigan State (18‑5) |
2 | Minnesota Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 51% | 43% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 43% | 53% | 1% | ||
| Michigan State Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 41% | 55% | 1% | ||
| Notre Dame (4‑18‑1) vs Ohio State (8‑12‑1) |
1 | Notre Dame Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 50% | 45% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 43% | 53% | 1% | ||
| Ohio State Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 38% | 58% | <1% | ||
| Penn State (17‑6) vs Wisconsin (15‑6‑2) |
1 | Penn State Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 42% | 53% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 43% | 53% | 1% | ||
| Wisconsin Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 44% | 54% | 1% | ||