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 (5‑8‑1) vs Penn State (10‑4) 2 Games Remaining |
11 | Minnesota Sweeps 2 Games | 2% | 5% | 9% | 14% | 26% | 37% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 6% | 11% | 23% | 41% | 14% | ||
| Penn State Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | 1% | 4% | 9% | 25% | 45% | 16% | ||
| Ohio State (5‑5) vs Michigan (11‑3) 2 Games Remaining |
0 | Ohio State Sweeps 2 Games | 1% | 4% | 7% | 10% | 18% | 46% | 15% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 6% | 11% | 23% | 41% | 14% | ||
| Michigan Sweeps 2 Games | 1% | 3% | 6% | 11% | 25% | 40% | 13% | ||
| Michigan State (9‑1) vs Wisconsin (8‑2‑2) 2 Games Remaining |
0 | Michigan State Sweeps 2 Games | 1% | 3% | 6% | 11% | 24% | 42% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 6% | 11% | 23% | 41% | 14% | ||
| Wisconsin Sweeps 2 Games | 1% | 3% | 6% | 11% | 24% | 41% | 14% | ||
| 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 (5‑8‑1) vs Penn State (10‑4) |
6 | Minnesota Wins | 1% | 4% | 8% | 13% | 25% | 39% | 10% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 6% | 11% | 23% | 41% | 14% | ||
| Penn State Wins | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 24% | 43% | 15% | ||
| Michigan State (9‑1) vs Wisconsin (8‑2‑2) |
0 | Michigan State Wins | 1% | 3% | 6% | 11% | 23% | 41% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 6% | 11% | 23% | 41% | 14% | ||
| Wisconsin Wins | 1% | 3% | 6% | 11% | 24% | 42% | 14% | ||
| Ohio State (5‑5) vs Michigan (11‑3) |
0 | Ohio State Wins | 1% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 20% | 44% | 15% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 6% | 11% | 23% | 41% | 14% | ||
| Michigan Wins | 1% | 3% | 6% | 11% | 24% | 41% | 14% | ||