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 (10‑2) vs Notre Dame (5‑7) 2 Games Remaining |
26 | Minnesota Sweeps 2 Games | 20% | 29% | 29% | 19% | 3% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 17% | 27% | 27% | 21% | 6% | 2% | <1% | ||
| Notre Dame Sweeps 2 Games | 10% | 24% | 28% | 25% | 10% | 3% | <1% | ||
| Penn State (4‑5) vs Michigan (7‑2‑1) 2 Games Remaining |
4 | Penn State Sweeps 2 Games | 19% | 29% | 26% | 18% | 6% | 2% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 17% | 27% | 27% | 21% | 6% | 2% | <1% | ||
| Michigan Sweeps 2 Games | 17% | 26% | 27% | 22% | 6% | 2% | <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 (10‑2) vs Notre Dame (5‑7) |
13 | Minnesota Wins | 19% | 28% | 27% | 20% | 4% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 17% | 27% | 27% | 21% | 6% | 2% | <1% | ||
| Notre Dame Wins | 14% | 26% | 28% | 23% | 8% | 2% | <1% | ||
| Penn State (4‑5) vs Michigan (7‑2‑1) |
3 | Penn State Wins | 19% | 28% | 27% | 19% | 6% | 2% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 17% | 27% | 27% | 21% | 6% | 2% | <1% | ||
| Michigan Wins | 17% | 26% | 27% | 22% | 6% | 1% | <1% | ||