The Most Important Games for the Ohio State Buckeyes are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Buckeyes final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Ohio State Buckeyes 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 |
Ohio State 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 | |||
| Ohio State (1‑1) vs Michigan (4‑0) 2 Games Remaining |
17 | Ohio State Sweeps 2 Games | 9% | 15% | 17% | 18% | 18% | 15% | 8% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 12% | 15% | 17% | 19% | 18% | 12% | ||
| Michigan Sweeps 2 Games | 4% | 10% | 16% | 18% | 20% | 20% | 13% | ||
| Notre Dame (2‑0) vs Wisconsin (4‑0) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | Notre Dame Sweeps 2 Games | 7% | 12% | 15% | 16% | 19% | 19% | 12% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 12% | 15% | 17% | 19% | 18% | 12% | ||
| Wisconsin Sweeps 2 Games | 6% | 12% | 16% | 16% | 19% | 18% | 12% | ||
| Minnesota (0‑2) vs Penn State (0‑2) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | Minnesota Sweeps 2 Games | 7% | 13% | 16% | 17% | 18% | 17% | 12% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 12% | 15% | 17% | 19% | 18% | 12% | ||
| Penn State Sweeps 2 Games | 6% | 13% | 16% | 17% | 18% | 17% | 13% | ||
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Ohio State 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 | |||
| Ohio State (1‑1) vs Michigan (4‑0) |
8 | Ohio State Wins | 8% | 14% | 16% | 17% | 19% | 17% | 9% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 12% | 15% | 17% | 19% | 18% | 12% | ||
| Michigan Wins | 5% | 12% | 16% | 17% | 19% | 19% | 12% | ||
| Penn State (0‑2) vs Minnesota (0‑2) |
1 | Penn State Wins | 7% | 13% | 16% | 17% | 19% | 17% | 12% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 12% | 15% | 17% | 19% | 18% | 12% | ||
| Minnesota Wins | 6% | 12% | 16% | 17% | 19% | 18% | 12% | ||
| Wisconsin (4‑0) vs Notre Dame (2‑0) |
0 | Wisconsin Wins | 7% | 12% | 15% | 17% | 18% | 19% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 12% | 15% | 17% | 19% | 18% | 12% | ||
| Notre Dame Wins | 7% | 12% | 15% | 16% | 19% | 18% | 12% | ||