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 | |||
| Minnesota (3‑3‑2) vs Wisconsin (6‑0) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | Minnesota Sweeps 2 Games | 6% | 11% | 15% | 17% | 20% | 19% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 11% | 16% | 20% | 20% | 17% | 10% | ||
| Wisconsin Sweeps 2 Games | 5% | 11% | 17% | 20% | 21% | 17% | 10% | ||
| Penn State (2‑5‑1) vs Notre Dame (2‑6) 2 Games Remaining |
0 | Penn State Sweeps 2 Games | 5% | 11% | 17% | 20% | 20% | 16% | 12% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 11% | 16% | 20% | 20% | 17% | 10% | ||
| Notre Dame Sweeps 2 Games | 5% | 11% | 16% | 20% | 21% | 17% | 11% | ||
| 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 | |||
| Notre Dame (2‑6) vs Penn State (2‑5‑1) |
0 | Notre Dame Wins | 5% | 11% | 16% | 20% | 20% | 17% | 10% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 11% | 16% | 20% | 20% | 17% | 10% | ||
| Penn State Wins | 5% | 11% | 16% | 21% | 20% | 16% | 11% | ||
| Minnesota (3‑3‑2) vs Wisconsin (6‑0) |
0 | Minnesota Wins | 5% | 11% | 15% | 19% | 20% | 18% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 11% | 16% | 20% | 20% | 17% | 10% | ||
| Wisconsin Wins | 5% | 11% | 16% | 21% | 21% | 17% | 10% | ||