The Most Important Games for the conference are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final playoff picture. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting Big 10 Football games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team standings page.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Oregon (5‑0) |
Indiana (5‑0) |
37 |
| Illinois (5‑1) |
Ohio St. (5‑0) |
32 |
| USC (4‑1) |
Michigan (4‑1) |
22 |
| Maryland (4‑1) |
Nebraska (4‑1) |
11 |
| Washington (4‑1) |
Rutgers (3‑2) |
9 |
| Wisconsin (2‑3) |
Iowa (3‑2) |
5 |
| Minnesota (3‑2) |
Purdue (2‑3) |
5 |
| Penn St. (3‑2) |
Northwestern (3‑2) |
3 |
| Michigan St. (3‑2) |
UCLA (1‑4) |
2 |