The Most Important Games for a division are those divisional 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 Division games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Ohio St. (10‑1) |
Michigan (6‑5) |
95 |
| Oregon (11‑0) |
Washington (6‑5) |
67 |
| Indiana (10‑1) |
Purdue (1‑10) |
17 |
| Penn St. (10‑1) |
Maryland (4‑7) |
16 |
| Wisconsin (5‑6) |
Minnesota (6‑5) |
0 |
| Iowa (7‑4) |
Nebraska (6‑5) |
0 |
| Michigan St. (5‑6) |
Rutgers (6‑5) |
0 |
| Northwestern (4‑7) |
Illinois (8‑3) |
0 |