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 | |
| Nebraska (5‑0) |
Indiana (5‑0) |
28 |
| Oregon (3‑1) |
UCLA (4‑0) |
26 |
| Ohio St. (4‑1) |
Maryland (2‑3) |
15 |
| Purdue (2‑3) |
Minnesota (4‑1) |
11 |
| Penn St. (3‑2) |
USC (5‑1) |
10 |
| Michigan St. (2‑3) |
Illinois (2‑3) |
5 |