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 | |
| USC (6‑2) |
Ohio St. (6‑1) |
38 |
| Indiana (7‑1) |
Minnesota (5‑2) |
38 |
| Iowa (5‑2) |
Wisconsin (5‑2) |
16 |
| Oregon (4‑3) |
Northwestern (6‑1) |
14 |
| Rutgers (2‑5) |
Michigan (4‑3) |
3 |
| Nebraska (5‑2) |
Washington (4‑3) |
3 |
| Penn St. (3‑4) |
Purdue (3‑4) |
3 |
| Maryland (2‑5) |
Illinois (4‑3) |
2 |