The Most Important Games for the Minnesota Golden Gophers are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Golden Gophers final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Minnesota Golden Gophers fans can use this table to identify the most interesting conference games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Minnesota Resultant Probabilities | |||||||||||||||||
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| Regular Season Finish | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1* Conference Championship Game Participant |
2* Conference Championship Game Participant |
3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |||
| Purdue (2‑7) vs Ohio St. (8‑0) |
1 | Purdue Wins | <1% | 1% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Ohio St. Wins | <1% | <1% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Penn St. (3‑5) vs Indiana (9‑0) |
0 | Penn St. Wins | <1% | 1% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Indiana Wins | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| NorthwesternN. Western (5‑3) vs USC (6‑2) |
0 | NorthwesternN. Western Wins | <1% | <1% | 6% | 8% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 12% | 12% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| USC Wins | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 10% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Wisconsin (2‑6) vs Washington (6‑2) |
0 | Wisconsin Wins | <1% | <1% | 4% | 9% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 8% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Washington Wins | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 3% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Rutgers (4‑5) vs Maryland (4‑4) |
0 | Rutgers Wins | <1% | <1% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Maryland Wins | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 10% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Oregon (7‑1) vs Iowa (6‑2) |
0 | Oregon Wins | <1% | <1% | 4% | 8% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Iowa Wins | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 12% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| UCLA (3‑5) vs Nebraska (6‑3) |
0 | UCLA Wins | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 13% | 15% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 7% | 4% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Nebraska Wins | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||