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Big 10 Football - Week 12 of 14

Northwestern Most Important Games

The Most Important Games for the Northwestern Wildcats are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Wildcats final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Northwestern Wildcats fans can use this table to identify the most interesting conference games in the upcoming week of play.

Northwestern Most Important Games
Game Importance
Factor
(0‑∼100)
Game
Winner
Northwestern Resultant Probabilities
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
(2‑8)

vs
Washington
(6‑3)
0 Purdue Wins X <1% <1% 1% 2% 3% 7% 8% 13% 19% 24% 13% 7% 2% <1% <1% ^ ^
Current Probabilities X <1% <1% 1% 2% 3% 6% 7% 9% 16% 30% 15% 8% 2% <1% <1% ^ ^
Washington Wins X <1% <1% <1% 2% 3% 5% 7% 9% 14% 32% 16% 9% 3% <1% <1% ^ ^
Oregon
(8‑1)

vs
Minnesota
(6‑3)
0 Oregon Wins X <1% <1% <1% 2% 3% 6% 8% 10% 16% 29% 15% 8% 3% <1% <1% ^ ^
Current Probabilities X <1% <1% 1% 2% 3% 6% 7% 9% 16% 30% 15% 8% 2% <1% <1% ^ ^
Minnesota Wins X <1% <1% 1% 2% 3% 4% 6% 9% 15% 35% 16% 8% 2% <1% <1% ^ ^
Indiana
(10‑0)

vs
Wisconsin
(3‑6)
0 Indiana Wins X <1% <1% <1% 2% 3% 5% 8% 10% 16% 31% 15% 8% 2% <1% <1% ^ ^
Current Probabilities X <1% <1% 1% 2% 3% 6% 7% 9% 16% 30% 15% 8% 2% <1% <1% ^ ^
Wisconsin Wins X <1% <1% 1% 2% 3% 5% 8% 9% 14% 29% 14% 9% 5% 1% <1% ^ ^
NorthwesternN. Western
(5‑4)

vs
Michigan
(7‑2)
0 NorthwesternN. Western Wins X <1% <1% 1% 4% 7% 9% 12% 14% 16% 32% 4% 1% <1% <1% ^ ^ ^
Current Probabilities X <1% <1% 1% 2% 3% 6% 7% 9% 16% 30% 15% 8% 2% <1% <1% ^ ^
Michigan Wins X X X X <1% 1% 3% 6% 8% 16% 33% 20% 11% 4% <1% <1% ^ ^
Illinois
(6‑3)

vs
Maryland
(4‑5)
0 Illinois Wins X <1% <1% 1% 2% 3% 5% 8% 10% 14% 33% 15% 8% 2% <1% <1% ^ ^
Current Probabilities X <1% <1% 1% 2% 3% 6% 7% 9% 16% 30% 15% 8% 2% <1% <1% ^ ^
Maryland Wins X <1% <1% 1% 2% 3% 6% 8% 10% 16% 24% 14% 10% 5% 1% <1% ^ ^
Michigan St.
(3‑6)

vs
Penn St.
(3‑6)
0 Michigan St. Wins X <1% <1% 1% 2% 3% 5% 8% 10% 15% 31% 15% 9% 2% <1% <1% ^ ^
Current Probabilities X <1% <1% 1% 2% 3% 6% 7% 9% 16% 30% 15% 8% 2% <1% <1% ^ ^
Penn St. Wins X <1% <1% 1% 2% 3% 6% 7% 10% 15% 31% 16% 8% 2% <1% <1% ^ ^
USC
(7‑2)

vs
Iowa
(6‑3)
0 USC Wins X <1% <1% <1% 2% 3% 6% 7% 9% 15% 31% 15% 8% 3% <1% <1% ^ ^
Current Probabilities X <1% <1% 1% 2% 3% 6% 7% 9% 16% 30% 15% 8% 2% <1% <1% ^ ^
Iowa Wins X <1% <1% 1% 1% 3% 4% 7% 11% 16% 32% 15% 8% 2% <1% <1% ^ ^
Ohio St.
(9‑0)

vs
UCLA
(3‑6)
0 Ohio St. Wins X X <1% <1% 2% 3% 6% 8% 10% 15% 32% 14% 8% 2% <1% <1% ^ ^
Current Probabilities X <1% <1% 1% 2% 3% 6% 7% 9% 16% 30% 15% 8% 2% <1% <1% ^ ^
UCLA Wins X <1% <1% 1% 2% 3% 5% 7% 8% 14% 24% 21% 12% 4% <1% <1% ^ ^
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this playoff spot
  • X means the team cannot win this playoff spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this playoff spot - green number indicates the team controls its destiny for this spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this playoff spot - red number indicates the team does not control its destiny for this spot
  • * denotes Conference Championship Game Participant