The Most Important Games for the Houston Cougars are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Cougars final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Houston Cougars 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 |
Houston 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 | |||
| TCU (6‑3) vs BYU (8‑1) |
10 | TCU Wins | 2% | 12% | 16% | 20% | 18% | 16% | 8% | 4% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 5% | 17% | 24% | 24% | 16% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| BYU Wins | 1% | 3% | 18% | 25% | 25% | 16% | 5% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| UCF (4‑5) vs Texas Tech (9‑1) |
7 | UCF Wins | 3% | 9% | 15% | 21% | 22% | 17% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 5% | 17% | 24% | 24% | 16% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Texas Tech Wins | <1% | 5% | 17% | 23% | 25% | 16% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Baylor (5‑4) vs Utah (7‑2) |
3 | Baylor Wins | 1% | 7% | 27% | 23% | 16% | 11% | 7% | 3% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 5% | 17% | 24% | 24% | 16% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Utah Wins | 1% | 4% | 13% | 23% | 27% | 18% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Arizona (6‑3) vs Cincinnati (7‑2) |
2 | Arizona Wins | 1% | 6% | 21% | 26% | 19% | 13% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 5% | 17% | 24% | 24% | 16% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Cincinnati Wins | 1% | 5% | 15% | 21% | 27% | 18% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| West Virginia (4‑6) vs Arizona St. (6‑3) |
1 | West Virginia Wins | 1% | 6% | 21% | 26% | 25% | 9% | 5% | 4% | 2% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 5% | 17% | 24% | 24% | 16% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Arizona St. Wins | 1% | 5% | 16% | 22% | 23% | 18% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Oklahoma St. (1‑8) vs Kansas St. (4‑5) |
0 | Oklahoma St. Wins | 1% | 5% | 18% | 24% | 24% | 18% | 6% | 3% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 5% | 17% | 24% | 24% | 16% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Kansas St. Wins | 1% | 5% | 17% | 23% | 24% | 16% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||