The Most Important Games for the Northern Illinois Huskies are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Huskies final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Northern Illinois Huskies 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 |
Northern Illinois 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 | |||
| Ball State (3‑7) vs Bowling Green (6‑4) |
0 | Ball State Wins | X | X | X | X | X | 26% | 37% | 10% | 19% | 8% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | 28% | 40% | 14% | 14% | 4% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Bowling Green Wins | X | X | X | X | X | 30% | 42% | 14% | 11% | 2% | ^ | ^ | ||