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 | 13 | |||
| Bowling Green (3‑7) vs Akron (4‑7) |
0 | Bowling Green Wins | X | X | X | X | 1% | 3% | 5% | 14% | 20% | 9% | 11% | 38% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 10% | 16% | 15% | 24% | 27% | ^ | ||
| Akron Wins | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 11% | 23% | 40% | 15% | ^ | ||
| Northern Illinois (3‑7) vs Western Michigan (6‑4) |
0 | Northern Illinois Wins | X | X | X | X | 3% | 8% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 24% | 18% | 4% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 10% | 16% | 15% | 24% | 27% | ^ | ||
| Western Michigan Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8% | 17% | 13% | 26% | 36% | ^ | ||
| Ohio (6‑4) vs UMass (0‑10) |
0 | Ohio Wins | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 16% | 15% | 23% | 28% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 10% | 16% | 15% | 24% | 27% | ^ | ||
| UMass Wins | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 10% | 16% | 15% | 26% | 25% | ^ | ||
| Buffalo (5‑5) vs Miami OH (5‑5) |
0 | Buffalo Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 2% | 5% | 11% | 16% | 15% | 24% | 28% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 10% | 16% | 15% | 24% | 27% | ^ | ||
| Miami OH Wins | X | X | X | X | 1% | 3% | 4% | 10% | 16% | 15% | 24% | 27% | ^ | ||
| Kent State (4‑6) vs Central Michigan (6‑4) |
0 | Kent State Wins | X | X | X | X | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 9% | 19% | 30% | 29% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 10% | 16% | 15% | 24% | 27% | ^ | ||
| Central Michigan Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 5% | 14% | 20% | 13% | 20% | 27% | ^ | ||
| Toledo (6‑4) vs Ball State (4‑6) |
0 | Toledo Wins | X | X | X | X | 1% | 3% | 5% | 12% | 16% | 15% | 21% | 27% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 10% | 16% | 15% | 24% | 27% | ^ | ||
| Ball State Wins | X | X | X | X | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 14% | 13% | 33% | 29% | ^ | ||