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 | |||
| Northern Illinois (0‑9) vs Nevada (3‑6) |
0 | Northern Illinois Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 17% | 33% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 7% | 42% | 51% | ||
| Nevada Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 48% | 52% | ||
| Air Force (7‑2) vs San José State (5‑5) |
0 | Air Force Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 7% | 42% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 7% | 42% | 51% | ||
| San José State Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 42% | 52% | ||
| New Mexico (8‑1) vs UNLV (5‑4) |
0 | New Mexico Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 41% | 52% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 7% | 42% | 51% | ||
| UNLV Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 42% | 51% | ||
| UTEP (1‑8) vs Wyoming (6‑3) |
0 | UTEP Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 38% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 7% | 42% | 51% | ||
| Wyoming Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 7% | 43% | 50% | ||
| Hawaii (3‑6) vs North Dakota St. (7‑2) |
0 | Hawaii Wins | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 43% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 7% | 42% | 51% | ||
| North Dakota St. Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 7% | 42% | 51% | ||