The Most Important Games for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Fighting Sioux final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. North Dakota Fighting Sioux fans can use this table to identify the most interesting conference games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Remaining Games Winner |
North Dakota Resultant Probabilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye and 2nd Round Home Ice Advantange |
2* First Round Bye and 2nd Round Home Ice Advantange |
3* First Round Bye and 2nd Round Home Ice Advantange |
4* First Round Bye and 2nd Round Home Ice Advantange |
5** First Round Bye |
6** First Round Bye |
7** First Round Bye |
8 | 9 | |||
| North Dakota (7‑7‑1) vs Miami (3‑11‑2) 2 Games Remaining |
14 | North Dakota Sweeps 2 Games | 2% | 4% | 7% | 12% | 18% | 24% | 21% | 12% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 16% | 23% | 22% | 14% | 1% | ||
| Miami Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | 1% | 4% | 7% | 13% | 23% | 25% | 21% | 5% | ||
| Arizona St. (6‑7‑1) vs Minnesota-DuluthMN-Duluth (5‑8) 2 Games Remaining |
5 | Arizona St. Sweeps 2 Games | 2% | 4% | 7% | 12% | 16% | 24% | 22% | 13% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 16% | 23% | 22% | 14% | 1% | ||
| Minnesota-DuluthMN-Duluth Sweeps 2 Games | 2% | 4% | 8% | 12% | 17% | 19% | 19% | 17% | 1% | ||
| St. Cloud State (9‑4) vs Nebraska-OmahaNebr-Omaha (5‑7) 2 Games Remaining |
4 | St. Cloud State Sweeps 2 Games | 2% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 17% | 23% | 21% | 13% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 16% | 23% | 22% | 14% | 1% | ||
| Nebraska-OmahaNebr-Omaha Sweeps 2 Games | 2% | 4% | 8% | 11% | 14% | 19% | 24% | 17% | 1% | ||
| Denver (12‑2) vs Western Michigan (9‑2‑1) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | Denver Sweeps 2 Games | 2% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 17% | 24% | 22% | 13% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 16% | 23% | 22% | 14% | 1% | ||
| Western Michigan Sweeps 2 Games | 2% | 4% | 7% | 12% | 17% | 22% | 21% | 14% | 1% | ||
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
North Dakota Resultant Probabilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye and 2nd Round Home Ice Advantange |
2* First Round Bye and 2nd Round Home Ice Advantange |
3* First Round Bye and 2nd Round Home Ice Advantange |
4* First Round Bye and 2nd Round Home Ice Advantange |
5** First Round Bye |
6** First Round Bye |
7** First Round Bye |
8 | 9 | |||
| North Dakota (7‑7‑1) vs Miami (3‑11‑2) |
6 | North Dakota Wins | 2% | 4% | 8% | 12% | 17% | 23% | 21% | 13% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 16% | 23% | 22% | 14% | 1% | ||
| Miami Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 9% | 15% | 24% | 24% | 17% | 2% | ||
| Arizona St. (6‑7‑1) vs Minnesota-DuluthMN-Duluth (5‑8) |
2 | Arizona St. Wins | 2% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 17% | 23% | 22% | 13% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 16% | 23% | 22% | 14% | 1% | ||
| Minnesota-DuluthMN-Duluth Wins | 2% | 4% | 8% | 12% | 17% | 21% | 20% | 15% | 1% | ||
| St. Cloud State (9‑4) vs Nebraska-OmahaNebr-Omaha (5‑7) |
2 | St. Cloud State Wins | 2% | 4% | 7% | 12% | 17% | 23% | 21% | 14% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 16% | 23% | 22% | 14% | 1% | ||
| Nebraska-OmahaNebr-Omaha Wins | 2% | 5% | 8% | 11% | 15% | 20% | 22% | 15% | 1% | ||
| Denver (12‑2) vs Western Michigan (9‑2‑1) |
0 | Denver Wins | 2% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 17% | 23% | 22% | 13% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 16% | 23% | 22% | 14% | 1% | ||
| Western Michigan Wins | 2% | 4% | 8% | 11% | 16% | 22% | 22% | 14% | 1% | ||