The Most Important Games for the Western Michigan Broncos are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Broncos final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Western Michigan Broncos 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 |
Western Michigan Resultant Probabilities | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||||||
| 1* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
2* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
3* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
4* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
5* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Western Michigan (6‑2‑1) vs Colorado College (7‑2‑1) 2 Games Remaining |
17 | Western Michigan Sweeps 2 Games | 17% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 6% | 4% | 1% | |
| Current Probabilities | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 3% | |||
| Colorado College Sweeps 2 Games | 6% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 8% | 4% | |||
| St. Cloud State (3‑5‑1) vs Minnesota-DuluthMN-Duluth (7‑3‑2) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | St. Cloud State Sweeps 2 Games | 13% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 4% | |
| Current Probabilities | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 3% | |||
| Minnesota-DuluthMN-Duluth Sweeps 2 Games | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 3% | |||
| St. Thomas (4‑4) vs North Dakota (5‑3‑1) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | St. Thomas Sweeps 2 Games | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 3% | |
| Current Probabilities | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 3% | |||
| North Dakota Sweeps 2 Games | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 3% | |||
| Miami (7‑3) vs Nebraska-OmahaNebr-Omaha (3‑4‑1) 2 Games Remaining |
0 | Miami Sweeps 2 Games | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 3% | |
| Current Probabilities | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 3% | |||
| Nebraska-OmahaNebr-Omaha Sweeps 2 Games | 12% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 3% | |||
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Western Michigan Resultant Probabilities | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | ||||||||||||
| 1* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
2* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
3* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
4* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
5* First Round Home Ice Advantange |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
| Western Michigan (6‑2‑1) vs Colorado College (7‑2‑1) |
8 | Western Michigan Wins | 14% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 5% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 3% | ||
| Colorado College Wins | 9% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 7% | 3% | ||
| St. Cloud State (3‑5‑1) vs Minnesota-DuluthMN-Duluth (7‑3‑2) |
1 | St. Cloud State Wins | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 3% | ||
| Minnesota-DuluthMN-Duluth Wins | 12% | 13% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 3% | ||
| St. Thomas (4‑4) vs North Dakota (5‑3‑1) |
1 | St. Thomas Wins | 13% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 3% | ||
| North Dakota Wins | 12% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 3% | ||
| Miami (7‑3) vs Nebraska-OmahaNebr-Omaha (3‑4‑1) |
0 | Miami Wins | 13% | 13% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 3% | ||
| Nebraska-OmahaNebr-Omaha Wins | 12% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 3% | ||