The Most Important Games for the Lamar Cardinals are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Cardinals final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Lamar Cardinals 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 |
Lamar Resultant Probabilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||||
| 1* First and Second Round Byes |
2* First and Second Round Byes |
3** First Round Bye |
4** First Round Bye |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | NT | |||
| Lamar (11‑10) vs McNeese (17‑4) |
26 | Lamar Wins | <1% | 1% | 20% | 20% | 19% | 17% | 13% | 7% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 12% | 15% | 17% | 17% | 16% | 11% | 12% | ||
| McNeese Wins | <1% | <1% | 9% | 14% | 17% | 18% | 17% | 12% | 13% | ||
| Incarnate Word (9‑12) vs UT-Rio Grande Valley (10‑11) |
2 | Incarnate Word Wins | <1% | <1% | 13% | 16% | 17% | 16% | 15% | 10% | 13% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 12% | 15% | 17% | 17% | 16% | 11% | 12% | ||
| UT-Rio Grande Valley Wins | <1% | <1% | 11% | 15% | 17% | 18% | 17% | 11% | 11% | ||
| Houston Christian (8‑13) vs Texas A&M C.C. (11‑10) |
2 | Houston Christian Wins | <1% | <1% | 14% | 15% | 16% | 16% | 15% | 10% | 13% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 12% | 15% | 17% | 17% | 16% | 11% | 12% | ||
| Texas A&M C.C. Wins | <1% | <1% | 11% | 15% | 17% | 17% | 16% | 11% | 11% | ||
| Northwestern St.NWestrn St (6‑14) vs New Orleans (8‑13) |
2 | Northwestern St.NWestrn St Wins | <1% | <1% | 13% | 16% | 17% | 16% | 14% | 10% | 13% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 12% | 15% | 17% | 17% | 16% | 11% | 12% | ||
| New Orleans Wins | <1% | <1% | 12% | 15% | 17% | 17% | 16% | 11% | 12% | ||
| East Texas A&M (8‑13) vs Nicholls St. (8‑13) |
1 | East Texas A&M Wins | <1% | <1% | 13% | 16% | 17% | 17% | 15% | 10% | 12% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 12% | 15% | 17% | 17% | 16% | 11% | 12% | ||
| Nicholls St. Wins | <1% | <1% | 12% | 15% | 17% | 17% | 17% | 11% | 11% | ||
| Stephen F. Austin (18‑3) vs SE Louisiana (6‑15) |
1 | Stephen F. Austin Wins | <1% | <1% | 12% | 15% | 17% | 17% | 16% | 11% | 12% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 12% | 15% | 17% | 17% | 16% | 11% | 12% | ||
| SE Louisiana Wins | <1% | <1% | 12% | 16% | 16% | 17% | 15% | 10% | 13% | ||