Game-Interest formula for 2012 describes the method for determining rank-based game interest.
A comma separated values version of this report is available.
| Value | Game | |||
| ∗∗∗ | 2.92 | #13 South Carolina at #14 Clemson | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗∗ | 2.79 | #4 Oregon at #13 Oregon St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗∗ | 2.75 | #4 Florida at #14 Florida St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗∗ | 2.66 | #19 Oklahoma St at #12 Oklahoma | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗∗ | 2.65 | #8 Stanford at #18 UCLA | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗∗ | 2.55 | #21 Michigan at #7 Ohio State | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.45 | #1 Notre Dame at #23 Southern Cal | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.32 | #32 Wisconsin at #36 Penn State | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.21 | #40 Louisiana Tech at #30 San Jose State | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.19 | #39 TCU at #17 Texas | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.18 | #42 Baylor vs #34 Texas Tech | (Arlington TX) | Saturday 24 Nov |
| ∗∗ | 2.12 | #46 West Virginia at #41 Iowa St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.09 | #45 Arizona St at #25 Arizona | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.97 | #51 Missouri at #8 Texas A&M | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.94 | #28 Mississippi St at #54 Mississippi | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.85 | #59 Georgia Tech at #9 Georgia | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.75 | #9 LSU at #66 Arkansas | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.74 | #46 Michigan St at #66 Minnesota | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.72 | #53 Miami FL at #67 Duke | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.64 | #73 Ohio U. at #31 Kent St | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.61 | #24 Rutgers at #75 Pittsburgh | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.59 | #15 Nebraska at #77 Iowa | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.54 | #81 Auburn at #2 Alabama | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.50 | #37 Vanderbilt at #81 Wake Forest | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.47 | #83 Air Force at #38 Fresno St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.45 | #84 South Florida at #40 Cincinnati | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.45 | #80 Indiana at #70 Purdue | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.44 | #82 Troy at #64 Middle Tennessee St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.42 | #41 Tulsa at #86 SMU | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.39 | #52 Syracuse at #86 Temple | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.39 | #84 Virginia at #66 Virginia Tech | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.36 | #90 Connecticut at #34 Louisville | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.31 | #91 Maryland at #50 North Carolina | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.24 | #92 Kentucky at #67 Tennessee | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.24 | #46 San Diego St at #95 Wyoming | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.19 | #93 Marshall at #75 East Carolina | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.16 | #68 Bowling Green vs #96 Buffalo | (Columbus OH) | Friday 23 Nov |
| ∗ | 1.14 | #96 North Texas at #73 Western Kentucky | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.13 | #30 Washington at #102 Washington St | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.12 | #44 Ball St at #101 Miami OH | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.06 | #60 Louisiana-Monroe at #102 Florida Int'l | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.04 | #106 Illinois at #29 Northwestern | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.03 | #102 Boston College at #66 North Carolina St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.83 | #31 Northern Illinois at #113 Eastern Michigan | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.83 | #112 Alabama-Birmingham at #48 Central Florida | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.82 | #103 Texas St-San Marcos at #97 Texas-San Antonio | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.77 | #88 Rice at #108 UTEP | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.67 | #63 Utah at #115 Colorado | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.62 | #107 New Mexico at #106 Colorado St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.60 | #117 South Alabama at #60 Louisiana-Lafayette | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.52 | #120 Idaho at #26 Utah St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| 0.46 | #116 Tulane at #97 Houston | Saturday 24 Nov | ||
| 0.25 | #47 Brigham Young at #123 New Mexico St | Saturday 24 Nov | ||
| 0.22 | #91 Central Michigan at #122 Massachusetts | Friday 23 Nov | ||
| 0.17 | #113 UNLV at #120 Hawai'i | Saturday 24 Nov | ||
| 0.13 | #122 Southern Miss at #110 Memphis | Saturday 24 Nov | ||
| ∗∗∗ | 2.66 | #17 Texas at #6 Kansas St | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗∗ | 2.32 | #34 Louisville at #24 Rutgers | Thursday 29 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.17 | #12 Oklahoma at #39 TCU | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗∗ | 2.13 | #19 Oklahoma St at #42 Baylor | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗∗ | 1.78 | #64 Middle Tennessee St at #47 Arkansas St | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗∗ | 1.64 | #33 Boise St at #73 Nevada | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗ | 1.36 | #75 Pittsburgh at #84 South Florida | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗ | 1.35 | #40 Cincinnati at #90 Connecticut | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗ | 1.16 | #99 Kansas at #46 West Virginia | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗ | 1.01 | #60 Louisiana-Lafayette at #104 Florida Atlantic | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| 0.12 | #117 South Alabama at #120 Hawai'i | Saturday 1 Dec | ||
| 0.12 | #123 New Mexico St at #103 Texas St-San Marcos | Saturday 1 Dec | ||
| ∗ | 0.78 | #112 Army vs #63 Navy | (Philadelphia PA) | Saturday 8 Dec |