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 | |||
| ∗∗∗ | 2.93 | #9 Texas A&M at #1 Alabama | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗∗∗ | 2.87 | #11 Oregon St at #14 Stanford | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.40 | #27 Mississippi St at #9 LSU | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.39 | #31 Northwestern at #23 Michigan | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.33 | #32 Penn State at #17 Nebraska | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.33 | #36 Toledo at #34 Northern Illinois | Wednesday 14 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.23 | #37 Iowa St at #19 Texas | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.21 | #39 West Virginia at #24 Oklahoma St | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.20 | #39 Arizona St at #22 Southern Cal | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.20 | #3 Kansas St at #36 TCU | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.12 | #47 Vanderbilt at #47 Mississippi | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.97 | #53 Utah at #39 Washington | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.96 | #46 Missouri at #54 Tennessee | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.93 | #54 Baylor at #9 Oklahoma | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.84 | #60 Arkansas at #11 South Carolina | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.83 | #59 Ohio U. at #61 Ball St | Wednesday 14 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.72 | #20 Louisville at #68 Syracuse | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.68 | #71 Louisiana-Lafayette at #5 Florida | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.65 | #34 Wisconsin at #72 Indiana | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.64 | #45 Fresno St at #72 Nevada | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.63 | #4 Oregon at #75 California | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.59 | #75 Georgia Tech at #43 North Carolina | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.55 | #75 Wake Forest at #70 North Carolina St | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.54 | #9 Georgia at #81 Auburn | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.48 | #79 Purdue at #68 Iowa | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.46 | #82 Air Force at #52 San Diego St | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.38 | #51 Miami FL at #87 Virginia | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.37 | #91 Maryland at #15 Clemson | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.37 | #53 Tulsa at #87 Houston | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.37 | #35 Cincinnati at #89 Temple | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.34 | #58 Navy at #88 Troy | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.25 | #44 Kent St at #95 Miami OH | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.25 | #19 UCLA at #97 Washington St | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.21 | #32 Louisiana Tech at #98 Texas St-San Marcos | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.21 | #99 Kansas at #22 Texas Tech | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.17 | #3 Notre Dame at #102 Boston College | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.09 | #69 Minnesota at #99 Illinois | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.03 | #106 Army at #33 Rutgers | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.96 | #42 Central Florida at #108 UTEP | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.93 | #107 Florida Atlantic at #60 Western Kentucky | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.85 | #88 Western Michigan at #105 Buffalo | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.80 | #103 Wyoming at #99 New Mexico | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.76 | #115 Colorado at #29 Arizona | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.72 | #91 Marshall at #109 Alabama-Birmingham | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.54 | #102 UNLV at #112 Colorado St | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.51 | #33 Boise St at #120 Hawai'i | Saturday 10 Nov | |
| 0.49 | #120 Idaho at #41 Brigham Young | Saturday 10 Nov | ||
| 0.46 | #116 South Alabama at #97 North Texas | Saturday 10 Nov | ||
| 0.43 | #100 Central Michigan at #116 Eastern Michigan | Saturday 10 Nov | ||
| 0.42 | #119 Southern Miss at #83 SMU | Saturday 10 Nov | ||
| 0.35 | #40 San Jose State at #122 New Mexico St | Saturday 10 Nov | ||
| 0.23 | #113 Tulane at #118 Memphis | Saturday 10 Nov | ||
| 0.02 | #124 Massachusetts at #119 Akron | Saturday 10 Nov | ||
| ∗∗∗ | 2.75 | #14 Stanford at #4 Oregon | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗∗ | 2.64 | #22 Southern Cal at #19 UCLA | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗∗ | 2.60 | #22 Texas Tech at #24 Oklahoma St | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.42 | #31 Utah St at #32 Louisiana Tech | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.35 | #33 Rutgers at #35 Cincinnati | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.25 | #8 Ohio State at #34 Wisconsin | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.23 | #41 Brigham Young at #40 San Jose State | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.17 | #31 Northwestern at #42 Michigan St | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.16 | #9 Oklahoma at #39 West Virginia | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.03 | #47 Mississippi at #9 LSU | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.97 | #42 Central Florida at #53 Tulsa | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.96 | #29 Arizona at #53 Utah | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.96 | #54 Tennessee at #47 Vanderbilt | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.92 | #3 Kansas St at #54 Baylor | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.84 | #60 Arkansas at #27 Mississippi St | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.72 | #68 Iowa at #23 Michigan | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.71 | #68 Syracuse at #46 Missouri | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.71 | #69 Minnesota at #17 Nebraska | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.69 | #70 North Carolina St at #15 Clemson | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.65 | #72 Indiana at #32 Penn State | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.64 | #60 Western Kentucky at #71 Louisiana-Lafayette | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.63 | #75 Wake Forest at #3 Notre Dame | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.62 | #75 California at #11 Oregon St | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.61 | #44 Kent St at #74 Bowling Green | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.56 | #64 Duke at #75 Georgia Tech | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.46 | #82 South Florida at #51 Miami FL | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.39 | #43 North Carolina at #87 Virginia | Thursday 15 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.37 | #12 Florida St at #91 Maryland | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.33 | #62 Arkansas St at #88 Troy | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.22 | #97 Washington St at #39 Arizona St | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.18 | #37 Iowa St at #99 Kansas | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.17 | #97 North Texas at #58 Louisiana-Monroe | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.16 | #87 Houston at #91 Marshall | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.15 | #98 Texas St-San Marcos at #58 Navy | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.09 | #83 SMU at #96 Rice | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.08 | #72 Nevada at #99 New Mexico | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.04 | #79 Purdue at #99 Illinois | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.03 | #68 Virginia Tech at #102 Boston College | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.91 | #95 Miami OH at #100 Central Michigan | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.86 | #112 Colorado St at #33 Boise St | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.82 | #89 Temple at #106 Army | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.77 | #103 Wyoming at #102 UNLV | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.74 | #39 Washington at #115 Colorado | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.69 | #77 East Carolina at #113 Tulane | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.61 | #69 Middle Tennessee St at #116 South Alabama | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.58 | #108 Florida Int'l at #107 Florida Atlantic | Friday 16 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.56 | #119 Akron at #36 Toledo | Tuesday 20 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.52 | #116 Eastern Michigan at #88 Western Michigan | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| 0.37 | #120 Hawai'i at #82 Air Force | Friday 16 Nov | ||
| 0.27 | #118 Memphis at #109 Alabama-Birmingham | Saturday 17 Nov | ||
| 0.25 | #108 UTEP at #119 Southern Miss | Saturday 17 Nov | ||
| 0.22 | #107 Texas-San Antonio at #120 Idaho | Saturday 17 Nov | ||
| 0.06 | #105 Buffalo at #124 Massachusetts | Saturday 17 Nov | ||
| ∗∗∗ | 2.88 | #4 Oregon at #11 Oregon St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗∗ | 2.85 | #5 Florida at #12 Florida St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗∗ | 2.82 | #11 South Carolina at #15 Clemson | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗∗ | 2.69 | #14 Stanford at #19 UCLA | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.50 | #23 Michigan at #8 Ohio State | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.49 | #3 Notre Dame at #22 Southern Cal | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.48 | #24 Oklahoma St at #9 Oklahoma | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.37 | #34 Wisconsin at #32 Penn State | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.27 | #39 West Virginia at #37 Iowa St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.25 | #36 TCU at #19 Texas | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.23 | #39 Arizona St at #29 Arizona | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.22 | #32 Louisiana Tech at #40 San Jose State | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.06 | #27 Mississippi St at #47 Mississippi | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.05 | #46 Missouri at #9 Texas A&M | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.93 | #54 Baylor vs #22 Texas Tech | (Arlington TX) | Saturday 24 Nov |
| ∗∗ | 1.86 | #59 Ohio U. at #44 Kent St | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.84 | #9 LSU at #60 Arkansas | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.78 | #51 Miami FL at #64 Duke | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.72 | #17 Nebraska at #68 Iowa | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.72 | #33 Rutgers at #68 Pittsburgh | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.69 | #42 Michigan St at #69 Minnesota | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.62 | #75 Georgia Tech at #9 Georgia | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.59 | #47 Vanderbilt at #75 Wake Forest | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.54 | #81 Auburn at #1 Alabama | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.49 | #82 South Florida at #35 Cincinnati | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.48 | #82 Air Force at #45 Fresno St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.47 | #72 Indiana at #79 Purdue | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.44 | #53 Tulsa at #83 SMU | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.33 | #87 Virginia at #68 Virginia Tech | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.32 | #91 Maryland at #43 North Carolina | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.31 | #88 Troy at #69 Middle Tennessee St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.29 | #68 Syracuse at #89 Temple | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.22 | #91 Marshall at #77 East Carolina | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.22 | #39 Washington at #97 Washington St | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.21 | #99 Connecticut at #20 Louisville | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.20 | #61 Ball St at #95 Miami OH | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.20 | #96 Kentucky at #54 Tennessee | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.19 | #99 Illinois at #31 Northwestern | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.16 | #97 North Texas at #60 Western Kentucky | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.06 | #52 San Diego St at #103 Wyoming | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.02 | #102 Boston College at #70 North Carolina St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.93 | #74 Bowling Green vs #105 Buffalo | (Columbus OH) | Friday 23 Nov |
| ∗ | 0.93 | #109 Alabama-Birmingham at #42 Central Florida | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.91 | #58 Louisiana-Monroe at #108 Florida Int'l | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.72 | #98 Texas St-San Marcos at #107 Texas-San Antonio | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.71 | #34 Northern Illinois at #116 Eastern Michigan | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.71 | #96 Rice at #108 UTEP | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.70 | #53 Utah at #115 Colorado | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.63 | #113 Tulane at #87 Houston | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.60 | #116 South Alabama at #71 Louisiana-Lafayette | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.57 | #99 New Mexico at #112 Colorado St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.51 | #120 Idaho at #31 Utah St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| 0.35 | #41 Brigham Young at #122 New Mexico St | Saturday 24 Nov | ||
| 0.26 | #102 UNLV at #120 Hawai'i | Saturday 24 Nov | ||
| 0.13 | #119 Southern Miss at #118 Memphis | Saturday 24 Nov | ||
| 0.07 | #100 Central Michigan at #124 Massachusetts | Friday 23 Nov | ||
| ∗∗∗ | 2.57 | #19 Texas at #3 Kansas St | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗∗ | 2.32 | #20 Louisville at #33 Rutgers | Thursday 29 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.22 | #9 Oklahoma at #36 TCU | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗∗ | 1.94 | #24 Oklahoma St at #54 Baylor | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗∗ | 1.68 | #69 Middle Tennessee St at #62 Arkansas St | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗∗ | 1.65 | #33 Boise St at #72 Nevada | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗ | 1.42 | #68 Pittsburgh at #82 South Florida | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗ | 1.19 | #35 Cincinnati at #99 Connecticut | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗ | 1.18 | #99 Kansas at #39 West Virginia | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗ | 0.89 | #71 Louisiana-Lafayette at #107 Florida Atlantic | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| 0.19 | #122 New Mexico St at #98 Texas St-San Marcos | Saturday 1 Dec | ||
| 0.13 | #116 South Alabama at #120 Hawai'i | Saturday 1 Dec | ||
| ∗ | 0.97 | #106 Army vs #58 Navy | (Philadelphia PA) | Saturday 8 Dec |