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 | |||
| ∗∗∗ | 2.80 | #12 Stanford at #2 Oregon | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗∗ | 2.71 | #18 Southern Cal at #20 UCLA | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗∗ | 2.56 | #25 Texas Tech at #21 Oklahoma St | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.46 | #31 Utah St at #31 Louisiana Tech | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.43 | #10 Ohio State at #26 Wisconsin | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.36 | #30 Rutgers at #34 Cincinnati | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.28 | #38 Brigham Young at #35 San Jose State | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.19 | #35 Northwestern at #42 Michigan St | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.10 | #43 Central Florida at #47 Tulsa | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.05 | #10 Oklahoma at #46 West Virginia | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.97 | #51 Mississippi at #9 LSU | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.91 | #3 Kansas St at #55 Baylor | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.90 | #57 Tennessee at #42 Vanderbilt | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.89 | #27 Arizona at #57 Utah | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.88 | #58 Syracuse at #42 Missouri | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.84 | #60 Arkansas at #31 Mississippi St | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.80 | #63 North Carolina St at #15 Clemson | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.80 | #63 Minnesota at #15 Nebraska | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.77 | #63 Duke at #64 Georgia Tech | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.76 | #38 Kent St at #65 Bowling Green | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.65 | #70 Western Kentucky at #65 Louisiana-Lafayette | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.62 | #75 Iowa at #21 Michigan | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.62 | #75 California at #14 Oregon St | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.55 | #78 Indiana at #39 Penn State | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.54 | #81 Wake Forest at #3 Notre Dame | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.50 | #50 Arkansas St at #80 Troy | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.47 | #81 South Florida at #58 Miami FL | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.39 | #13 Florida St at #90 Maryland | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.28 | #90 North Texas at #65 Louisiana-Monroe | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.21 | #97 Washington St at #45 Arizona St | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.18 | #45 Iowa St at #98 Kansas | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.10 | #81 SMU at #96 Rice | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.06 | #101 Texas St-San Marcos at #66 Navy | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.04 | #106 Colorado St at #30 Boise St | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.02 | #69 Virginia Tech at #102 Boston College | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.97 | #91 Houston at #99 Marshall | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.93 | #73 Purdue at #105 Illinois | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.92 | #96 Miami OH at #99 Central Michigan | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.90 | #75 Nevada at #106 New Mexico | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.80 | #30 Washington at #114 Colorado | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.71 | #93 Temple at #109 Army | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.64 | #98 Wyoming at #110 UNLV | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.62 | #68 Middle Tennessee St at #116 South Alabama | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.54 | #77 East Carolina at #117 Tulane | Saturday 17 Nov | |
| 0.45 | #117 Eastern Michigan at #93 Western Michigan | Saturday 17 Nov | ||
| 0.40 | #115 Memphis at #106 Alabama-Birmingham | Saturday 17 Nov | ||
| 0.34 | #122 Akron at #46 Toledo | Tuesday 20 Nov | ||
| 0.26 | #102 Texas-San Antonio at #120 Idaho | Saturday 17 Nov | ||
| 0.23 | #101 Buffalo at #121 Massachusetts | Saturday 17 Nov | ||
| 0.16 | #110 UTEP at #121 Southern Miss | Saturday 17 Nov | ||
| ∗∗∗ | 2.82 | #11 South Carolina at #15 Clemson | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗∗ | 2.81 | #5 Florida at #13 Florida St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗∗ | 2.72 | #2 Oregon at #14 Oregon St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗∗ | 2.63 | #12 Stanford at #20 UCLA | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗∗ | 2.60 | #3 Notre Dame at #18 Southern Cal | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗∗ | 2.57 | #21 Michigan at #10 Ohio State | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗∗ | 2.57 | #21 Oklahoma St at #10 Oklahoma | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.34 | #31 Louisiana Tech at #35 San Jose State | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.22 | #26 Wisconsin at #39 Penn State | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.18 | #39 TCU at #16 Texas | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.13 | #46 West Virginia at #45 Iowa St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.11 | #42 Missouri at #7 Texas A&M | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.10 | #45 Arizona St at #27 Arizona | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.00 | #31 Mississippi St at #51 Mississippi | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.92 | #55 Baylor vs #25 Texas Tech | (Arlington TX) | Saturday 24 Nov |
| ∗∗ | 1.84 | #9 LSU at #60 Arkansas | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.79 | #58 Miami FL at #63 Duke | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.79 | #42 Michigan St at #63 Minnesota | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.78 | #64 Georgia Tech at #7 Georgia | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.66 | #71 Ohio U. at #38 Kent St | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.62 | #15 Nebraska at #75 Iowa | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.58 | #30 Rutgers at #77 Pittsburgh | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 1.51 | #81 South Florida at #34 Cincinnati | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.50 | #84 Auburn at #3 Alabama | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.50 | #42 Vanderbilt at #81 Wake Forest | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.49 | #47 Tulsa at #81 SMU | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.48 | #78 Indiana at #73 Purdue | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.46 | #80 Troy at #68 Middle Tennessee St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.46 | #80 Virginia at #69 Virginia Tech | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.41 | #87 Air Force at #36 Fresno St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.36 | #90 Connecticut at #34 Louisville | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.31 | #90 Maryland at #55 North Carolina | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.27 | #90 North Texas at #70 Western Kentucky | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.25 | #58 Syracuse at #93 Temple | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.24 | #30 Washington at #97 Washington St | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.20 | #53 Ball St at #96 Miami OH | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.19 | #96 Kentucky at #57 Tennessee | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.18 | #46 San Diego St at #98 Wyoming | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.06 | #65 Bowling Green vs #101 Buffalo | (Columbus OH) | Friday 23 Nov |
| ∗ | 1.05 | #99 Marshall at #77 East Carolina | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.05 | #102 Boston College at #63 North Carolina St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.05 | #105 Illinois at #35 Northwestern | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 1.01 | #106 Alabama-Birmingham at #43 Central Florida | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.86 | #65 Louisiana-Monroe at #109 Florida Int'l | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.80 | #101 Texas St-San Marcos at #102 Texas-San Antonio | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.73 | #57 Utah at #114 Colorado | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.67 | #33 Northern Illinois at #117 Eastern Michigan | Friday 23 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.65 | #96 Rice at #110 UTEP | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.64 | #106 New Mexico at #106 Colorado St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.63 | #116 South Alabama at #65 Louisiana-Lafayette | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| ∗ | 0.51 | #120 Idaho at #31 Utah St | Saturday 24 Nov | |
| 0.46 | #117 Tulane at #91 Houston | Saturday 24 Nov | ||
| 0.26 | #38 Brigham Young at #123 New Mexico St | Saturday 24 Nov | ||
| 0.24 | #99 Central Michigan at #121 Massachusetts | Friday 23 Nov | ||
| 0.20 | #110 UNLV at #120 Hawai'i | Saturday 24 Nov | ||
| 0.12 | #121 Southern Miss at #115 Memphis | Saturday 24 Nov | ||
| ∗∗∗ | 2.66 | #16 Texas at #3 Kansas St | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗∗ | 2.36 | #34 Louisville at #30 Rutgers | Thursday 29 Nov | |
| ∗∗ | 2.17 | #10 Oklahoma at #39 TCU | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗∗ | 1.92 | #21 Oklahoma St at #55 Baylor | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗∗ | 1.71 | #68 Middle Tennessee St at #50 Arkansas St | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗∗ | 1.61 | #30 Boise St at #75 Nevada | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗ | 1.41 | #77 Pittsburgh at #81 South Florida | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗ | 1.36 | #34 Cincinnati at #90 Connecticut | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗ | 1.18 | #98 Kansas at #46 West Virginia | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| ∗ | 1.13 | #65 Louisiana-Lafayette at #98 Florida Atlantic | Saturday 1 Dec | |
| 0.13 | #116 South Alabama at #120 Hawai'i | Saturday 1 Dec | ||
| 0.12 | #123 New Mexico St at #101 Texas St-San Marcos | Saturday 1 Dec | ||
| ∗ | 0.86 | #109 Army vs #66 Navy | (Philadelphia PA) | Saturday 8 Dec |