Worth the replay?

1. #1

   HoustonatTexas Tech

   CFB· Fox

   C

   36/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension13/30

   Swings14/25

   Comeback2/20

   Decided late2/15

   Back-and-forth8/10

   Drama 38 × pre-game weight 0.95 (pre-game Watchability 90, estimated) = 36

2. #2

   MiamiatWake Forest

   CFB· ESPNOne-sided

   D

   4/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension2/30

   Swings0/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth3/10

   Drama 5 × pre-game weight 0.82 (pre-game Watchability 65, estimated) = 4

3. #3

   Portland StatOregon

   CFB· BTNOne-sided

   D

   0/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension0/30

   Swings0/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth0/10

   Drama 0 × pre-game weight 0.82 (pre-game Watchability 65, estimated) = 0

Ranked from each game's win probability as it was played (ESPN's for football and basketball; ours, from the goals, for hockey): how in doubt it was near the end, how far the winner came back from, how late it was decided, how big its momentum swings were and how often a team erased a deficit, with a bonus for overtime. That drama is then weighted by how good a matchup it was going in (its pre-game Watchability score), so a thriller between top teams ranks above an equally wild game between minor ones.