Worth the replay?

1. #1

   East CarolinaatUAB

   CFB· ESPNOvertimeDown to the wireBig comeback

   B

   63/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings25/25

   Comeback20/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth3/10

   Overtime+8

   Drama 100 × pre-game weight 0.63 (pre-game Watchability 26) = 63

2. #2

   GA SouthernatOld Dominion

   CFB· ESPN2

   D

   21/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension13/30

   Swings10/25

   Comeback2/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth3/10

   Drama 28 × pre-game weight 0.74 (pre-game Watchability 48) = 21

3. #3

   Colorado StatTexas St

   CFB· CBSSNOne-sided

   D

   2/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension0/30

   Swings4/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth0/10

   Drama 4 × pre-game weight 0.59 (pre-game Watchability 19) = 2

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.