Worth the replay?

1. #1

   OhioatMiami OH

   CFB· ESPN2Down to the wireBig comeback

   C+

   54/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings18/25

   Comeback17/20

   Decided late14/15

   Back-and-forth3/10

   Drama 81 × pre-game weight 0.67 (pre-game Watchability 33) = 54

2. #2

   Kent StateatBowling Green

   CFB· ESPNUDown to the wireBack and forth

   C+

   48/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings25/25

   Comeback12/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Drama 92 × pre-game weight 0.53 (pre-game Watchability 6) = 48

3. #3

   W MichiganatAkron

   CFB· CBSSNOne-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 0.51 (pre-game Watchability 2) = 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.