This Week’s Best Games


On a weekend of college football games, it is often quite overwhelming sifting through all of the matchups. If only there was a way of knowing which games were the most appealing in some objective way. If you ever have faced this conundrum, you’ve come to the right place! Using my power rankings of a given week, I have created a formula that calculates a “game score” for every matchup for the upcoming weekend, and ranks all of the games accordingly.

My formula is based off of two components: overall team quailty and team rankings similarities. Unsurprisingly, games featuring better teams will be scored better than games with weaker schools. However, the “closeness” of the teams is taken into account as well. Where the game is played is also taken into account (I would rather watch #5 at #20 than #20 at #5, for example).

Things that are NOT included are factors like the general reputation of the schools involved, the style of play that the teams use, and the past history of a given matchup. Certainly rivalry games are more fun regardless of the quality of the teams, but that is not considered here.

Week 14


Rank Away   Home Score Time
1 4 Georgia VS 2 Auburn 4.34 4:00pm
2 7 Miami VS 1 Clemson 6.71 8:00pm
3 10 Stanford VS 12 USC 9.29 (Fri) 8:00pm
4 12 TCU VS 3 Oklahoma 9.84 12:30pm
5 15 Ohio State VS 6 Wisconsin 11.37 8:00pm
6 19 Memphis AT 14 UCF 13.73 12:00pm
7 27 Fresno St AT 29 Boise State 17.49 7:45pm
8 32 Troy AT 62 Arkansas St 28.42 7:30pm
9 54 N Texas AT 49 FAU 28.7 12:00pm
10 78 Akron VS 36 Toledo 37.17 12:00pm
11 98 UL Monroe AT 43 Florida State 45.81 12:00pm
12 106 S Alabama AT 93 N Mexico St 46.46 4:30pm
13 105 UL Lafayette AT 67 App State 47.17 2:30pm
14 106 Umass AT 71 FIU 47.35 12:00pm
15 121 GA Southern AT 124 Co Carolina 50.47 1:00pm
16 118 Idaho AT 83 Georgia St 50.97 2:00pm


Best Games, Sorted by Time


Before a long day of sitting on the couch watching game after game, it is nice to be able to get an idea of what the best games are for a given time slot. Here, I sort the rankings from above by the time in which the game is played, so readers can examine which games are best at a given time.

Rank Away   Home Score Time
3 10 Stanford VS 12 USC 9.29 (Fri) 8:00pm
6 19 Memphis AT 14 UCF 13.73 12:00pm
9 54 N Texas AT 49 FAU 28.7 12:00pm
10 78 Akron VS 36 Toledo 37.17 12:00pm
11 98 UL Monroe AT 43 Florida State 45.81 12:00pm
14 106 Umass AT 71 FIU 47.35 12:00pm
4 12 TCU VS 3 Oklahoma 9.84 12:30pm
15 121 GA Southern AT 124 Co Carolina 50.47 1:00pm
16 118 Idaho AT 83 Georgia St 50.97 2:00pm
13 105 UL Lafayette AT 67 App State 47.17 2:30pm
1 4 Georgia VS 2 Auburn 4.34 4:00pm
12 106 S Alabama AT 93 N Mexico St 46.46 4:30pm
8 32 Troy AT 62 Arkansas St 28.42 7:30pm
7 27 Fresno St AT 29 Boise State 17.49 7:45pm
2 7 Miami VS 1 Clemson 6.71 8:00pm
5 15 Ohio State VS 6 Wisconsin 11.37 8:00pm