Season leaderboard
Top 25 College Football Games of 2017
Every completed game in the season, scored without team allegiance by game-time AP poll strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 87/100
- Overtime
- 5
National ranking
The season's top 25
25 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 2017CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY AT&TNeutral site1OT
Alabama vs. Georgia
Alabama 26, Georgia 23
No. 4 Alabama vs. No. 3 Georgia · 3-point margin
Ranking 45/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 9/15
86
Game score
Highlight · 2017 Georgia vs. Alabama (National Championship Full Game)
- 2017Week 9
Penn State at Ohio State
Penn State 38, Ohio State 39
No. 2 Penn State vs. No. 6 Ohio State · 1-point margin
Ranking 44/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
78
Game score
Highlight · 2017 Ohio State vs. Penn State (Regular Season Full Game)
- 2017Week 14Neutral site
Ohio State vs. Wisconsin
Ohio State 27, Wisconsin 21
No. 8 Ohio State vs. No. 3 Wisconsin · 6-point margin
Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
70
Game score
Highlight · 2017 Wisconsin vs. Ohio State (Regular Season Full Game)
- 2017Week 13
Alabama at Auburn
Alabama 14, Auburn 26
No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 6 Auburn · 12-point margin
Ranking 45/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
68
Game score
Highlight · 2017 Auburn vs. Alabama (Regular Season Full Game)
- 2017Week 2
Oklahoma at Ohio State
Oklahoma 31, Ohio State 16
No. 5 Oklahoma vs. No. 2 Ohio State · 15-point margin
Ranking 45/50 · Closeness 20/35 · Overtime 0/15
65
Game score
Highlight · 2017 Ohio State vs. Oklahoma (Regular Season Full Game)
- 2017ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL - CFP SEMIFINALNeutral site
Alabama vs. Clemson
Alabama 24, Clemson 6
No. 4 Alabama vs. No. 1 Clemson · 18-point margin
Ranking 47/50 · Closeness 17/35 · Overtime 0/15
64
Game score
Highlight · 2017 Clemson vs. Alabama (Bowl Full Game)
- 2017Week 2
Auburn at Clemson
Auburn 6, Clemson 14
No. 13 Auburn vs. No. 3 Clemson · 8-point margin
Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
63
Game score
Highlight · 2017 Clemson vs. Auburn (Regular Season Full Game)
- 2017CHICK-FIL-A PEACH BOWLNeutral site
UCF vs. Auburn
UCF 34, Auburn 27
No. 10 UCF vs. No. 7 Auburn · 7-point margin
Ranking 35/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
63
Game score
Highlight · 2017 Auburn vs. UCF (Bowl Full Game)
- 2017Week 142OT
Memphis at UCF
Memphis 55, UCF 62
No. 16 Memphis vs. No. 12 UCF · 7-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 11/15
63
Game score
Highlight · 2017 UCF vs. Memphis (Regular Season Full Game)
- 2017Week 10
Oklahoma at Oklahoma State
Oklahoma 62, Oklahoma State 52
No. 8 Oklahoma vs. No. 11 Oklahoma State · 10-point margin
Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
58
Game score
Highlight · 2017 Oklahoma State vs. Oklahoma (Regular Season Full Game)
- 2017PostseasonNeutral site
USC vs. Ohio State
USC 7, Ohio State 24
No. 8 USC vs. No. 5 Ohio State · 17-point margin
Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 18/35 · Overtime 0/15
57
Game score
Full Game · 2017 Ohio State vs. USC (Bowl Full Game)
- 2017VALERO ALAMO BOWLNeutral site
Stanford vs. TCU
Stanford 37, TCU 39
No. 15 Stanford vs. No. 13 TCU · 2-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
57
Game score
Highlight · 2017 TCU vs. Stanford (Bowl Full Game)
- 2017Week 14Neutral site
Georgia vs. Auburn
Georgia 28, Auburn 7
No. 6 Georgia vs. No. 4 Auburn · 21-point margin
Ranking 42/50 · Closeness 14/35 · Overtime 0/15
56
Game score
Highlight · 2017 Auburn vs. Georgia (Regular Season Full Game)
- 2017Week 11
TCU at Oklahoma
TCU 20, Oklahoma 38
No. 8 TCU vs. No. 5 Oklahoma · 18-point margin
Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 17/35 · Overtime 0/15
56
Game score
Full Game · 2017 Oklahoma vs. TCU (Regular Season Full Game)
- 2017Week 7
Clemson at Syracuse
Clemson 24, Syracuse 27
No. 2 Clemson vs. Unranked Syracuse · 3-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
56
Game score
Highlight · 2017 Syracuse vs. Clemson (Regular Season Full Game)
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason games use the final regular-season AP poll published before bowl and playoff results. Overtime uses period scoring when available, then explicit overtime notes as a fallback. Historical seasons may have less complete period and box-score data.