The Lineup Is ranked 300 games on Saturday, November 7 and found 12 worth watching, led by Miami at Notre Dame (importance 117). Here's how that day's slate finished.
Notre Dame upset No. 1 Miami 31-24, holding off a late push after Miami erased a 21-point deficit. CJ Carr threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns as the Fighting Irish handed Miami its first listed loss.
The Lightning erased a two-goal third-period deficit and beat the Wild 4-3 in overtime, handing the conference leaders a loss. Guentzel scored twice, and Kucherov won it 3:23 into overtime.
Angel City and Kansas City have both qualified for the playoffs, turning their meeting into a matchup between two in-form sides: the Current have won five straight and Angel City three. Their last meeting ended 1-1.
No. 23 Oregon erased a 14-point deficit, then upset No. 12 Ohio State 41-28. The Ducks scored 17 unanswered in the second quarter to take the lead and built a 38-14 advantage in the fourth.
Frankfurt salvaged a 2-2 draw at SC Paderborn 07 when Jonathan Burkardt scored in the 90th minute, completing his brace after Frankfurt went down to ten men following Elias Baum's 75th-minute red card.
Unranked Oklahoma upset No. 24 Florida 23-7, pulling away with 10 unanswered points in the fourth quarter. John Mateer threw for 207 yards and two touchdowns, while Florida turned the ball over twice.
No result or set scores were provided for this Rolex Paris Masters semifinal between No. 2 seed C. Alcaraz and unseeded C. Ruud, so the match outcome cannot be described.
Leeds beat Spurs 1-0 as Noah Okafor's 79th-minute goal settled a match between sides separated by one point in the standings. James Trafford made three saves for the clean sheet.
Every game gets an importance score, built from 11 factors — rankings, playoff stakes, rivalry, star power, elimination pressure, how close the game actually projects to be, and more. The score is explained, never a black box. Narratives are written from the real state of the season — not "tune in tonight."