List of most played college football rivalries in NCAA Division I

This is a list of the most played football rivalries in NCAA Division I. The Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Wisconsin Badgers rivalry is the most played Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) rivalry at 126 games. However, the Lehigh–Lafayette rivalry, both members of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), is the most played in Division I at 152 games.

Rivalries listed here are not necessarily continuous: several longstanding rivalries played by the Nebraska Cornhuskers were interrupted after the 2010 season by the team's move from the Big 12 Conference to the Big Ten as of the 2011 season.[1] In addition to Nebraska-Kansas, Nebraska-Iowa State, and Nebraska-Missouri, several other rivalries were affected by the 2010–14 NCAA conference realignment. These include Missouri-Kansas and Missouri-Iowa State due to Missouri's move to the SEC, Texas-Texas A&M and Texas A&M-Baylor due to A&M's move to the SEC, and Pitt-WVU due to Pitt's move to the ACC and WVU's move to the Big 12.

Conversely, TCU-Baylor again became a conference game after TCU joining the Big 12, and Oklahoma-Kansas has again became an annual game after Big 12 scheduling changes.

Conference affiliation is not necessarily an impediment to playing an annual rivalry game: match ups such as USC-Notre Dame, Miami-Cincinnati, Navy-Army, Utah-Utah State, Clemson-South Carolina, Georgia-Georgia Tech, and New Mexico-New Mexico State are contested each season despite the lack of conference affiliation between the two rivals.

This table attempts to list all rivalries with more than 100 games played. Wins and losses are given respective to the team leading the series.

Games

This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information.
Games Series leader Opponent Rivalry or trophy name Conference W L T First game Last game Notes Source
152 Lafayette Lehigh The Rivalry Patriot 78 69 5 1884 2016
139 Yale Princeton Ivy 76 53 10 1873 2016 [2]
133 Yale Harvard The Game Ivy 66 59 8 1875 2016
127 William & Mary Richmond Capital Cup Colonial 62 60 5 1898 2016
126 Minnesota Wisconsin Paul Bunyan's Axe Big Ten 59 59 8 1890 2016 [lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] [3][4]
121 Miami (OH) Cincinnati Victory Bell (Battle for the Bell) Non-conf.[lower-alpha 3] 59 55 7 1888 2016 [lower-alpha 4][lower-alpha 5] [5]
121 North Carolina Virginia South's Oldest Rivalry ACC 63 54 4 1892 2016 [lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 7] [5]
120 Georgia Auburn Deep South's Oldest Rivalry SEC 57 55 8 1892 2016 [lower-alpha 8][lower-alpha 9] [5]
120 Missouri Kansas Border War Non-conf.[lower-alpha 3] 57 54 9 1891 2011 [lower-alpha 10][lower-alpha 11][lower-alpha 12] [5]
120 Oregon Oregon State Civil War Pac-12 63 47 10 1894 2016 [lower-alpha 13] [5]
119 Purdue Indiana Old Oaken Bucket Big Ten 72 41 6 1891 2016 [lower-alpha 8][lower-alpha 14] [5]
118 Texas Texas A&M Lone Star Showdown Non-conf.[lower-alpha 3] 76 37 5 1894 2011 [lower-alpha 10] [5]
117 Nebraska Kansas Non-conf.[lower-alpha 3] 91 23 3 1892 2010 [lower-alpha 10][lower-alpha 15] [5]
116 Navy Army Army–Navy Game Non-conf. 60 49 7 1890 2015 [lower-alpha 16] [5]
115 Montana Montana State Great Divide Trophy Big Sky 72 38 5 1897 2016
114 Clemson South Carolina Palmetto Bowl Non-conf.[lower-alpha 3] 68 42 4 1896 2016 [lower-alpha 17] [5]
113 Kansas Kansas State Governor's Cup Big 12 64 44 5 1902 2015 [lower-alpha 18][lower-alpha 19] [5][6]
113 Michigan Ohio State The Game Big Ten 58 49 6 1897 2016 [lower-alpha 20] [5]
113 Ole Miss Mississippi State Golden Egg (Egg Bowl) SEC 63 44 6 1901 2016 [5]
112 Utah Utah State Beehive Boot (Battle of the Brothers) Non-conf.[lower-alpha 3] 79 29 4 1892 2015 [lower-alpha 10] [5]
112 TCU Baylor The Revivalry Big 12 53 52 7 1899 2016 [5]
112 Tennessee Kentucky Battle for the Barrel SEC 79 24 9 1893 2016 [5]
111 Georgia Georgia Tech Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate Non-conf.[lower-alpha 3] 65 41 5 1893 2016 [5]
111 Tennessee Vanderbilt Tennessee–Vanderbilt football rivalry SEC 75 31 5 1892 2016 [lower-alpha 21] [5]
111 Texas Oklahoma Golden Hat (Red River Showdown) Big 12 61 45 5 1900 2016 [5]
110 Illinois Northwestern Land of Lincoln Trophy Big Ten 55 50 5 1892 2016 [lower-alpha 22] [7]
110 Stanford California Big Game (Battle for the Axe) Pac-12 57 43 10 1892 2016 [5]
110 Oklahoma Oklahoma State Bedlam Series Big 12 85 18 7 1904 2015 [lower-alpha 23] [5]
110 Minnesota Iowa Floyd of Rosedale Big Ten 62 46 2 1891 2016 [lower-alpha 22] [8]
110 North Carolina State Wake Forest Tobacco Road ACC 66 38 6 1895 2016 [lower-alpha 22] [9]
110 LSU Mississippi State LSU–MSU football rivalry SEC 73 34 3 1896 2016 [5]
109 Washington Oregon Oregon–Washington football rivalry Pac-12 59 45 5 1900 2016 [lower-alpha 22] [10]
109 Michigan Michigan State Paul Bunyan Trophy Big Ten 69 35 5 1898 2016 [lower-alpha 22] [11]
109 Washington Washington State Apple Cup Pac-12 71 32 6 1900 2016 [lower-alpha 22] [12]
108 Texas A&M Baylor Battle of the Brazos Non-conf.[lower-alpha 3] 68 31 9 1899 2011 [lower-alpha 10] [5]
108 Colorado State Wyoming Bronze Boot MW 58 45 5 1899 2016 [lower-alpha 22][lower-alpha 24] [13][14]
107 New Mexico New Mexico State Rio Grande Rivalry Non-conf.[lower-alpha 3] 70 32 5 1894 2016 [lower-alpha 22] [15]
107 Oklahoma Kansas Big 12 73 28 6 1903 2016 [lower-alpha 22][lower-alpha 25] [16][17]
106 North Carolina Wake Forest Carolina–Wake rivalry ACC 69 35 2 1888 2015 [lower-alpha 8] [5]
106 North Carolina North Carolina State Carolina–NC State football rivalry ACC 66 34 6 1894 2016 [lower-alpha 8][lower-alpha 22] [18]
106 Texas Baylor Big 12 76 26 4 1901 2016 [lower-alpha 22] [19]
105 Nebraska Iowa State Non-conf.[lower-alpha 3] 86 17 2 1896 2010 [lower-alpha 10] [5]
105 LSU Ole Miss Magnolia Bowl SEC 60 41 4 1894 2016 [lower-alpha 22] [20]
104 Nebraska Missouri Victory Bell Non-conf.[lower-alpha 3] 65 36 3 1892 2010 [lower-alpha 10][lower-alpha 22] [21]
104 Pittsburgh West Virginia Backyard Brawl Non-conf.[lower-alpha 3] 61 40 3 1895 2011 [lower-alpha 10][lower-alpha 22] [22]
104 Missouri Iowa State Telephone Trophy Non-conf.[lower-alpha 3] 61 34 9 1896 2011 [lower-alpha 10][lower-alpha 22] [23]
102 Michigan Minnesota Little Brown Jug Big Ten 74 25 3 1892 2015 [lower-alpha 22] [24]
101 Ohio State Illinois Illibuck Trophy Big Ten 67 30 4 1902 2014 [lower-alpha 22] [25]
101 Southern California California Pac-12 67 29 5 1915 2014 [lower-alpha 22] [26]

Power 5 last game of season

The list below represents the Power 5 conferences last game of season rivalry games. [27]

This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information.
Games Series leader Opponent Rivalry or trophy name Conference W L T First game Last game
125 Minnesota Wisconsin Paul Bunyan's Axe Big Ten 59 59 8 1890 2015
120 Oregon Oregon State Civil War Pac-12 63 46 10 1894 2016
118 Purdue Indiana Old Oaken Bucket Big Ten 72 40 6 1891 2015
113 Clemson South Carolina Palmetto Bowl Non-conf 67 42 4 1896 2015
113 Kansas Kansas State Governor's Cup Big 12 64 44 5 1902 2015
112 Michigan Ohio State The Game Big Ten 58 48 6 1897 2016
112 Ole Miss Mississippi State Egg Bowl SEC 63 43 6 1901 2015
111 Georgia Georgia Tech Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate Non-conf 65 41 5 1893 2016
110 Illinois Northwestern Land of Lincoln Trophy Big Ten 55 50 5 1892 2016
110 Oklahoma Oklahoma State Bedlam Series Big 12 85 18 7 1904 2015
110 Tennessee Vanderbilt Tennessee–Vanderbilt football rivalry SEC 75 30 5 1892 2015
107 Washington Washington State Apple Cup Pac-12 70 32 6 1900 2015
105 North Carolina North Carolina State Carolina–NC State football rivalry ACC 66 33 6 1894 2015
97 Virginia Tech Virginia Commonwealth Clash ACC 55 37 5 1895 2015
89 Arizona Arizona State Duel in the Desert Pac-12 48 40 1 1899 2015
80 Alabama Auburn Iron Bowl SEC 44 35 1 1893 2015
70 Pittsburgh Syracuse Pittsburgh–Syracuse football rivalry ACC 37 30 3 1916 2015
63 Colorado Utah Rumble in the Rockies Pac-12 32 28 3 1903 2016
60 Florida Florida State Sunshine Showdown Non-conf 34 24 2 1958 2015
54 LSU Texas A&M SEC 31 20 3 1899 2015
46 Nebraska Iowa Heroes Trophy Big Ten 14 29 3 1891 2015
30 Michigan State Penn State Land Grant Trophy Big Ten 15 14 1 1914 2015
28 Louisville Kentucky Governor’s Cup Non-conf 14 14 0 1994 2015
23 Boston College Wake Forest ACC 12 9 2 1941 2015
13 Duke Miami ACC 2 11 0 1976 2015
11 Rutgers Maryland Big Ten 5 6 0 1920 2015
7 Arkansas Missouri SEC 3 4 0 1906 2015

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Most played rivalry within the Big Ten Conference.
  2. ↑ This became the longest uninterrupted series in FBS history in 2012 – continuous since 1907 – supplanting the Kansas–Nebraska series, which ended following the 2010 season.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Formerly an in-conference rivalry.
  4. ↑ Most played intra-state rivalry.
  5. ↑ Tied for most played non-conference rivalry, and also most played outside of the Power Five conferences.
  6. ↑ Most played rivalry within the Atlantic Coast Conference.
  7. ↑ Disputed series record: North Carolina forfeited to Virginia their win in 1957.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Can potentially be played twice in one season, with rematch in the respective conference championship game.
  9. ↑ Most played rivalry within the Southeastern Conference.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 As of 2016 no future games are scheduled.
  11. ↑ Tied for most played rivalry that is currently non-conference.
  12. ↑ Disputed series record: Missouri claims a series lead 57–54–9, based on a forfeited game in 1960.
  13. ↑ Most played rivalry within the Pac-12 Conference.
  14. ↑ Following the expansion of the Big Ten to 14 members in 2014, this is the conference's only "protected" cross-divisional rivalry.
  15. ↑ When last played in 2010, it was the longest uninterrupted series in FBS history (1906-2010). However, Nebraska's 2011 move to the Big Ten ended the annual rivalry.
  16. ↑ Traditionally the last game of the regular season.
  17. ↑ This is the longest current uninterrupted series in the South, and the second longest uninterrupted series in FBS play (1909–present) behind only the Minnesota/Wisconsin series.
  18. ↑ Most played rivalry within the Big 12 Conference.
  19. ↑ Disputed series record: Kansas State claims Kansas leads the series lead 64-42-5, based on a forfeited game in 1980.
  20. ↑ Disputed series record: Ohio State vacated the 2010 win, although this is not reflected in the NCAA source. Ohio State has only 47 wins when the vacated win is accounted for.
  21. ↑ Disputed series record: Vanderbilt claims Tennessee has 73-28-5 series lead due to Vanderbilt victory in 1918 but Tennessee records claim 1918 team was "unofficial [team] formed from Army recruits and students."
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Not listed in the NCAA Division I FBS record book, as sourced below.
  23. ↑ Some sources claim that Oklahoma forfeited the 1972 game. OU Forfeit 8 games in 1972 This is not included in the NCAA source.
  24. ↑ Most played rivalry within the Mountain West Conference.
  25. ↑ Formerly held NCAA record for longest continuous rivalry in FBS (1903-1997) until Big 12 Conference alternate-year scheduling ended it.

References

Specific references
  1. ↑ "Osborne: Nebraska has offer to play OU in 2020-21". The Macon Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  2. ↑ "Princeton vs Yale (CT)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Minnesota vs Wisconsin". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Minnesota defeats Wisconsin 32-4". Milwaukee Journal. October 31, 1892. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "Football Bowl Subdivision Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 117. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Sports People". New York Times. August 27, 1982. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
  7. ↑ "Illinois vs Northwestern (IL)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Minnesota vs Iowa". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  9. ↑ "North Carolina State vs Wake Forest (NC)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Washington vs Oregon". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Michigan vs Michigan St.". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Washington vs Washington St.". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  13. ↑ The Bronze Boot
  14. ↑ "Colorado St. vs Wyoming". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  15. ↑ "New Mexico vs New Mexico St.". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Oklahoma vs Kansas". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  17. ↑
  18. ↑ "North Carolina vs North Carolina St.". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  19. ↑ "Texas vs Baylor (TX)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Louisiana State vs Mississippi". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Nebraska vs Missouri". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  22. ↑ "Pittsburgh (PA) vs West Virginia". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  23. ↑ "Missouri vs Iowa St.". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  24. ↑ "Michigan vs Minnesota". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2014-11-12.
  25. ↑ "Illinois vs Ohio St,". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2014-11-12.
  26. ↑ "Southern California vs California". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  27. ↑ "Winsipedia - College football database of all-time records, wins, and statistics".
General references
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