DAVETGC'S SPORTS RIVALRIES

NCAA Football

DAVETGC Rank Rival Team 1 Rival Team 2 First Yr. Rivalry Type Games Played Trophy (Knickname) Record Rivalry Significance/Other Notes
1 Michigan Ohio State 1897 Interstate 106 The Game 57-43-6 Big Ten Title
2 Alabama Auburn 1893 Intrastate 74 Iron Bowl 40-33-1 SEC title
3 Army Navy 1890 Military 109 n/a 53-49-7 n/a
4 Texas Texas A&M 1894 Intrastate 116 Lone Star Showdown 75-36-5 n/a
5 Stanford California 1892 Intrastate 103 Stanford Axe 50-43-10 n/a
6 Pittsburgh West Virginia 1895 Interstate 102 Backyard Brawl 61-38-3 n/a
7 Notre Dame USC 1926 Other 81 n/a 42-34-5 n/a
8 Clemson South Carolina 1896 Intrastate 107 Battle of the Palmetto State 65-38-4 n/a
9 USC UCLA 1929 Intrastate 79 n/a 44-28-7 n/a
10 Georgia Georgia Tech 1893 Intrastate 102 n/a 60-37-5 n/a
11 Texas Oklahoma   1900 Interstate 104 Golden Hat(Red River) 59-40-5 n/a
12 Oregon Oregon State 1894 Intrastate 113 n/a 57-46-10 n/a
13 Yale Harvard 1875 Interstate 126 Oldest NCAA Football Rivalry 65-53-8 n/a
14 Michigan Notre Dame 1887 Other 37 n/a 21-15-1 n/a
15 Michigan Michigan State 1898 Intrastate 102 Paul Bunyan (Battle for the Mitten) 67-30-5 n/a
16 Michigan Minnesota 1903 Big Ten 97 Little Brown Jug 70-24-3 n/a
17 Mississippi Mississippi State 1901 Intrastate 106 Egg Bowl 60-40-6 n/a
18 Georgia Florida 1915 Interstate 88 n/a 47-39-2 n/a
19 Lafayette Lehigh 1884 Intrastate 145 Most NCAA Football rivalry games played 76-64-5 n/a
20 Missouri Kansas   1891 Interstate 118 Indian War Drum/Lamar Hunt(Border War) 55-54-9 n/a
n/a Yale Princeton 1873 Ivy 132 n/a 72-50-10 n/a
n/a William&Mary Richmond 1898 Intrastate 119 Capital Cup 59-55-5 n/a
n/a Minnesota Wisconsin 1890 Interstate 119 Paul Bunyan 59-52-8 n/a
n/a Pennsylvania Cornell 1893 Interstate 116 n/a 67-44-5 n/a
n/a Pennsylvania Cornell 1893 Interstate 116 Trustee Cup 67-44-5 n/a
n/a Miami-OH Cincinnati 1888 Intrastate 114 Victory Bell 59-48-7 n/a
n/a North Carolina Virginia 1892 Interstate 114 South's Oldest Rivalry 57-53-4 n/a
n/a Harvard Dartmouth 1882 Interstate 113 n/a 63-45-5 n/a
n/a Auburn Georgia   1892 Interstate 113 Deep South's Oldest Rivalry 53-52-8 n/a
n/a Purdue Indiana 1925 Intrastate 112 Old Oaken Bucket 70-36-6 n/a
n/a North Dakota North Dakota State 1894 Intrastate 110 Nickel Trophy 62-45-3 n/a
n/a Utah Utah State 1892 Intrastate 109 Battle of the Brothers 77-28-4 n/a
n/a South Dakota South Dakota State 1889 Intrastate 107 n/a 52-48-7 n/a
n/a Kansas Kansas State 1902 Intrastate 107 Governor's Cup(Sunflower Showdown) 65-37-5 n/a
n/a Texas A&M Baylor 1899 Intrastate 106 Battle of the Brazos 66-31-9 n/a
n/a Oklahoma Oklahoma State 1900 Intrastate 104 Bedlam Series 80-17-7 n/a
n/a Tennessee Kentucky 1893 Interstate 104 n/a 73-23-9 n/a
n/a Nebraska Missouri 1892 Interstate 103 Victory Bell 64-36-3 n/a
n/a Minnesota Iowa   1891 Interstate 103 Floyd of Rosedale 59-42-2 n/a
n/a Illinois Northwestern 1892 Intrastate 103 Sweet Sioux Tomahawk 52-46-5 n/a
n/a Tennessee Vanderbilt 1892 Intrastate 103 n/a 71-27-5 n/a
n/a North Carolina Wake Forest 1888 Intrastate 103 n/a 67-34-2 n/a
n/a Washington Washington State 1900 Intrastate 102 Apple Cup 65-31-6 n/a
n/a Missouri Iowa State 1959 Interstate 102 Telephone 59-34-9 n/a
n/a Washington Oregon   1900 Interstate 102 n/a 58-39-5 n/a
n/a Colorado State Wyoming 1899 Interstate 101 Bronze Boot (Border War) 55-41-5 n/a
n/a New Mexico New Mexico State 1894 Intrastate 100 Maloof (Rio Grande Showdown) 66-29-5 n/a
n/a Maine New Hampshire 1903 Interstate 99 n/a 48-43-8 n/a
n/a North Carolina North Carolina State 1894 Intrastate 99 n/a 63-30-6 n/a
n/a LSU Tulane 1893 Intrastate 98 Battle for the Rag 69-22-7 n/a
n/a LSU Mississippi   1894 Interstate 98 Magnolia Bowl 55-39-4 n/a
n/a North Carolina Duke 1948 Intrastate 96 Victory Bell 57-35-4 n/a
n/a Penn State Pittsburgh 1893 Intrastate 96 n/a 50-42-4 n/a
n/a Oklahoma Missouri 1929 Interstate 94 Tiger-Sooner Peace Pipe 65-24-5 n/a
n/a Alabama Tennessee 1901 SEC 92 3rd Saturday in October 47-38-7 n/a
n/a Washington State Idaho 1894 Interstate 91 n/a 70-18-3 n/a
n/a Virginia Tech Virginia 1895 Intrastate 91 Commonwealth Cup 49-37-5 n/a
n/a TCU SMU 1925 Intrastate 89 Golden Skillet 43-39-7 n/a
n/a Illinois Purdue 1890 Interstate 85 Purdue Canon 41-38-6 n/a
n/a Iowa Wisconsin 1894 Interstate 85 Heartland  42-41-2 n/a
n/a Oklahoma Nebraska 1912 Interstate 85 n/a 44-38-3 n/a
n/a Utah BYU 1922 Intrastate 85 n/a 50-31-4 n/a
n/a Western Kentucky Eastern Kentucky 1914 Intrastate 84 n/a 46-35-3 n/a
n/a Colorado Colorado State 1893 Intrastate 83 Centennial Cup(Rocky Mountain Showdown) 60-21-2 n/a
n/a Arizona Arizona State 1895 Intrastate 83 Duel in the Desert 46-36-1 n/a
n/a Western Michigan Central Michigan 1905 Intrastate 81 n/a 43-36-2 n/a
n/a Notre Dame Purdue 1896 Intrastate 80 n/a 53-26-1 n/a
n/a Clemson North Carolina State 1899 Interstate 78 n/a 50-27-1 n/a
n/a Maryland Virginia 1919 Interstate 74 n/a 41-31-2 n/a
n/a Bowling Green Toledo 1919 Intrastate 74 Peace Pipe (Battle of I-75) 39-31-4 n/a
n/a Notre Dame Michigan State 1949 Other 73 Megaphone 45-27-1 n/a
n/a Princeton Rutgers 1869 Intrastate 71 Last played in 1980 53-17-1 Oldest series in NCAA Football
n/a Arkansas Texas A&M 1903 Interstate 66 Southwest Classic 39-24-3 n/a
n/a Southern Mississippi Memphis State 1935 Interstate 60 Black and Blue Bowl 38-21-1 n/a
n/a Michigan State Indiana 1898 Interstate 57 Old Brass Spittoon 40-15-2 n/a
n/a Iowa Iowa State 1894 Intrastate 57 n/a 38-19 n/a
n/a LSU Arkansas 1996 Interstate 55 Golden Boot 34-19-2 n/a
n/a North Carolina South Carolina 1903 Interstate 55 n/a 34-17-4 n/a
n/a Miami-FL Florida State 1951 Intrastate 54 n/a 31-23 n/a
n/a Miami-FL Florida 1938 Intrastate 54 Seminole War Canoe 28-26 n/a
n/a Florida Florida State 1958 Intrastate 54 n/a 33-19-2 n/a
n/a Ohio University Marshall 1905 Interstate 52 n/a 29-17-6 n/a
n/a West Virginia Virginia Tech 1912 Interstate 51 n/a 28-22-1 n/a
n/a Cincinnati Louisville 1929 Interstate 49 Keg of Nails 28-20-1 n/a
n/a West Virginia Maryland 1919 Interstate 46 n/a 23-21-2 n/a
n/a LSU Auburn 1901 Interstate 44 Tiger Bowl 24-19-1 n/a
n/a Florida   Tennessee 1916 SEC 39 3rd Saturday in September 20-19 n/a
n/a Houston Rice 1971 Intrastate 36 n/a 26-10 n/a
n/a Nevada UNLV 1969 Intrastate 35 Battle for Nevada 20-15 n/a
n/a Southern Mississippi Tulane 1979 Interstate 29 n/a 22-7 n/a
n/a Penn State Michigan State 1993 Big Ten 27 Land Grant 14-12-1 n/a
n/a Southern Mississippi Mississippi State 1935 Intrastate 27 n/a 14-12-1 n/a
n/a Ohio State Penn State 1912 Interstate 25 n/a 13-12 n/a
n/a Mississippi Southern Mississippi 1913 Intrastate 24 n/a 18-6 n/a
n/a Missouri Illinois 1896 Interstate 23 Arch Rivalry 16-7 n/a
n/a Kentucky Louisville 1912 Intrastate 22 n/a 13W-9L n/a
n/a Navy Maryland 1905 Intrastate 20 Crab Bowl Classic 14W-6L n/a
n/a Kentucky West Virginia 1905 Interstate 20 n/a 11W-8L-1T n/a
n/a Notre Dame Boston College 1975 Catholic 19 n/a 10W-9L n/a
n/a Middle Tennessee St. Troy State 1936 Intrastate 17 Battle for the Palladium 11W-6L n/a
n/a Tennessee Arkansas 1907 Interstate 16 n/a 13-3 n/a
n/a West Virginia Marshall 1911 Intrastate 9 n/a 9W-0L n/a
n/a Pittsburgh Cincinnati 1921 Interstate 8 River City Rivalry/Paddlewheel Trophy 7W-1L n/a
n/a Florida Atlantic Florida International 2002 Intrastate 7 n/a 6W-1L n/a

Most Bowl Appearances

Team NCAA Football Championships
Princeton 28
Alabama 12

Michigan

Notre Dame

11

11

USC

Yale

11

11

Pittsburgh 9
Oklahoma 7
Ohio State 7
Pennsylvania 7
Harvard 7
Minnesota 6
Michigan State 6

List of NCAA Football Rivalry Games

Michigan Rivalries

Conference Team Championships Bowl Appearances
Big Ten Michigan 42 39
SEC Alabama 21 56
Big 8/12 Oklahoma 38 42
PAC 10/Pacific Coast USC 26 47
ACC Florida State 12 37

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NCAA Basketball

North Carolina vs. Duke 130-97

Kentucky vs. Louisville

Professional Football

Dallas Cowboys vs. Washington Redskins

New England Patriots vs. Indianapolis Colts

Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears

Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Baltimore Ravens

Professional Baseball

New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox 1117-933-14 + 11-8

New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants

Professional Basketball

Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics

San Antonio Spurs vs. Dallas Mavericks

Professional Hockey

Calgary Flames vs. Edmonton Oilers

Montreal Canadians vs. Boston Bruins

Detroit Red Wings vs. Colorado Avalanche

Montreal Canadians vs. Quebec Nordiques

Hockey Rivalries

Professional Golf

Jack Nicklaus vs. Arnold Palmer

Professional Tennis

Chris Evert vs. Martina Navratilova

Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal

Professional Boxing

Muhammed Ali vs. Joe Frazier

Professional Soccer

Real Madrid vs. Barcelona

Manchester United vs. Liverpool

World Cup Soccer

Brazil vs. Argentina

England vs. Germany

Italy vs. France

England vs. Argentina

Biggest Soccer Rivalries

Professional Rugby

Australia vs. New Zealand

Professional Cricket

India vs. Pakistan

Professional Chess

Bobby Fischer vs. Boris Spassky

Chess Rivalries

Olympics

United States vs. Soviet Union (USSR)

Surfings Greatest Rivalries

NCAA Wrestling

Oklahoma State vs. Oklahoma

Oklahoma State vs. Iowa

Iowa vs. Iowa State

NCAA Women's Gymnastics

Georgia vs. Alabama