This is a list of the most-played college football series in NCAA Division I. The Lafayette–Lehigh rivalry, known as "The Rivalry," is the most-played in Division I at 159 games. Lehigh and Lafayette are members of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The most-played Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) series is the Minnesota–Wisconsin football rivalry, at 133 games. In some cases, during the early years of college football when distant travel was prohibitive, these teams played each other more than once per year.
Series listed here are not necessarily continuous series, and several of the series listed below were ended (or interrupted) by either the 2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment, the COVID-19 pandemic, or the 2021–2026 NCAA conference realignment. It also includes several games that are not considered notable rivalries, but are between teams that, mainly due to conference alignment, have been played 100 or more times. Conference affiliation is not necessarily an impediment to playing an annual game, and this list features match-ups of teams that have rarely or never shared an athletic conference.
This table is for listing all NCAA Division I football series with at least 100 games played. Wins and losses are given respective to the team leading the series.
- Updated through September 21, 2024
- The "V" column indicates vacated victories to make sure all the games are documented in the list - W+L+T+V=Total. A note documenting each vacated game is included in the "V" column. Vacated victories are different than forfeited victories. In recent years[citation needed], the NCAA has used the vacating procedure instead of requiring forfeitures when teams are penalized for violating NCAA rules. NCAA procedures require that the winning team adjust its record to remove a win that is vacated. However, the losing team is not allowed to reduce the number of losses on its record.[1] This means that the win–loss–tie records for some series will not add up to the total number of games without adding the vacated games in the V column. Confounding this problem[citation needed] is that the NCAA's official record of the most played rivalries, does not reflect the vacated games. Also, to be officially correct, the two media guides of the teams will not match[citation needed] since the team that lost a vacated game is not allowed to reduce the number of losses.
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Games |
Series leader |
Opponent |
Rivalry or trophy name |
Conference |
W |
L |
T |
V |
First game |
Last game |
Notes |
Source |
Next game |
159 | Lafayette | Lehigh | The Rivalry | Patriot | 82 | 72 | 5 | | 1884 | 2023 | | [2][3] | Nov 23, 2024 |
145 | Yale | Princeton | Rivalry | Ivy | 80 | 55 | 10 | | 1873 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 1] | [2] | Nov 16, 2024 |
139 | Yale | Harvard | Rivalry | Ivy | 71 | 60 | 8 | | 1875 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 2] | [2][4] | Nov 23, 2024 |
134 | Richmond | William & Mary | Capital Cup | CAA | 65 | 64 | 5 | | 1898 | 2023 | | [2] | Nov 23, 2024 |
133 | Wisconsin | Minnesota | Paul Bunyan's Axe | Big Ten | 63 | 62 | 8 | | 1890 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4][lower-alpha 5] | [5][6] | Nov 30, 2024 |
129 | Penn | Cornell | Trustees' Cup | Ivy | 77 | 47 | 5 | | 1893 | 2023 | | [2] | Nov 9, 2024 |
128 | North Carolina | Virginia | South's Oldest Rivalry | ACC | 65 | 59 | 4 | | 1892 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 6] [lower-alpha 7] | [5] | Oct 26, 2024 |
128 | Georgia | Auburn | Deep South's Oldest Rivalry | SEC | 64 | 56 | 8 | | 1892 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 8] | [7][8] | Oct 5, 2024 |
128 | Cincinnati | Miami (OH) | Victory Bell | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 61 | 60 | 7 | | 1888 | 2024 | [lower-alpha 10][lower-alpha 11] | [5] | Sep 19, 2026[9] |
127 | Yale | Brown | | Ivy | 87 | 35 | 5 | | 1880 | 2023 | | [2][10] | Nov 9, 2024 |
128 | Oregon | Oregon State | Rivalry (Northwest Championship)[lower-alpha 12] | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 69 | 49 | 10 |
| 1894 | 2024 | | [5] | Sep 20, 2025 |
126 | Harvard | Dartmouth | Rivalry | Ivy | 73 | 48 | 5 |
| 1882 | 2023 | | [2] | Nov 2, 2024 |
126 | Stanford | California | Big Game (Battle for the Axe) | ACC | 65 | 50 | 11 |
| 1892 | 2023 | | [5][11] | Nov 23, 2024 |
125 | Purdue | Indiana | Old Oaken Bucket | Big Ten | 77 | 42 | 6 |
| 1891 | 2023 | | [5] | Nov 30, 2024 |
124 | Navy | Army | Army–Navy Game | American | 62 | 55 | 7 |
| 1890 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 13] | [5] | Dec 14, 2024 |
122 | Harvard | Brown | | Ivy |
90 | 30 | 2 | | 1893 | 2023 | | [2] | Sep 28, 2024 |
122 | Montana | Montana State | Great Divide Trophy | Big Sky | 74 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 1897 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 14] | [2][12] | Nov 23, 2024 |
121 | Kansas | Kansas State | Sunflower Showdown | Big 12 | 64 | 52 | 5 |
| 1902 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 15][lower-alpha 16] | [5][13] | Oct 26, 2024 |
120 | Clemson | South Carolina | Palmetto Bowl | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 73 | 43 | 4 |
| 1896 | 2023 | | [5] | Nov 30, 2024 |
120 | Ole Miss | Mississippi State | Egg Bowl | SEC | 65 | 46 | 6 | 3 | 1901 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 17] | [16][17] | Nov 30, 2024 |
120 | Missouri | Kansas | Border War | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 57 | 54 | 9 |
| 1891 | 2011 | [lower-alpha 18] | [5][18] | Sep 6, 2025[19] |
119 | Texas | Oklahoma | Red River Rivalry | SEC | 63 | 51 | 5 |
| 1900 | 2023 | | [20][21] | Oct 12, 2024 |
119 | Tennessee | Kentucky | Rivalry | SEC | 83 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1893 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 19] | [23][24] | Nov 2, 2024 |
119 | TCU | Baylor | The Revivalry | Big 12 | 59 | 53 | 7 |
| 1899 | 2023 | | [5] | Nov 2, 2024 |
119 | Michigan | Ohio State | The Game | Big Ten | 61 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 1897 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 20] | [5] | Nov 30, 2024 |
118 | Texas | Texas A&M | Lone Star Showdown | SEC | 76 | 37 | 5 |
| 1894 | 2011 | | [5] | Nov 30, 2024 |
118 | South Dakota State | South Dakota | South Dakota Showdown Series | MVFC | 57 | 54 | 7 |
| 1889 | 2023 | | [2] | Oct 26, 2024 |
118 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma State | Bedlam Series | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 91 | 20 | 7 |
| 1904 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 21][lower-alpha 22] | [5] | None |
118 | Tennessee | Vanderbilt | Rivalry | SEC | 78 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 1892 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 23][lower-alpha 24] | [5] | Nov 30, 2024 |
118 | Minnesota | Iowa | Floyd of Rosedale | Big Ten | 63 | 53 | 2 | | 1891 | 2024 | | [26][27] | 2025 |
117 | LSU | Mississippi State | Rivalry | SEC | 75 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 1896 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 25] | [29][30] | TBA[lower-alpha 26] |
117 | NC State | Wake Forest | Rivalry (Tobacco Road)[lower-alpha 12] | ACC | 69 | 42 | 6 |
| 1895 | 2023 | | [5] | Oct 5, 2024 |
117 | Nebraska | Kansas | Rivalry | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 91 | 23 | 3 |
| 1892 | 2010 | [lower-alpha 21] | [5] | None |
117 | Georgia | Georgia Tech | Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 71 | 41 | 5 |
| 1893 | 2023 | | [5] | Nov 30, 2024 |
117 | Illinois | Northwestern | Land of Lincoln Trophy | Big Ten | 57 | 55 | 5 |
| 1892 | 2023 | | [31] | Nov 30, 2024 |
116 | Washington | Oregon | Cascade Clash (Northwest Championship)[lower-alpha 12] | Big Ten | 63 | 48 | 5 | | 1900 | 2023 | | [32][33] | Nov 30, 2024 |
116 | North Dakota | North Dakota State | Nickel Trophy | MVFC | 63 | 50 | 3 |
| 1894 | 2023 | | [2] | Oct 5, 2024 |
116 | Michigan | Michigan State | Paul Bunyan Trophy | Big Ten | 73 | 38 | 5 |
| 1898 | 2023 | | [34][35] | Oct 26, 2024 |
116 | Washington | Washington State | Apple Cup (Northwest Championship)[lower-alpha 12] | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 76 | 34 | 6 |
| 1900 | 2024 | | [36][37] | 2025 |
115 | Princeton | Harvard | Rivalry | Ivy | 60 | 48 | 7 | | 1877 | 2023 | | [2] | Oct 26, 2024 |
115 | Colorado State | Wyoming | Border War | Mountain West | 59 | 51 | 5 | | 1899 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 27][lower-alpha 28] [lower-alpha 29] | [38][39] | Nov 16, 2024 |
115 | North Dakota State | South Dakota State | Dakota Marker | MVFC | 63 | 47 | 5 |
| 1903 | 2023 | | [2] | Oct 19, 2024 |
114 | Oklahoma | Kansas | | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 80 | 28 | 6 |
| 1903 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 21] | [40][41] | None |
114 | Princeton | Penn | Rivalry | Ivy | 69 | 44 | 1 |
| 1876 | 2023 | | [2] | Nov 23, 2024 |
113 | New Mexico | New Mexico State | Battle of I-25 (Rio Grande Rivalry) | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 73 | 35 | 5 |
| 1894 | 2023 | | [42] | Sep 28, 2024 |
113 | Texas | Baylor | | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 81 | 28 | 4 |
| 1901 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 21][lower-alpha 30] | [43] [lower-alpha 31] [44] | None |
113 | New Hampshire | Maine | Battle for the Brice–Cowell Musket | CAA | 59 | 46 | 8 |
| 1903 | 2023 | | [2] | Nov 23, 2024 |
113 | North Carolina | NC State | Rivalry (Tobacco Road)[lower-alpha 12] | ACC | 68 | 39 | 6 |
| 1894 | 2023 | | [45][46] | Nov 30, 2024 |
113 | Utah | Utah State | Battle of the Brothers (Beehive Boot)[lower-alpha 12] | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 80 | 29 | 4 |
| 1892 | 2024 | | [5] | Sep 19, 2026 |
112 | LSU | Ole Miss | Magnolia Bowl | SEC | 63 | 42 | 4 | 3 | 1894 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 32] | [47][48] | Oct 12, 2024 |
112 | Illinois State | Eastern Illinois | Mid-America Classic | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 60 | 43 | 9 |
| 1901 | 2024 | | [49] | Sep 13, 2025 |
110 | North Carolina | Wake Forest | Rivalry (Tobacco Road)[lower-alpha 12] | ACC | 72 | 36 | 2 |
| 1888 | 2022 | | [5] | Nov 16, 2024 |
110 | North Carolina | Duke | Victory Bell (Tobacco Road)[lower-alpha 12] | ACC | 64 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 1888 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 33] | [51][52] | Sep 28, 2024 |
110 | Cornell | Columbia | Empire State Bowl | Ivy | 66 | 41 | 3 | | 1889 | 2023 | | [53][54] | Nov 23, 2024 |
108 | Washington State | Oregon State | Northwest Championship[lower-alpha 12] | Pac-12 | 57 | 48 | 3 |
| 1903 | 2023 | | [55] | Nov 30, 2024 |
108 | Alabama | Mississippi State | Battle for Highway 82 | SEC | 86 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1896 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 34] | [58][59] [lower-alpha 35] | TBA[lower-alpha 26] |
108 | Texas A&M | Baylor | Battle of the Brazos | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 68 | 31 | 9 |
| 1899 | 2011 | [lower-alpha 21] | [5] | None |
108 | Washington | Oregon State | Northwest Championship[lower-alpha 12] | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 69 | 35 | 4 | | 1897 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 21] | [60] | None |
108 | Western Illinois | Illinois State | | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 52 | 51 | 5 |
| 1904 | 2024 | | [2][61] | None |
107 | Brown | Rhode Island | Rivalry | Non-conf. | 73 | 32 | 2 |
| 1909 | 2023 | | [62][63] | Oct 12, 2024 |
107 | Iowa State | Kansas State | Farmageddon | Big 12 | 53 | 50 | 4 |
| 1917 | 2023 | | [64] | Nov 30, 2024 |
107 | Pittsburgh | West Virginia | Backyard Brawl | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 63 | 41 | 3 |
| 1895 | 2024 | | [65][66] | Sep 13, 2025[67] |
106 | Yale | Dartmouth | | Ivy | 56 | 44 | 6 |
| 1884 | 2023 | | [68] | Oct 12, 2024 |
106 | Alabama | Tennessee | Third Saturday in October | SEC | 59 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 1901 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 36] | [69][70] | Oct 19, 2024 |
106 | Dartmouth | Cornell | Rivalry | Ivy | 63 | 42 | 1 |
| 1900 | 2023 | | [2] | Nov 16, 2024 |
105 | Michigan | Minnesota | Little Brown Jug | Big Ten | 77 | 25 | 3 |
| 1892 | 2023 | | [71][72] | Sep 28, 2024 |
105 | Princeton | Cornell | | Ivy | 66 | 37 | 2 |
| 1891 | 2023 | | [53] | Nov 2, 2024 |
105 | Wisconsin | Northwestern | | Big Ten | 62 | 38 | 5 |
| 1890 | 2023 | | [73] | Oct 19, 2024 |
105 | Cornell | Colgate | Rivalry | Non-conf. | 51 | 51 | 3 | | 1896 | 2024 | | [53][74] | Oct 4, 2025 |
104 | Missouri | Iowa State | Telephone Trophy | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 61 | 34 | 9 |
| 1896 | 2011 | [lower-alpha 21] | [75] | None |
104 | Nebraska | Missouri | Victory Bell | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 65 | 36 | 3 |
| 1892 | 2010 | [lower-alpha 21] | [citation needed] | None |
104 | Virginia Tech | Virginia | Commonwealth Cup | ACC | 61 | 38 | 5 |
| 1895 | 2023 | | [76][77] | Nov 30, 2024 |
104 | Nebraska | Iowa State | | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 86 | 16 | 2 |
| 1896 | 2010 | [lower-alpha 21][lower-alpha 37] | [80][81] | None |
103 | Ohio State | Illinois | Illibuck Trophy | Big Ten | 68 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1902 | 2017 | [lower-alpha 38] | | 2025 |
103 | Duke | Wake Forest | Tobacco Road[lower-alpha 12] | ACC | 60 | 41 | 2 |
| 1896 | 2023 | | [82][83] | Nov 30, 2024 |
103 | Kansas | Iowa State | | Big 12 | 52 | 45 | 6 |
| 1896 | 2023 | | [84][85] | Nov 9, 2024 |
103 | USC | Stanford | Rivalry | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 65 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 1905 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 21][lower-alpha 39] | [86][87] | None |
103 | Oklahoma | Kansas State | | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 77 | 22 | 4 | | 1908 | 2022 | [lower-alpha 21] | [citation needed] | None |
103 | Oregon | Washington State | Northwest Championship[lower-alpha 12] | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 54 | 42 | 7 |
| 1901 | 2022 | [lower-alpha 21][lower-alpha 40] | [citation needed] | None |
103 | TCU | SMU | Battle for the Iron Skillet | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 53 | 43 | 7 | | 1915 | 2023 | | [88][89] | Sep 20, 2025 |
102 | Furman | The Citadel | Rivalry | Southern | 63 | 36 | 3 |
| 1901 | 2023 | | [90][91][92] | Oct 5, 2024 |
102 | Penn | Columbia | | Ivy | 77 | 24 | 1 |
| 1878 | 2023 | | [93] | Oct 19, 2024 |
102 | Dartmouth | Princeton | | Ivy | 51 | 47 | 4 |
| 1897 | 2023 | | [94] | Nov 9, 2024 |
102 | Washington | California | | Non-conf.[lower-alpha 9] | 57 | 41 | 4 | | 1904 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 21] | [95][96] [lower-alpha 41] | None |
101 | Utah | BYU | Holy War (Beehive Boot)[lower-alpha 12] | Big 12 | 62 | 35 | 4 |
| 1896 | 2021 | [lower-alpha 42] | [citation needed] | Nov 9, 2024 |
101 | Maine | Rhode Island | | CAA | 62 | 36 | 3 |
| 1911 | 2023 | | [97] | Oct 26, 2024 |
101 | Central Michigan | Eastern Michigan | Rivalry | MAC | 64 | 31 | 6 | | 1902 | 2023 | | [98][99] | Oct 19, 2024 |
101 | Lafayette | Bucknell | | Patriot | 57 | 38 | 6 |
| 1883 | 2023 | | [100][101] | Nov 2, 2024 |
101 | Georgia | Florida | Okefenokee Oar | SEC | 55 | 44 | 2 | | 1915 | 2023 | [lower-alpha 43] | [102][103] | Nov 2, 2024 |
101 | Yale | Columbia | | Ivy | 77 | 22 | 2 |
| 1872 | 2023 | | [104] | Nov 2, 2024 |
100 | UTEP | New Mexico State | Battle of I-10 | C-USA | 59 | 39 | 2 | | 1902 | 2023 | | [citation needed] | Nov 30, 2024 |
100 | North Dakota | South Dakota | Sitting Bull Trophy | MVFC | 63 | 32 | 5 | | 1903 | 2023 | | [citation needed] | Nov 16, 2024 |
100 | Dartmouth | Brown | | Ivy | 64 | 32 | 4 | | 1894 | 2023 | | [105] | Nov 23, 2024 |
100 | Penn State | Pittsburgh | The Keystone Classic | Non-conf. | 53 | 43 | 4 |
| 1893 | 2019 | [lower-alpha 21] | [106] | None |
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The NCAA incorrectly lists the record as 78–60–8 in its 2020 FCS record book
Became the longest uninterrupted series in FBS history in 2012 – continuous since 1907 – supplanting the Kansas–Nebraska series.
If "uninterrupted" is interpreted as having been played in every calendar year, this became the longest uninterrupted series in all college football history in 2020 – continuous since 1907 – supplanting the Lafayette–Lehigh series. However, the Lafayette–Lehigh series has been played in each football season since 1897, with both schools' home conference of the Patriot League having moved its fall 2020 season to spring 2021.
Disputed series record: North Carolina forfeited their win in 1956 (or 1957) but there was no NCAA sanction.
Formerly an in-conference rivalry.
Most-played intra-state rivalry.
Most-played rivalry that is currently non-conference.
Rivalry includes more than the 2 teams listed - see the linked article for further information.
Montana vacated its last five wins of the 2011 season due to NCAA violations. This included a regular season win over Montana State.
Disputed series record: Kansas State claims Kansas leads the series lead 63–52–5, based on a game that the Big Eight conference ruled Kansas had to vacate in 1980. Kansas claims a very narrow interpretation of NCAA statistical guidelines that don't reference games that conference committees vacate. The NCAA did not act on the 1980 vacation.
This series includes the following adjustments: 1976 & 1977 games were forfeited by Mississippi State, 2012 & 2014 games were vacated by Ole Miss,[14] and 2018 game was vacated by Mississippi State.[15]
Kansas forfeited 1960 win.
Vacated game per source[22]
Ohio State vacated all of its wins during the 2010 season due to NCAA violations. This included a win over Michigan.
No future games are scheduled.
Disputed series record: Vanderbilt records show that Tennessee has 78–33–5 series lead due, including Vanderbilt's 1918 victory. Tennessee records do not count games played in 1918 since the team was "unofficial [team] formed from Army West Point recruits and students."
Vacated game per source[25]
This series includes the following adjustments: 1975 & 1976 games were forfeited by Mississippi State, and 2012, 2013 & 2015 games were vacated by LSU.[28]
Teams are in the same conference but the conference has not announced the next scheduled game between these teams.
Colorado State does treats the 1899 game, which it later forfeited after a 12–0 victory, like a vacated game, and removes one victory from its win column, while not increasing the number of wins it credits to Wyoming.
Baylor forfeited their tied game in 1910, giving a win to Texas.
Baylor media guide has mistake in 2023 showing the overall record as 79-29-4 at the top of the series record, but correctly showing the breakdown of the record at Waco and Austin adding to 80-28-4.
2013 win by Ole Miss vacated and 2012 and 2014 wins by LSU vacated.[28][14]
Both schools claim to have won their 1889 game by forfeit, but most[citation needed] neutral recordkeepers[citation needed] list a win for North Carolina. Duke media information still counts the game as a win. North Carolina vacated their wins in the 2008 and 2009 due to the 2010 football scandal.[50]
This series includes the following adjustments: 1993 game forfeited by Alabama,[56] and 2005 game vacated by Alabama.[57]
Mississippi State has an extra loss in its "versus all opponents" section compared to the record shown in this list.
Alabama vacated its 2005 win against Tennessee, meaning a win is deducted from Alabama total. Alabama also forfeited its 1993 tie, which changes that game from a tie to a win for Tennessee.
The schools differ on the series record. Iowa State's media guide has a 1907 victory over Nebraska on November 2, 1907, but the Chicago Tribune and Des Moines Register both cite a 10–9 Nebraska victory.[78][79]
Ohio State vacated all of its wins during the 2010 season due to NCAA violations. This included a win over Illinois.
The 1978 and 1979 games were both forfeited by Oregon, giving two wins for Washington State.
Washington 2023 media guide documents 102 games, but the number of wins doesn't match the number of games documented.
Disputed series record: BYU does not recognize 6 games played before 1922 (3 wins for each school).
Georgia recognizes a 1904 game as its first game against Florida, thus according to Georgia there have been 102 games of which Georgia has won 56.
- Specific references
Stanford Football Media Guide 2019. 2019. p. 112.
"Sports People". New York Times. August 27, 1982. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
Kansas 2011 Football Media Guide. 2011. p. 196.
2019 University of Washington Football Media Guide. 2019. p. 213.
"Weller's kick defeats Aggies: Cornhuskers win without a touchdown". Des Moines Register. November 3, 1907. pp. Section 2, page 1.
"Nebraska given hard game: Cornhuskers barely able to defeat Ames Aggies, the final score being 10-9". Chicago Tribune. November 3, 1907. p. 3.
Iowa State 2023 Football Media Guide. 2023. pp. 98–105.
- General references. Vacated games are not treated consistently with NCAA's own rules for reporting in these publications and the lists have missing games.