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This is a list of rivalry games in college football. The list also shows any trophy awarded to the winner of the rivalry between the teams.[a]
| Series | Trophy | Teams | First meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beehive Boot | BYU, Utah, Utah State (previously Weber State) | 1971 | |
| Commander-in-Chief's Trophy | Air Force, Army, Navy | 1972 | |
| Florida Cup | Florida, Florida State, Miami (FL) | 2002 | |
| Michigan MAC Trophy | Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan | 2005 | |
| Northwest Championship | Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Washington State | 1903 | |
| Tri-State Big Three | Old Ironsides | Penn State, Pittsburgh, West Virginia | 1900 |
| Sacred Cod Trophy | Boston College, Boston University, Holy Cross | 1954 | |
| Tobacco Road | Duke, North Carolina, NC State, Wake Forest | 1924 |
| Series | Trophy | Teams | First meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Three | Harvard, Princeton, Yale | 1877 | |
| Sgt. York Trophy | Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, UT Martin (previously Austin Peay) | 2007 |
This list is restricted to rivalries whose participants are currently in different Division I football subdivisions, and have played one another while in different subdivisions. Most of these began when both teams competed in the same (sub)division.
In this list, the FCS team is in italics.
| Game | Trophy | Team | Team | First Year | Latest Year | Meetings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Bowl | Academic Bowl | Carnegie Mellon | Case Western Reserve | 1986 | 2024 | 38 |
| Admiral's Cup | Admiral's Cup[28] | Maine Maritime[i] | Mass Maritime | 1946 | 2019 | 59 |
| Backyard Brawl | Millsaps | Mississippi College | 1920 | 2013[j] | 52 | |
| Baird Brothers Trophy | Case Western Reserve | Wooster | 1984 | 2012[30] | 25 | |
| Battle for the Border Claw | Border Claw Trophy | East Texas Baptist | Louisiana ChristianNAIA | 1947[31] | 2019 | 22 |
| Battle for the Drum | The Drum[32] | Occidental | Pomona–Pitzer | 1895[k] | 2019 | 112 |
| Battle for the Wagon | Conestoga Wagon[33] | Dickinson | Franklin & Marshall | 1889 | 2023 | 114 |
| Battle of Sixth Street | Battle of Sixth Street Trophy[34][35] | Claremont–Mudd–Scripps | Pomona–Pitzer | 1959[l] | 2019 | |
| Biggest Little Game In America | Amherst | Williams | 1884 | 2024 | 138 | |
| The Book of Knowledge[36] | Carleton | Macalester | 1898 | 2019 | 67 | |
| The Bridge Bowl | Bridge Bowl Trophy | Mount St. Joseph | Thomas More (KY)NAIA | 1990 | 2013[37][m] | 18 |
| Bronze Ball | Anderson (IN) | Manchester (IN) | 1945 | 2019 | ||
| The Bronze Turkey Game or Turkey Bowl | The Bronze Turkey Trophy[38] | Knox (IL) | Monmouth (IL) | 1888 | 2023 | 134 |
| Centennial Cup[39] | Hobart | Rochester | 1892 | 2019 | 112 | |
| Cereal Bowl | Goat Trophy | Carleton | St. Olaf | 1919[40] | 2019 | 100 |
| The Chowder Bowl | Mass Maritime | SUNY Maritime | 2007 | 2024 | 16 | |
| Cortaca Jug | Ithaca | SUNY Cortland | 1930 | 2024 | 82 | |
| Cranberry Bowl | The Scoop[41] | Bridgewater State | Mass Maritime | 1974 | 2019 | 46 |
| Cuyahoga Gold Bowl Game | Cuyahoga Gold Bowl Trophy | Baldwin Wallace | John Carroll | 1923[42] | 2019 | 59 |
| Doehling–Heselton Memorial Trophy | Lawrence | Ripon | 1893 | 2024 | 122 | |
| Dutchman's Shoes | RPI | Union (NY) | 1886 | 2024 | 121 | |
| Edmund Orgill Trophy | Rhodes | Sewanee | 1899[n] | 2024 | 91 | |
| Founders Trophy | Chicago | Washington (MO) | 1933 | 2019 | 38 | |
| Gate City Soup Bowl | Greensboro | Guilford | 1997[43] | 2016 | 20 | |
| Gettysburg–McDaniel | Gettysburg | McDaniel | 1891 | 2019 | 73 | |
| Goal Post Trophy[44] | Juniata | Susquehanna | 1923 | 2019 | 74 | |
| The Hammer[45] | Augsburg | Hamline | 1926 | 2019 | 79 | |
| Helmet Trophy | Anna Maria | Castleton | 2009 | 2019 | 11 | |
| Tommie-Johnnie Game | The Holy Grail | Saint John's (MN) | St. Thomas (MN)FCS | 1901 | 2019[o] | 89 |
| Johns Hopkins–McDaniel | Maryland Railroad Lantern | Johns Hopkins | McDaniel | 1894 | 2024 | 102 |
| Keystone Cup[47] | Delaware Valley | Widener | 1977 | 2019 | 42 | |
| Lefse Bowl | The Troll Trophy[48] | Concordia (Moorhead) | St. Olaf | 1921 | 2019 | 70 |
| Lincoln Football Trophy[49] | Franklin & Marshall | Gettysburg | 1890 | 2023 | 108 | |
| Little Brass Bell[50] | North Central (IL) | Wheaton (IL) | 1900 | 2019 | 101 | |
| Little Brown Bucket[51] | Dickinson | Gettysburg | 1892 | 2023 | 88 | |
| Maple Sap Bucket[52] | Castleton | Norwich | 2009 | 2021 | 12 | |
| Mercer County Cup | Grove City | Thiel | 1892[53] | 2019 | 106 | |
| Monon Bell Classic | Monon Bell | DePauw | Wabash | 1890 | 2024 | 130 |
| Occidental–Whittier | Myron Claxton's Shoes | Occidental | Whittier | 1901 | 2019[p] | 111 |
| Old Red Lantern[54] | Denison | Wooster | 1889 | 2019 | 88 | |
| Old Rocking Chair Classic | Mac-Jack Rocking Chair[55] | Hamilton | Middlebury | 1911 | 2019 | |
| Oldest College Rivalry West of the Mississippi[56] | Coe | Cornell (IA) | 1891 | 2019 | 129 | |
| Paint Bucket[57] | Hamline | Macalester | 1887 | 2019 | 120 | |
| Pynchon Saw Game | Pynchon Saw Trophy | Springfield College (MA) | Western New England University (MA) | 2013 | 2019 | 7 |
| Seafaring Scuffle | Merchant Marine | SUNY Maritime | 2009 | 2019 | 11 | |
| Secretaries Cup | Coast Guard | Merchant Marine | 1949 | 2023 | 52 | |
| Smudge Pot Trophy Game | The Smudge Pot | California Lutheran University | University of Redlands | 2012 | 2023 | 11[58] |
| The Little Army–Navy Game | The Mug[59] | Coast Guard | Norwich Cadet | 1929 | 2024 | 96 |
| Steven Dean Memorial Trophy | Catholic | GeorgetownFCS | 1976 | 2019 | 19 | |
| The Game (Hampden–Sydney vs. Randolph–Macon) | The Game Ball | Hampden–Sydney | Randolph–Macon | 1893 | 2024 | 128 |
| The Regents Cup | Frostburg StateD-II | Salisbury | 1973 | 2018[60] | 46 | |
| The Stagg Hat[61] | Lycoming | Susquehanna | 1949 | 2019 | 55 | |
| Transit Trophy Game | The Transit Trophy | RPI | WPI | 1894 | 2024 | 117 |
| Trinity–Wesleyan football rivalry | Trinity | Wesleyan | 1885 | 2024 | 123 | |
| The Trophy[62] | Pacific Lutheran | Puget Sound | 1931 | 2022 | 98 | |
| Victory Bell Classic | Victory Bell[63] | Franklin (IN) | Hanover | 1898 | 2019 | 89 |
| Wagon Wheel | Lewis & Clark | Willamette | 1949 | 2019 | ||
| War on I-94 Trophy[64] | Wisconsin–Eau Claire | Wisconsin–Stout | 1917 | 2019 | 97 | |
| Wilkes-Barre Mayor's Cup | King's (PA) | Wilkes | 1996[q] | 2019 | ||
| Wooden Shoes Rivalry Trophy | Hope College (MI) | Kalamazoo College (MI) | 1910 | 2019 | 95 |
| Series | Trophy | Teams | First meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium | C-B-B Trophy | Bates, Bowdoin, Colby | 1892 |
| Little Three | Amherst, Wesleyan, Williams | 1899 |
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Following are the longest active continuously-played series in NCAA college football.[65][66][67][68][obsolete source] Many historic series were interrupted by World War I, the 1918 flu pandemic and World War II. More recently, other longstanding rivalries were terminated by the conference realignments of the early 2010s and early 2020s, or were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Series | Continuous since |
Series nickname / Trophy | NCAA Div. | First meeting | Series leader | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lehigh–Lafayette | 1897 | The Rivalry | FCS | 1884 | Lafayette | Most played series in college football.[66] No game played in calendar 2020 due to COVID-19, but played in April 2021 as part of the Patriot League's rescheduled spring 2021 season. |
| Minnesota–Wisconsin | 1907 | Paul Bunyan's Axe | FBS | 1890 | Wisconsin | Most played series in FBS[65] |
| North Carolina State–Wake Forest | 1910 | NC State–Wake Forest rivalry | FBS | 1895 | NC State | |
| Oklahoma–Oklahoma State[69][70] | 1910 | Bedlam Series | FBS | 1904 | Oklahoma | The 2023 game was the last for the foreseeable future, with Oklahoma joining the Southeastern Conference for 2024 and beyond.[71] |
| Kansas–Kansas State[72] | 1911 | Sunflower Showdown | FBS | 1902 | Kansas | |
| Iowa State–Kansas State[73] | 1917 | Farmageddon | FBS | 1917 | Iowa State | Longest never interrupted series in FBS[74] |
| North Carolina–Virginia[75] | 1919 | South's Oldest Rivalry | FBS | 1892 | North Carolina |
Following are the NCAA Division I and II series that continued for the most consecutive seasons before being interrupted. Seven of the seventeen series on this list are defunct rivalries from the old Big Eight Conference. Six are rivalries interrupted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Series | Continuous years |
Length | NCAA Div. | First meeting | Notes / reason for interruption |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clemson–South Carolina[65] | 1909–2019 | 111 years | FBS | 1896 | Interrupted in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| Wabash–DePauw[76] | 1911–2019 | 109 years | Div. III | 1890 | Interrupted in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| Nebraska–Kansas[65] | 1906–2010 | 105 years | FBS | 1892 | Longest continuous series in FBS before interruption Ended by Nebraska's move to the Big Ten |
| Michigan–Ohio State | 1918–2019 | 102 years | FBS | 1897 | Interrupted in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| Dartmouth–Cornell | 1919–2019 | 101 years | FCS | 1900 | Interrupted in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| Penn–Cornell | 1919–2019 | 101 years | FCS | 1893 | Interrupted in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| Purdue–Indiana | 1920–2019 | 100 years | FBS | 1891 | Interrupted in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| Texas–Texas A&M[65] | 1915–2011 | 97 years | FBS | 1894 | Ended by Texas A&M's move to the SEC; resuming in 2024 with Texas' move to the SEC |
| Oklahoma–Kansas[65] | 1903–1997 | 95 years | FBS | 1903 | Longest continuous series in FBS until annual play ended in 1997 Ended by advent of Big 12 divisional play Annual play resumed in 2011 with end of Big 12 divisional play, and ended again with Oklahoma's 2024 move to the SEC |
| Missouri–Kansas[65] | 1919–2011 | 93 years | FBS | 1891 | Ended by Missouri's move to the SEC |
| Missouri–Iowa State[65] | 1919–2011 | 93 years | FBS | 1896 | Ended by Missouri's move to the SEC |
| Nebraska–Iowa State[77] | 1921–2010 | 90 years | FBS | 1896 | Ended by Nebraska's move to the Big Ten |
| Duke–Georgia Tech[78] | 1933–2022 | 90 years | FBS | 1933 | Rivalry pre-dates Georgia Tech's admission into the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in 1983. Ended by changes to the ACC's scheduling format effective in 2023. |
| Nebraska–Kansas State[79] | 1922–2010 | 89 years | FBS | 1911 | Ended by Nebraska's move to the Big Ten |
| Nebraska–Missouri[80] | 1922–2010 | 89 years | FBS | 1892 | Ended by Nebraska's move to the Big Ten |
| Ohio State–Illinois[81] | 1914–2002 | 89 years | FBS | 1902 | Ended by Big Ten's change to non-round robin scheduling |
| Presbyterian–Newberry[82][83] | 1919–2006 | 88 years | Div. II | 1913 | Ended by Presbyterian's move to Division I |
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