List of most-played college football rivalries in NCAA Division I
Games
Current as of December 8, 2018

List of most-played college football rivalries in NCAA Division I

Section Title: Games
Table Section Text: Current as of December 8, 2018

Games	Series leader	Opponent	Rivalry or trophy name	Conference	W	L	T	Win %	First game	Last game	Notes	Source

154	Lafayette	Lehigh	The Rivalry	Patriot	78	71	5	1884	2018

140	Yale	Princeton	Princeton–Yale	Ivy	77	53	10	1873	2018

135	Yale	Harvard	The Game	Ivy	67	60	8	1875	2018

129	William & Mary	Richmond	Capital Cup	Colonial	62	62	5	1898	2018

128	Wisconsin	Minnesota	Paul Bunyan's Axe	Big Ten	60	60	8	1890	2018

125	Penn	Cornell	Trustees' Cup	Ivy	74	46	5	1893	2018

123	Miami (OH)	Cincinnati	Victory Bell (Battle for the Bell)	Non-conf.	59	57	7	1888	2018

122	North Carolina	Virginia	South's Oldest Rivalry	ACC	63	56	4	1892	2018

122	Georgia	Auburn	Deep South's Oldest Rivalry	SEC	59	56	8	1892	2018

122	Harvard	Dartmouth	Dartmouth–Harvard football rivalry	Ivy	72	45	5	1882	2018

122	Oregon	Oregon State	Civil War	Pac-12	65	47	10	1894	2018

121	Purdue	Indiana	Old Oaken Bucket	Big Ten	74	41	6	1891	2018

121	Stanford	California	Big Game (Battle for the Axe)	Pac-12	64	46	11	1892	2018

120	Missouri	Kansas	Border War	Non-conf.	57	54	9	1891	2011

119	Navy	Army	Army–Navy Game	Non-conf.	60	52	7	1890	2018

118	Texas	Texas A&M	Lone Star Showdown	Non-conf.	76	37	5	1894	2011

118	Montana	Montana State	Great Divide Trophy (The Brawl of The Wild)	Big Sky	73	40	5	1897	2018

117	Nebraska	Kansas	Kansas–Nebraska	Non-conf.	91	23	3	1892	2010

116	Kansas	Kansas State	Governor's Cup (Sunflower Showdown)	Big 12	66	45	5	1902	2018

115	Michigan	Ohio State	The Game	Big Ten	58	50	6	1897	2018

115	Clemson	South Carolina	Palmetto Bowl	Non-conf.	69	42	4	1896	2018

115	Mississippi	Mississippi State	Golden Egg (Egg Bowl)	SEC	64	45	6	1901	2018

114	Tennessee	Kentucky	Battle for the Barrel	SEC	80	25	9	1893	2018

114	TCU	Baylor	The Revivalry	Big 12	55	52	7	1899	2018

114	Texas	Oklahoma	Golden Hat (Red River Showdown)	Big 12	62	47	5	1900	2018

113	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate	Non-conf.	67	41	5	1893	2018

113	Oklahoma	Oklahoma State	Bedlam Series	Big 12	88	18	7	1904	2018

112	Utah	Utah State	Beehive Boot (Battle of the Brothers)	Non-conf.	79	29	4	1892	2015

112	Minnesota	Iowa	Floyd of Rosedale	Big Ten	62	48	2	1891	2018

112	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Tennessee–Vanderbilt football rivalry	SEC	75	32	5	1892	2018

112	North Carolina State	Wake Forest	NC State-Wake Forest rivalry	ACC	66	40	6	1895	2018

112	LSU	Mississippi State	LSU–MSU football rivalry	SEC	74	35	3	1896	2018

112	Illinois	Northwestern	Land of Lincoln Trophy	Big Ten	55	52	5	1892	2018

111	Washington	Washington State	Apple Cup	Pac-12	73	32	6	1900	2018

111	North Dakota	North Dakota State	Nickel Trophy	Non-conf.	62	46	3	1894	2015

111	Washington	Oregon	Emerald City Showdown	Pac-12	60	46	5	1900	2018

111	Princeton	Harvard	Harvard–Princeton football rivalry	Ivy	56	48	7	1877	2018

111	South Dakota State	South Dakota	South Dakota Showdown Series	MVFC	54	50	7	1889	2018

111	Michigan	Michigan State	Paul Bunyan Trophy	Big Ten	70	36	5	1898	2018

110	Princeton	Penn	Penn–Princeton football rivalry	Ivy	66	43	1	1876	2018

109	Colorado State	Wyoming	Bronze Boot	MW	58	46	5	1899	2018

109	New Mexico	New Mexico State	Rio Grande Rivalry	Non-conf.	71	33	5	1894	2018

108	North Carolina	North Carolina State	North Carolina–NC State football rivalry	ACC	66	36	6	1894	2018

108	Texas A&M	Baylor	Battle of the Brazos	Non-conf.	68	31	9	1899	2011

108	New Hampshire	Maine	Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket	CAA	56	44	8	1903	2018

107	LSU	Mississippi	Magnolia Bowl	SEC	62	41	4	1894	2018

107	North Dakota State	South Dakota State	Dakota Marker	MVFC	61	41	5	1903	2018

106	North Carolina	Wake Forest	Carolina–Wake rivalry	ACC	69	35	2	1888	2015

106	Cornell	Columbia	Columbia–Cornell football rivalry	Ivy	65	38	3	1889	2018

106	Illinois State	Eastern Illinois	Mid-America Classic	Non-conf.	54	43	9	1901	2018

104	Nebraska	Missouri	Victory Bell	Non-conf.	65	36	3	1892	2010

104	Pittsburgh	West Virginia	Backyard Brawl	Non-conf.	61	40	3	1895	2011

104	Missouri	Iowa State	Telephone Trophy	Non-conf.	61	34	9	1896	2011

104	Washington State	Oregon State	Pac-12	54	47	3	1903	2018

103	Michigan	Minnesota	Little Brown Jug	Big Ten	75	25	3	1892	2017

102	Iowa State	Kansas State	Farmageddon	Big 12	50	48	4	1917	2018

102	Western Illinois	Illinois State	MVFC	51	46	5	1904	2018

102	Dartmouth	Cornell	Cornell–Dartmouth football rivalry	Ivy	61	40	1	1900	2018

103	Alabama	Mississippi State	Battle for Highway 82	SEC	81	18	3	1896	2018

103	Ohio State	Illinois	Illibuck Trophy	Big Ten	68	30	4	1902	2017	2010 win vacated

101	Alabama	Tennessee	Third Saturday in October	SEC	57	37	8	1901	2018

100	Virginia Tech	Virginia	Commonwealth Cup	ACC	58	37	5	1895	2018

Sentence(s)

The Paul Bunyan's Axe rivalry between the Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Among most-played college football rivalries, Paul Bunyan's Axe rivalry is between the Wisconsin and Minnesota.
In 122 games, the "South's Oldest Rivalry" is behind only the Paul Bunyan's Axe rivalry between the Wisconsin and Minnesota.

final_sentence: The Paul Bunyan's Axe rivalry between the Wisconsin and Minnesota.
final_sentence: Among most-played college football rivalries, Paul Bunyan's Axe rivalry is between the Wisconsin and Minnesota.
final_sentence: In 122 games, the "South's Oldest Rivalry" is behind only the Paul Bunyan's Axe rivalry between the Wisconsin and Minnesota.