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 161 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 134 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 World Wars, 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.
Games Updated through October 3, 2026 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, 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. 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 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 since the team that lost a vacated game is not allowed to reduce the number of losses.
Games Series leader Opponent Rivalry or trophy name Conference W L T V First game Last game Notes Source Next game 161 Lafayette Lehigh The Rivalry Patriot 82 74 5 1884 2025 Nov 21, 2026 147 Yale Princeton Rivalry Ivy 82 55 10 1873 2025 Nov 14, 2026 141 Yale Harvard The Game Ivy 72 61 8 1875 2025 Nov 21, 2026 136 Richmond William & Mary Capital Cup Patriot 67 64 5 1898 2025 Nov 21, 2026 135 Minnesota Wisconsin Paul Bunyan's Axe Big Ten 64 63 8 1890 2025 Nov 28, 2026 131 Penn Cornell Trustees' Cup Ivy 78 48 5 1893 2025 Nov 7, 2026 130 Georgia Auburn Deep South's Oldest Rivalry SEC 66 56 8 1892 2025 Oct 17, 2026 130 North Carolina Virginia South's Oldest Rivalry ACC 66 60 4 1892 2025 Nov 21, 2026 129 Yale Brown Ivy 89 35 5 1880 2025 Nov 7, 2026 129 Oregon Oregon State Rivalry (Northwest Championship) Non-conf. 70 49 10 1894 2025 Sep 16, 2028 129 Cincinnati Miami (OH) Victory Bell Non-conf. 62 60 7 1888 2026 None 128 Harvard Dartmouth Rivalry Ivy 75 48 5 1882 2025 Oct 30, 2026 128 Stanford California Big Game (Battle for the Axe) ACC 66 51 11 1892 2025 Nov 21, 2026 127 Purdue Indiana Old Oaken Bucket Big Ten 77 44 6 1891 2025 Nov 28, 2026 126 Navy Army Army–Navy Game (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) American 64 55 7 1890 2025 Dec 12, 2026 125 Montana Montana State Great Divide Trophy Big Sky 74 45 5 1 1897 2025 Nov 21, 2026 125 Harvard Brown Ivy 92 31 2 1893 2026 Sep 25, 2027 123 Kansas Kansas State Sunflower Showdown Big 12 64 54 5 1902 2025 Oct 17, 2026 122 Clemson South Carolina Palmetto Bowl Non-conf. 74 44 4 1896 2025 Nov 28, 2026 122 Ole Miss Mississippi State Egg Bowl SEC 67 46 6 3 1901 2025 Nov 27, 2026 122 Missouri Kansas Border War Non-conf. 59 54 9 1891 2026 Sep 6, 2031 121 Tennessee Kentucky Rivalry SEC 85 26 9 1 1893 2025 Nov 7, 2026 121 Michigan Ohio State The Game Big Ten 62 52 6 1 1897 2025 Nov 28, 2026 121 TCU Baylor The Revivalry Big 12 60 54 7 1899 2025 Oct 17, 2026 121 Texas Oklahoma Red River Rivalry SEC 65 51 5 1900 2025 Oct 10, 2026 120 Tennessee Vanderbilt Rivalry SEC 79 33 5 2 1892 2025 Nov 28, 2026 120 Texas Texas A&M Lone Star Showdown SEC 78 37 5 1894 2025 Nov 27, 2026 119 Minnesota Iowa Floyd of Rosedale Big Ten 63 54 2 1891 2025 Oct 24, 2026 119 Illinois Northwestern Land of Lincoln Trophy Big Ten 59 55 5 1892 2025 Nov 28, 2026 119 Georgia Georgia Tech Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate Non-conf. 73 41 5 1893 2025 Nov 28, 2026 119 NC State Wake Forest Rivalry (Tobacco Road) ACC 70 43 6 1895 2025 Oct 10, 2026 118 South Dakota State South Dakota South Dakota Showdown Series MVFC 58 53 7 1889 2025 Oct 31, 2026 118 North Dakota North Dakota State Nickel Trophy Non-conf. 63 52 3 1894 2025 None 118 Michigan Michigan State Paul Bunyan Trophy Big Ten 75 38 5 1898 2025 Nov 7, 2026 118 Washington Oregon Cascade Clash (Northwest Championship) Big Ten 63 50 5 1900 2025 Nov 28, 2026 118 Washington Washington State Apple Cup (Northwest Championship) Non-conf. 78 34 6 1900 2026 Sep 18, 2027 118 Colorado State Wyoming Border War Non-conf. 61 52 5 1899 2026 Sep 23, 2028 118 North Dakota State South Dakota State Dakota Marker Non-conf. 66 47 5 1903 2025 None 118 Oklahoma Oklahoma State Bedlam Series Non-conf. 91 20 7 1904 2023 None 117 Princeton Harvard Rivalry Ivy 60 50 7 1877 2025 Oct 24, 2026 117 LSU Mississippi State Rivalry SEC 75 36 3 3 1896 2023 Oct 17, 2026 117 Nebraska Kansas Rivalry Non-conf. 91 23 3 1892 2010 None 116 Princeton Penn Rivalry Ivy 70 45 1 1876 2025 Nov 21, 2026 116 New Mexico New Mexico State Battle of I-25 (Rio Grande Rivalry) Non-conf. 76 35 5 1894 2026 Sep 25, 2027 115 North Carolina NC State Rivalry (Tobacco Road) ACC 68 41 6 1894 2025 Nov 28, 2026 115 New Hampshire Maine Battle for the Brice–Cowell Musket CAA 61 46 8 1903 2025 Nov 21, 2026 115 LSU Ole Miss Magnolia Bowl SEC 64 44 4 3 1894 2026 2027 114 Oklahoma Kansas Non-conf. 80 28 6 1903 2023 None 114 Utah Utah State Battle of the Brothers (Beehive Boot) Non-conf. 81 29 4 1892 2026 Sep 14, 2030 114 Illinois State Eastern Illinois Mid-America Classic Non-conf. 62 43 9 1901 2026 Sep 18, 2027 113 Texas Baylor Rivalry Non-conf. 81 28 4 1901 2023 None 112 North Carolina Duke Victory Bell (Tobacco Road) ACC 64 42 4 2 1888 2025 Oct 17, 2026 112 North Carolina Wake Forest Rivalry (Tobacco Road) ACC 73 37 2 1888 2025 2027 112 Cornell Columbia Empire State Bowl Ivy 66 43 3 1889 2025 Nov 21, 2026 112 USC California Rivalry Non-conf. 72 32 6 2 1915 2023 None 111 Washington State Oregon State Northwest Championship Pac-12 58 50 3 1903 2025 Oct 17, 2026 110 Brown Rhode Island Rivalry Non-conf. 74 34 2 1909 2026 Oct 9, 2027 109 Iowa State Kansas State Farmageddon Big 12 55 50 4 1917 2025 Nov 28, 2026 109 Alabama Mississippi State Battle for Highway 82 SEC 87 18 3 1 1896 2026 2027 108 Yale Dartmouth Ivy 56 46 6 1884 2025 Oct 10, 2026 108 Dartmouth Cornell Rivalry Ivy 64 43 1 1900 2025 Nov 14, 2026 108 Alabama Tennessee Third Saturday in October SEC 60 40 7 1 1901 2025 Oct 17, 2026 108 Illinois State Western Illinois Non-conf. 53 52 3 1904 2026 None 108 Pittsburgh West Virginia Backyard Brawl Non-conf. 63 42 3 1895 2025 Sep 8, 2029 108 Texas A&M Baylor Battle of the Brazos Non-conf. 68 31 9 1899 2011 None 108 Washington Oregon State Northwest Championship Non-conf. 69 35 4 1897 2023 None 107 Princeton Cornell Ivy 66 39 2 1891 2025 Oct 31, 2026 107 Michigan Minnesota Little Brown Jug Big Ten 78 26 3 1892 2026 None 107 Colgate Cornell Rivalry Non-conf. 53 51 3 1896 2026 2027 106 Virginia Tech Virginia Commonwealth Cup ACC 62 39 5 1895 2025 Nov 28, 2026 106 Wisconsin Northwestern Big Ten 63 38 5 1890 2024 2027 105 Duke Wake Forest Rivalry (Tobacco Road) ACC 62 41 2 1896 2025 Nov 28, 2026 105 Ohio State Illinois Battle for Illibuck Big Ten 70 30 4 1 1902 2026 2028 105 Kansas Iowa State Big 12 53 46 6 1896 2025 2027 105 Furman The Citadel Rivalry Southern 65 37 3 1913 2025 Nov 7, 2026 105 Nebraska Iowa State Rivalry Non-conf. 86 17 2 1896 2010 None 104 Penn Columbia Ivy 78 25 1 1878 2025 Oct 16, 2026 104 Dartmouth Princeton Ivy 54 46 4 1897 2025 Nov 7, 2026 104 Missouri Iowa State Telephone Trophy Non-conf. 61 34 9 1896 2011 None 104 Nebraska Missouri Victory Bell Non-conf. 65 36 3 1892 2010 None 104 TCU SMU Battle for the Iron Skillet Non-conf. 54 43 7 1915 2025 None 103 Yale Columbia Ivy 78 23 2 1872 2025 Oct 31, 2026 103 Lafayette Bucknell Patriot 58 39 6 1883 2025 Oct 17, 2026 103 Utah BYU Holy War (Beehive Boot) Big 12 62 37 4 1896 2025 Nov 7, 2026 103 Central Michigan Eastern Michigan Rivalry MAC 65 32 6 1902 2025 Nov 4, 2026 103 North Dakota South Dakota Sitting Bull Trophy MVFC 64 34 5 1903 2025 Oct 24, 2026 103 Maine Rhode Island CAA 62 38 3 1911 2025 Oct 31, 2026 103 Georgia Florida Rivalry SEC 57 44 2 1915 2025 Oct 31, 2026 103 USC Stanford Rivalry Non-conf. 65 34 3 1 1905 2023 None 103 Oklahoma Kansas State Rivalry Non-conf. 77 22 4 1908 2022 None 102 Dartmouth Brown Ivy 65 33 4 1894 2025 Nov 21, 2026 102 Purdue Illinois Battle for the Purdue Cannon Big Ten 49 47 6 1890 2026 2027 102 UTEP New Mexico State Battle of I-10 Non-conf. 60 40 2 1902 2025 None 102 Miami (OH) Ohio Battle of the Bricks MAC 56 44 2 1908 2025 Nov 10, 2026 102 Washington California Non-conf. 57 41 4 1904 2023 None 101 Hampton Howard The Real HU Non-conf. 55 45 1 1908 2026 None 101 Oregon Washington State Northwest Championship Non-conf. 52 42 7 1901 2023 None 100 Furman Wofford Rivalry Southern 56 37 7 1889 2026 2027 100 Penn State Pittsburgh The Keystone Classic Non-conf. 53 43 4 1893 2019 None
See also List of NCAA college football rivalry games
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References Specific references
General references. Vacated games are not treated consistently with NCAA's own rules for reporting in these publications and the lists have missing games. The NCAA Division I FBS record book: The NCAA Division I FCS record book: