List of most-played college football series in NCAA Division I explained

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 134 games. With Minnesota being the far superior program over the years. 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 November 30, 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, 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	data-sort-type=date	Next game
160					82	73	5		1884	2024		[1] [2]	2025
146					81	55	10		1873	2024			2025
140					72	60	8		1875	2023		[3]	2025
135					66	64	5		1898	2024			None
134					63	63	8		1890	2023		[4] [5]	2025
130					78	47	5		1893	2023			2025
129					65	56	8		1892	2024		[6] [7]	2025
129					66	59	4		1892	2023			2025
128				Non-conf.	61	60	7		1888	2024			Sep 19, 2026[8]
128					88	35	5		1880	2024		[9]	2025
128			Rivalry (Northwest Championship)	Non-conf.	69	49	10		1894	2024			Sep 20, 2025
127					74	48	5		1882	2024			2025
127			Big Game (Battle for the Axe)		65	51	11		1892	2024		[10]	2025
126					77	43	6		1891	2024			2025
124					62	55	7		1890	2023			Dec 14, 2024
123				Ivy	90	31	2		1893	2024			2025
123					74	43	5	1	1897	2024		[11]	2025
122					64	53	5		1902	2024		[12]	2025
121					66	46	6	3	1901	2023		[13] [14]	2025
121				Non-conf.	73	44	4		1896	2024			2025
120				Non-conf.	57	54	9		1891	2011		[15]	Sep 6, 2025[16]
120					64	51	5		1900	2024		[17] [18]	2025
120					84	26	9	1	1893	2024		[19] [20]	2025
120					59	54	7		1899	2023			2025
120					62	51	6	1	1897	2024			2025
119					58	54	7		1889	2024			2025
119					77	37	5		1894	2024			2025
118				Non-conf.	91	20	7		1904	2023			None
119					79	33	5	2	1892	2024			2025
118					63	53	2		1891	2024		[21] [22]	2025
118			Rivalry (Tobacco Road)		69	43	6		1895	2024			2025
118				Non-conf.	72	41	5		1893	2024			2025
118					58	55	5		1892	2024		[23]	2025
117					75	36	3	3	1896	2023		[24] [25]	TBA
117				Non-conf.	91	23	3		1892	2010			None
117					63	51	3		1894	2024			2025
117					74	38	5		1898	2024		[26] [27]	2025
117			Cascade Clash (Northwest Championship)		63	49	5		1900	2024		[28] [29]	2025
116			Apple Cup (Northwest Championship)	Non-conf.	76	34	6		1900	2024		[30] [31]	Sep 20, 2025
116					64	47	5		1903	2024			Oct 25, 2025
116					60	49	7		1877	2023			2025
116					60	51	5		1899	2024		[32] [33]	2025
115					70	44	1		1876	2024			2025
114				Non-conf.	80	28	6		1903	2023		[34] [35]	None
114				Non-conf.	74	35	5		1894	2024		[36]	2025
114					60	46	8		1903	2024			2025
113				Non-conf.	81	28	4		1901	2023		[37] [38]	None
114			Rivalry (Tobacco Road)		68	40	6		1894	2024		[39] [40]	2025
113			Battle of the Brothers (Beehive Boot)	Non-conf.	80	29	4		1892	2024			Sep 19, 2026
113					64	42	4	3	1894	2024		[41] [42]	2025
112				Non-conf.	60	43	9		1901	2024		[43]	Sep 13, 2025
111			Victory Bell (Tobacco Road)		64	41	4	2	1888	2023		[44] [45]	2025
111			Rivalry (Tobacco Road)		73	36	2		1888	2024			2025
111					66	42	3		1889	2023		[46] [47]	2025
109					57	49	3		1903	2024		[48]	2025
108					86	18	3	1	1896	2023		[49] [50]	TBA
108				Non-conf.	68	31	9		1899	2011			None
108				Non-conf.	69	35	4		1897	2023		[51]	None
108				Non-conf.	52	51	5		1904	2024		[52]	None
108				Non-conf.	73	33	2		1909	2024		[53] [54]	2025
108					54	50	4		1917	2024		[55]	Aug 23, 2025
107				Non-conf.	63	41	3		1895	2024		[56] [57]	Sep 13, 2025[58]
107					56	45	6		1884	2024		[59]	2025
107					59	40	7	1	1901	2024		[60] [61]	2025
107					64	42	1		1900	2024			2025
106					78	25	3		1892	2024		[62] [63]	2026
106					66	38	2		1891	2024			2025
106					63	38	5		1890	2024		[64]	2027
105				Non-conf.	51	51	3		1896	2024		[65]	Oct 4, 2025
105					62	38	5		1895	2024		[66] [67]	2025
104				Non-conf.	61	34	9		1896	2011		[68]	None
104				Non-conf.	65	36	3		1892	2010			None
104					53	45	6		1896	2024		[69] [70]	2025
104				Non-conf.	86	16	2		1896	2010		[71] [72]	None
104					61	41	2		1896	2024		[73] [74]	2025
103					68	30	4	1	1902	2017			2025
103				Non-conf.	65	34	3	1	1905	2023		[75] [76]	None
103				Non-conf.	77	22	4		1908	2022			None
103				Non-conf.	54	42	7		1901	2023			None
103				Non-conf.	53	43	7		1915	2023		[77] [78]	Sep 20, 2025
103					64	36	3		1901	2024		[79] [80] [81]	2025
103					77	25	1		1878	2024		[82]	2025
103					52	47	4		1897	2024		[83]	2025
102					64	32	6		1902	2024		[84] [85]	2025
102				Non-conf.	57	41	4		1904	2023		[86] [87]	None
102					62	37	3		1911	2024		[88]	2025
102					77	23	2		1872	2024		[89]	2025
102					57	39	6		1883	2024		[90] [91]	2025
102					56	44	2		1915	2024		[92] [93]	2025
102			Holy War (Beehive Boot)		62	36	4		1896	2021			2025
101					63	33	5		1903	2024			2025
101					65	32	4		1894	2024		[94]	2025
101					60	39	2		1902	2024			2025
100				Non-conf.	53	43	4		1893	2019		[95]	None
100					48	46	6		1890	2024			2025
100					56	42	2		1908	2024			Dec 7, 2024

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

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: Web site: Football Bowl Subdivision Records . NCAA . 2 November 2020 . 182–183.
• The NCAA Division I FCS record book: Web site: Football Championship Subdivision Records . NCAA . 2 November 2020 . 82.

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50. Web site: Mississippi State 2023 Football Media Guide . September 27, 2023.
51. Book: 2019 University of Washington Football Media Guide. 2019. 213.
52. Web site: Rivals since 8th grade, Keene and Torgerson epitomize the ISU-WIU football rivalry.
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68. Book: 2023 Iowa State Football Fact Book.
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78. Book: Texas Christian University . TCU football 2023 Media Guide . August 2023.
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85. Web site: Central Michigan 2023 Football Media Guide . September 27, 2023 . 101.
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90. Web site: 2023 Lafayette Football Media Guide (PDF) . 2023-09-30 . Lafayette College Athletics . en.
91. Web site: 2023 Bucknell Football Record Book . September 29, 2023 . Bucknellbison.com.
92. Web site: October 24, 2023 . Georgia v. Florida Game notes .
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