Best Rivalry in College Football

[Leftwich]

West Virginia vs VT was one of my all time favorite rivalries. It's not best by any means but it was always a damn good game when we were fighting for "The Black Diamond Trophy".

[Rylo]

Hurricanes vs FSU/UF is always good.

[Herm]

I think its Auburn vs Alabama. Im a Kentucky fan

This game is an IN STATE and in conference rivalry. Its the question everyone asks you when they meet you in Alabama... Are you an Auburn or 'Bama fan? In Ohio they dont ask are you a Bobcat or Buckeye fan.

[chazmaniandevil]

top 3
1. ohio st. - michigan
2. stanford - cal
3. oklahoma - texas

[Sportsbuck]

This game is an IN STATE and in conference rivalry. Its the question everyone asks you when they meet you in Alabama... Are you an Auburn or 'Bama fan? In Ohio they dont ask are you a Bobcat or Buckeye fan.

Obviously they don't ask you if you are a Bobcat or Buckeye fan. Because there is no rivalry, Ohio State hasn't lost to an Ohio school since around 1900. I get the point that your trying to make, but it really doesn't apply.

[Sportsbuck]

Count me as one who thinks FSU will never be back.

[Rylo]

I have high hopes in Shannon. He just needs to get it together, really. Nix is gone (thank god) so it can only go up from here. It's all upto shannon though.

[NAHSTE]

I'm just jumping in to page 3 and posting off the top of my head, I haven't read through the thread yet but these are the biggest to me:

Alabama-Auburn (severely underrated IMO)
Ohio St.-Michigan (undeniable hatred)
Army-Navy (classic)
Texas-Oklahoma (most entertaining)
FSU-Miami (what can I say?)

[Liquidrob]

RRS kind of sucks because its so early

OSU/MI isnt that great because the big 10 is weak and OSU keeps getting wacked it the NC game

Best rivalry would have to be the SEC teams all beating each other up

[Sven Draconian]

UM vs OSU has the most interest in it? Why, because it's the big 10 and the Big 10 conference "area" has the highest population. It also pits two states. Ohio is completely OSU (outside of little pockets in the NW and the far south) and Michigan is almost entirely Michigan (discounting the Lansin area).

OSU and Michigan fans also dominate Illinois and Indiana from a Football stanpoint. When I lived in Chicago there was more UM/OSU gear than Northwestern and Illinois combined. Lots of transplants.

Then obviously you have the history and the fact its typically the defacto Big 10 championship game (if not more).
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In terms of pure competition you really can't seperate any of the big ones. Florida/Georgia, Texas/Oklahoma, Florida/Tennesse are all pretty good. The Iron Bowl hasn't really been competitive for a while and F$U/Miami has fallen.

It really just depends on how you describe "best". From a population/fan standpoint? Thats inarguable. From an importance standpoint it changes year to year, but most likely one of the SEC ones. If your just looking for an enjoyable game then you coudl definately argue for the RRS (for high scoring) or Army/Navy if you are a traditionalist.

[NAHSTE]

LSU and Alabama should become one of the best thanks to Saban and the high level that each of the teams play on.

It's definitely up there, but it's been one of our chief rivals since even before than. The problem with that is LSU will probably never have just one true rival, just a lot of really strong secondary rivalries.

We play Arkansas every year after Thanksgiving, but nobody really gives a crap about that series, which only started 16 years ago. In the 50s and 60s we had an intense rivalry with Ole Miss, but they are no longer the powerhouse they were. While they often make it interesting they rarely beat us, so I can't consider it that much of a rivalry. Though there is a healthy amount of dislike between the two schools. Then there's the Egg Bowl they have with Miss St. which occupies most of their hatred.

Then there's Florida, who we play every year and are very heated with.....Only problem is we're like 4th or 5th on their list of rivals behind FSU, Georgia, and Tennessee.

Auburn is also one of our main rivals and you could say that on the field they are our most competitive rival. This matchup always has huge division title implications and almost always comes down to the final second. Unfortunately, they have Alabama as their main rival.


Basically, every school's fans hate LSU fans, and LSU fans hate fans of every other schools, but don't hate one particularly more than any other. Therefore, LSU has several hated foes but no true rivals.

[DSpydr84]

Mid Tenn St and Western Kentucky

[NAHSTE]

Yeah I got dominated by LSU fans a couple years back. When do yall play UGA again?

October 3, in Athens.

[Senser81]

Florida v. Tennessee is the best college game I've been to.

[FirstTimer]

ND vs BC since 1993 has been a fun one.

ND Mich has been the best game I've ever been to.