NCAA Football (FBS) rivalries

68 rivalries between 74 teams, kept by hand, each weighted minor, established or marquee (4 marquee). The weight is worth up to ten points of the Couchcall score. Hover or tap a team to see its lines. This map is also how the table gets checked: if a rivalry is missing, wrong, or weighted oddly, say so below.

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Rivalry	Teams	Weight	Note
Navy v Army	Navy – Army	marquee 1.5
Iron Bowl	Auburn – Alabama	marquee 1.5
Red River Rivalry	Oklahoma – Texas	marquee 1.5	neutral site Cotton Bowl
The Game	Michigan – Ohio State	marquee 1.5
Florida v Georgia	Florida – Georgia	established 1.3	Jacksonville
Lone Star Showdown	Texas A&M – Texas	established 1.3
USC-Notre Dame	USC – Notre Dame	established 1.3
Alabama v LSU	Alabama – LSU	established 1.2
Deep South's Oldest Rivalry	Auburn – Georgia	established 1.2
Egg Bowl	Ole Miss – Mississippi St	established 1.2
Holy War	BYU – Utah	established 1.2
Miami-Florida State	Miami – Florida St	established 1.2
Third Saturday in October	Tennessee – Alabama	established 1.2
Backyard Brawl	Pitt – West Virginia	established 1.1
Crosstown rivalry	UCLA – USC	established 1.1
Palmetto Bowl	Clemson – South Carolina	established 1.1
Territorial Cup	Arizona – Arizona St	established 1.1
Apple Cup	Washington – Washington St	established 1
Bedlam	Oklahoma St – Oklahoma	established 1	irregular now
Big Game	Stanford – California	established 1
Border War	Missouri – Kansas	established 1
Civil War	Oregon St – Oregon	established 1
Clean Old-Fashioned Hate	Georgia Tech – Georgia	established 1
Florida-Florida State	Florida St – Florida	established 1
Oregon v Washington	Oregon – Washington	established 1
Paul Bunyan Trophy	Michigan St – Michigan	established 1
Paul Bunyan's Axe	Minnesota – Wisconsin	established 1
Commander-in-Chief's Trophy	Air Force – Navy	minor 0.9
Commander-in-Chief's Trophy	Air Force – Army	minor 0.9
Commonwealth Cup	Virginia – Virginia Tech	minor 0.9
Iowa v Iowa State	Iowa – Iowa State	minor 0.9
Governor's Cup	Kentucky – Louisville	minor 0.9
Notre Dame-Michigan	Michigan – Notre Dame	minor 0.9	irregular
Old Oaken Bucket	Purdue – Indiana	minor 0.9
War on I-4	UCF – South Florida	minor 0.9
Battle for the Iron Skillet	SMU – TCU	minor 0.8
Carolina-NC State	NC State – North Carolina	minor 0.8
Floyd of Rosedale	Minnesota – Iowa	minor 0.8
Heartland Trophy	Iowa – Wisconsin	minor 0.8
LSU-Texas A&M	Texas A&M – LSU	minor 0.8
Miami v Florida	Miami – Florida	minor 0.8
Nebraska v Oklahoma	Nebraska – Oklahoma	minor 0.8	irregular
Ohio State-Penn State	Ohio State – Penn State	minor 0.8
Sunflower Showdown	Kansas – Kansas St	minor 0.8
Texas v Arkansas	Texas – Arkansas	minor 0.7
Golden Boot	Arkansas – LSU	minor 0.7
Heroes Game	Nebraska – Iowa	minor 0.7
Keg of Nails	Cincinnati – Louisville	minor 0.7
Nebraska v Colorado	Nebraska – Colorado	minor 0.7	irregular
Penn State-Pitt	Penn State – Pitt	minor 0.7	irregular
Revivalry	Baylor – TCU	minor 0.7
Rocky Mountain Showdown	Colorado St – Colorado	minor 0.7
Texas Tech-Texas	Texas – Texas Tech	minor 0.7	irregular
Bayou Bucket	Rice – Houston	minor 0.6
Land of Lincoln Trophy	Illinois – Northwestern	minor 0.6
Little Brown Jug	Michigan – Minnesota	minor 0.6
Milk Can	Fresno St – Boise St	minor 0.6
Notre Dame-Navy	Navy – Notre Dame	minor 0.6
Notre Dame-Stanford	Stanford – Notre Dame	minor 0.6
Rumble in the Rockies	Utah – Colorado	minor 0.6
South's Oldest Rivalry	North Carolina – Virginia	minor 0.6
Victory Bell	Duke – North Carolina	minor 0.6
Battle for the Iron Skillet (old)	SMU – Tulane	minor 0.5
Boise State-BYU	BYU – Boise St	minor 0.5
Georgia Tech-Clemson	Clemson – Georgia Tech	minor 0.5
Memphis-Ole Miss	Ole Miss – Memphis	minor 0.5	irregular
Tennessee v Kentucky	Tennessee – Kentucky	minor 0.5
California v UCLA	California – UCLA	minor 0.5

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