Which college football rivalries have been played the most?

The Minnesota–Wisconsin rivalry has been played 133 times, through the season that ended in January 2026, the most of any two teams now in the FBS in CollegeFootballData.com's records; Army–Navy follows at 125. Bowl games count. The source's early records miss some games, so its counts can run a few below the schools' own: it has Kentucky–Tennessee from 1906, though they first played in 1893.

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  • Minnesota–Wisconsin has the highest figure, 133, followed by Army–Navy (125) and Indiana–Purdue (125).
  • Kansas–Oklahoma, Georgia–Georgia Tech, and Colorado State–Wyoming share the lowest figure, 114.

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Chartly. “Which college football rivalries have been played the most?” Chart. Data: CollegeFootballData.com, college football games, https://collegefootballdata.com/ (data as of January 20, 2026). https://chart.ly/charts/college-football-most-played-rivalries (accessed November 4, 2026).

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Rivalry Games played
Minnesota–Wisconsin 133
Army–Navy 125
Indiana–Purdue 125
Kansas–Kansas State 123
Auburn–Georgia 122
Michigan–Ohio State 121
North Carolina–Virginia 120
Illinois–Northwestern 119
Mississippi State–Ole Miss 119
Iowa–Minnesota 118
Kentucky–Tennessee 118
Michigan–Michigan State 118
NC State–Wake Forest 118
Oklahoma–Texas 118
Clemson–South Carolina 117
Tennessee–Vanderbilt 116
Baylor–TCU 115
Colorado State–Wyoming 114
Georgia–Georgia Tech 114
Kansas–Oklahoma 114

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