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Rivalries

The pairs that keep meeting with the belt on the line

Every pairing with 3 or more belt games between them — 159 rivalries, sorted by how often the belt was at stake when they met.

RivalryBelt gamesBelt-game recordTitle changesSpan
Princeton vs. Yale 23 Princeton leads 9–8–6 7 1873–1951
Harvard vs. Yale 20 Yale leads 12–6–2 6 1878–1914
Pennsylvania vs. Princeton 20 Princeton leads 18–2 2 1876–1952
Wesleyan (CT) vs. Yale 20 Yale leads 20–0 0 1883–1910
Princeton vs. Rutgers 15 Princeton leads 14–1 1 1869–1952
Harvard vs. Princeton 13 Even at 6–6–1 4 1879–1951
Michigan vs. Ohio State 11 Ohio State leads 8–3 4 1918–2019
Amherst vs. Yale 10 Yale leads 10–0 0 1878–1901
Brown vs. Harvard 10 Harvard leads 8–1–1 1 1898–1916
LSU vs. Ole Miss 10 LSU leads 5–3–2 3 1958–2007
Harvard vs. Pennsylvania 9 Harvard leads 5–4 1 1887–1905
Notre Dame vs. USC 9 USC leads 6–2–1 2 1932–2005
Ole Miss vs. Tennessee 9 Ole Miss leads 5–4 3 1938–1974
UCLA vs. USC 9 USC leads 7–2 5 1976–2005
USC vs. Washington 9 USC leads 6–3 4 1932–2023
Alabama vs. Florida 8 Alabama leads 7–1 2 1964–2021
Columbia vs. Princeton 8 Princeton leads 8–0 0 1874–1952
Crescent A.C. vs. Yale 8 Yale leads 8–0 0 1885–1893
Stanford vs. USC 8 USC leads 4–3–1 4 1932–2005
Alabama vs. Auburn 7 Alabama leads 5–2 2 1954–2020
Alabama vs. Tennessee 7 Alabama leads 4–3 0 1938–1986
Army vs. Harvard 7 Harvard leads 5–2 1 1899–1950
Bates vs. Harvard 7 Harvard leads 7–0 0 1899–1914
Northwestern vs. Ohio State 7 Ohio State leads 6–1 0 1936–2019
Ohio State vs. Wisconsin 7 Ohio State leads 6–1 1 1919–2019
Oregon State vs. USC 7 USC leads 5–0–2 0 1933–2004
Pennsylvania vs. Yale 7 Yale leads 7–0 0 1885–1893
Princeton vs. Stevens 7 Princeton leads 7–0 0 1875–1912
Trinity (CT) vs. Yale 7 Yale leads 7–0 0 1877–1903
USC vs. Washington State 7 USC leads 6–0–1 0 1933–2005
Alabama vs. LSU 6 Alabama leads 5–1 1 1964–2020
Army vs. Navy 6 Army leads 3–2–1 2 1906–1950
California vs. USC 6 USC leads 6–0 0 1932–2005
California vs. Washington 6 Washington leads 6–0 2 1984–2023
Carlisle vs. Harvard 6 Harvard leads 5–1 2 1899–1915
Columbia vs. Yale 6 Yale leads 5–1 0 1876–1934
Cornell vs. Harvard 6 Harvard leads 4–2 3 1909–1948
Dartmouth vs. Harvard 6 Harvard leads 6–0 0 1899–1912
Harvard vs. Williams 6 Harvard leads 6–0 0 1899–1913
Michigan State vs. Ohio State 6 Ohio State leads 6–0 1 1968–2019
Mississippi State vs. Ole Miss 6 Ole Miss leads 4–0–2 0 1957–2021
Oregon vs. USC 6 USC leads 5–0–1 0 1932–2005
Oregon vs. Washington 6 Washington leads 6–0 1 1984–2023
Stevens vs. Yale 6 Yale leads 6–0 0 1877–1889
Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt 6 Tennessee leads 5–0–1 1 1938–1974
Williams vs. Yale 6 Yale leads 6–0 0 1888–1893
Arizona vs. USC 5 USC leads 5–0 1 1979–2005
Arizona vs. Washington 5 Washington leads 4–1 1 1978–2023
Arizona State vs. USC 5 USC leads 3–2 1 1978–2005
Cornell vs. Pennsylvania 5 Pennsylvania leads 4–1 0 1894–1915
Florida vs. Georgia 5 Georgia leads 3–2 1 1942–2024
Florida vs. LSU 5 LSU leads 3–2 2 1959–2009
Florida State vs. Miami 5 Miami leads 4–1 1 1999–2025
Franklin & Marshall vs. Pennsylvania 5 Pennsylvania leads 5–0 0 1895–1906
Illinois vs. Ohio State 5 Ohio State leads 4–1 1 1919–2006
Kentucky vs. Tennessee 5 Tennessee leads 5–0 0 1938–1974
Lafayette vs. Pennsylvania 5 Pennsylvania leads 3–1–1 2 1895–1905
Lafayette vs. Princeton 5 Princeton leads 5–0 0 1887–1951
Lehigh vs. Princeton 5 Princeton leads 5–0 0 1887–1912
Ohio State vs. Purdue 5 Ohio State leads 4–1 2 1919–2018
Oregon State vs. Stanford 5 Stanford leads 4–1 1 1932–1982
Stanford vs. Washington 5 Washington leads 3–2 0 1940–2023
Tufts vs. Yale 5 Yale leads 5–0 0 1877–1910
Alabama vs. Mississippi State 4 Alabama leads 4–0 0 1942–2016
Alabama vs. Notre Dame 4 Even at 2–2 1 1973–2021
Alabama vs. USC 4 Even at 2–2 3 1970–1985
Amherst vs. Harvard 4 Harvard leads 4–0 0 1899–1911
Arkansas vs. Ole Miss 4 Ole Miss leads 4–0 0 1958–1963
Army vs. Columbia 4 Army leads 3–1 1 1946–1950
Army vs. Pennsylvania 4 Army leads 4–0 0 1946–1950
Army vs. Yale 4 Yale leads 2–1–1 1 1893–1910
Auburn vs. Clemson 4 Even at 2–2 1 1942–2017
Auburn vs. Georgia 4 Auburn leads 4–0 2 1942–1983
Auburn vs. Tennessee 4 Tennessee leads 3–1 1 1938–2020
Baylor vs. Oklahoma State 4 Even at 2–2 2 2008–2015
Bowdoin vs. Harvard 4 Harvard leads 4–0 0 1899–1909
Brown vs. Pennsylvania 4 Pennsylvania leads 4–0 0 1895–1905
Carlisle vs. Pennsylvania 4 Pennsylvania leads 3–0–1 0 1895–1908
Clemson vs. Virginia Tech 4 Clemson leads 4–0 1 1988–2017
Florida vs. Florida State 4 Even at 2–2 0 1988–2024
Florida vs. Miami 4 Miami leads 4–0 0 1984–2025
Florida vs. Vanderbilt 4 Florida leads 3–1 0 1955–2010
Houston vs. Ole Miss 4 Ole Miss leads 4–0 0 1960–1967
Indiana vs. Ohio State 4 Ohio State leads 4–0 0 1975–2019
Kentucky vs. Ole Miss 4 Ole Miss leads 4–0 0 1958–1963
Lehigh vs. Pennsylvania 4 Pennsylvania leads 4–0 0 1895–1906
Maryland vs. Tennessee 4 Tennessee leads 4–0 1 1956–1975
Miami vs. Pittsburgh 4 Miami leads 3–1 1 2000–2017
Miami vs. Syracuse 4 Miami leads 4–0 1 2000–2017
Miami vs. Virginia Tech 4 Miami leads 4–0 0 2000–2017
Michigan vs. Michigan State 4 Michigan leads 4–0 0 1918–2003
Michigan vs. USC 4 USC leads 4–0 2 1970–2004
Michigan vs. Washington 4 Even at 2–2 4 1981–2024
Minnesota vs. Ohio State 4 Ohio State leads 4–0 0 1969–2018
Navy vs. Notre Dame 4 Notre Dame leads 2–1–1 0 1934–1973
Navy vs. Pennsylvania 4 Navy leads 2–1–1 0 1896–1952
Northwestern vs. Notre Dame 4 Notre Dame leads 3–1 2 1926–1974
Ole Miss vs. Tulane 4 Ole Miss leads 4–0 0 1958–1963
Ole Miss vs. Vanderbilt 4 Ole Miss leads 4–0 0 1960–2021
Orange A.C. vs. Yale 4 Yale leads 4–0 0 1891–1901
Princeton vs. Wesleyan (CT) 4 Princeton leads 4–0 0 1886–1904
Stanford vs. UCLA 4 Stanford leads 3–1 0 1940–1976
UCLA vs. Washington 4 UCLA leads 3–1 3 1976–1993
Washington vs. Washington State 4 Washington leads 3–1 1 1980–2023
Alabama vs. Ohio State 3 Alabama leads 3–0 0 1978–2021
Alabama vs. Penn State 3 Alabama leads 2–1 2 1986–2010
Alabama vs. Southern Miss 3 Alabama leads 2–1 1 1953–2021
Alabama vs. Texas A&M 3 Alabama leads 2–1 3 1942–2021
Arizona vs. UCLA 3 UCLA leads 3–0 1 1976–1993
Arizona State vs. UCLA 3 Arizona State leads 2–1 1 1976–1995
Arizona State vs. Washington 3 Washington leads 3–0 2 1978–2023
Army vs. Michigan 3 Army leads 3–0 0 1946–1950
Auburn vs. Florida 3 Auburn leads 3–0 2 1955–2007
Auburn vs. Georgia Tech 3 Georgia Tech leads 2–1 1 1944–1966
Baylor vs. TCU 3 Baylor leads 2–1 3 1991–2015
Baylor vs. Texas Tech 3 Baylor leads 2–1 1 1991–2013
Baylor vs. West Virginia 3 West Virginia leads 2–1 1 2012–2014
Boston College vs. Miami 3 Miami leads 3–0 0 2000–2002
California vs. Stanford 3 Stanford leads 3–0 1 1933–2025
California vs. UCLA 3 California leads 2–1 1 1976–1993
Chattanooga vs. Tennessee 3 Tennessee leads 3–0 0 1938–1956
Clemson vs. Florida State 3 Florida State leads 2–1 1 1988–2011
Dartmouth vs. Princeton 3 Princeton leads 3–0 0 1911–1951
Georgia vs. Mississippi State 3 Georgia leads 3–0 1 1967–1989
Georgia vs. Ole Miss 3 Ole Miss leads 2–1 2 1967–2024
Georgia vs. South Carolina 3 Georgia leads 2–1 1 1967–1989
Georgia Tech vs. Notre Dame 3 Notre Dame leads 3–0 0 1923–1974
Georgia Tech vs. Tennessee 3 Tennessee leads 2–1 1 1956–1966
Gettysburg vs. Pennsylvania 3 Pennsylvania leads 2–0–1 0 1896–1906
Harvard vs. Maine 3 Harvard leads 3–0 0 1902–1913
Harvard vs. Wesleyan (CT) 3 Harvard leads 3–0 0 1899–1902
Illinois vs. Michigan 3 Michigan leads 2–1 0 1920–1981
Iowa vs. Northwestern 3 Even at 1–1–1 0 1935–1981
Iowa vs. Ohio State 3 Ohio State leads 3–0 0 1968–2006
Kansas State vs. TCU 3 TCU leads 2–1 0 2012–2015
Kentucky vs. LSU 3 LSU leads 3–0 0 1959–1987
LSU vs. Mississippi State 3 LSU leads 2–1 1 1958–2020
LSU vs. Rice 3 Even at 1–1–1 1 1959–1966
LSU vs. Tennessee 3 Tennessee leads 3–0 1 1938–1959
Memphis vs. Ole Miss 3 Ole Miss leads 2–0–1 0 1958–1963
Miami vs. Temple 3 Miami leads 3–0 0 2000–2002
Michigan vs. Purdue 3 Michigan leads 3–0 1 1972–2003
Navy vs. St. John's (Maryland) 3 Navy leads 3–0 0 1904–1907
Northwestern vs. Wisconsin 3 Northwestern leads 2–1 0 1921–1936
Notre Dame vs. Penn State 3 Penn State leads 2–1 2 1926–1987
Notre Dame vs. Purdue 3 Purdue leads 2–1 2 1923–1974
Ohio State vs. Penn State 3 Ohio State leads 3–0 1 2006–2019
Ohio State vs. UCLA 3 Even at 1–1–1 2 1975–1976
Ohio State vs. USC 3 USC leads 2–1 1 1969–1980
Ohio State vs. Washington 3 Ohio State leads 3–0 0 1969–2019
Oklahoma vs. Tennessee 3 Oklahoma leads 2–1 1 1939–2014
Oklahoma vs. USC 3 USC leads 2–0–1 1 1973–2005
Oregon State vs. UCLA 3 UCLA leads 3–0 0 1976–1993
Oregon State vs. Washington 3 Washington leads 2–1 1 1984–2023
Penn State vs. Pennsylvania 3 Pennsylvania leads 2–1 1 1895–1952
Pennsylvania vs. Swarthmore 3 Pennsylvania leads 2–1 2 1895–1906
Pennsylvania vs. Virginia 3 Pennsylvania leads 3–0 0 1895–1898
Rutgers vs. Yale 3 Yale leads 3–0 0 1883–1888
Springfield vs. Yale 3 Yale leads 3–0 0 1891–1903