[Lefty Noob]

What's the best rivalry in college football?

I'm sure it's a question we've all debated, either here, in another forum, at the local sports bar, around the watercooler or elsewhere. But did you guys know that there's actually someone out there keeping a rankings system of the top NCAA college football rivalries?

According to this press release, this place StubHub keeps track of the 25 best college football rivalries based on ticket sales demand.

So what is the currently Top 25 College Football Rivalry Rankings?

STUBHUB TOP 25 RIVALRY RANKINGS (week of 10/30/06)
1. Michigan Wolverines at Ohio State Buckeyes
2. Notre Dame Fighting Irish at USC Trojans
3. Oklahoma vs. Texas (Red River Shootout)
4. Auburn Tigers at Alabama Crimson Tide
5. Michigan State Spartans at Michigan Wolverines
6. Florida Gators vs. Georgia Bulldogs
7. USC Trojans at UCLA Bruins
8. Purdue Boilermakers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
9. Texas A&M Aggies at Texas Longhorns
10. Florida State Seminoles at Miami Hurricanes
11. Alabama Crimson Tide at Tennessee Volunteers
12. Army vs. Navy
13. Florida Gators at Tennessee Volunteers
14. LSU Tigers at Arkansas Razorbacks
15. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Georgia Bulldogs
16. Florida Gators at Florida State Seminoles
17. Stanford Cardinal at California Golden Bears
18. West Virginia Mountaineers at Pittsburgh Panthers
19. Iowa State Cyclones at Iowa Hawkeyes
20. South Carolina Gamecocks at Clemson Tigers
21. Oregon Ducks at Oregon State Beavers
22. Virginia Cavaliers at Virginia Tech Hokies
23. Indiana Hoosiers at Purdue Boilermakers
24. Oklahoma Sooners at Oklahoma State Cowboys
25. Arizona State Sun Devils at Arizona Wildcats

What are your thoughts on this rivarly rating system? Do you agree/disagree with where your favorite rivarly is currently ranked?

[AZAggie]

Purdue v Notre Dame??? Is that really a big game? I would have A&M v Texas higher up the list, but I am a little biased. Oklahoma v Nebraska used to be a huge rivalry, but since they don't play every year it has sort of fallen off in importance.

[xhenxhe]

Wow, BYU vs. Utah didn't even make the list. I guess they need to raise their ticket prices for that game. It's always impossible to get tickets to.

[aparke10]

I actually agree with most of those. I dont really agree with where they are on the list. pretty interesting though.

[Lefty Noob]

So how would you guys rate them? You don't need to do top 25, but what would your top 5 or top 10 look like?

I think my top 10 would be:
1. Michigan Wolverines at Ohio State Buckeyes
2. Oklahoma vs. Texas (Red River Shootout)
3. Army vs. Navy
4. Auburn Tigers at Alabama Crimson Tide
5. Florida Gators vs. Georgia Bulldogs
6. Notre Dame Fighting Irish at USC Trojans
7. Florida State Seminoles at Miami Hurricanes
8. Stanford Cardinal at California Golden Bears
9. West Virginia Mountaineers at Pittsburgh Panthers
10a. Oregon Ducks at Oregon State Beavers
10b. Florida Gators at Tennessee Volunteers

[legend]

When I was a kid, it was Oklahoma-Nebraska.
Harvard-Yale obviously doesn't boil anyone's blood anymore, but at one time this game emant something to those outside the Ivy League.
I think you define a rivalry's importance nowadays on its ability to get the losing coach fired!

[AZAggie]

1. Ohio State v Michigan
2. Texas A&M v Texas
3. Florida State v Miami
4. Army v Navy
5. Texas v Oklahoma
6. Florida v Georgia
7. Auburn v Alabama
8. Alabama v Tennessee
9. Notre Dame v USC
10. Florida v Florida State

[ThePundit]

In the 70's, wasn't USC and UCLA a really big rivalry?