Following are the longest active continuously-played series in NCAA
college football. Many historic series were interrupted by World War I, the
1918 flu pandemic and World War II. More recently, other longstanding rivalries were terminated by the conference realignments of the
early 2010s and
early 2020s, or were interrupted by the
COVID-19 pandemic. :
Note: The NCAA also lists as "continuous" the following rivalries interrupted by gaps during war years: North Carolina–Virginia (1910–1916, 1919–current); Mississippi–Mississippi State (1915–1942, 1944–current); Auburn–Georgia (1919–1942, 1944–current); Tennessee–Kentucky (1919–1942, 1944–current). Other rivalries were also interrupted during war years, for example: Harvard–Yale (1897–1916, 1919–1943, 1945–present); Princeton–Yale (1876–1916, 1919–1943, 1945–present); Miami–Cincinnati (1909–1942, 1945–present); and Oregon-Oregon State (1912–1942, 1945–present). The NCAA does not explain how it selects only some interrupted rivalries to count as "continuous." Longest interrupted NCAA college football rivalries Following are the NCAA Division I and II series that continued for the most consecutive seasons before being interrupted. Eight of the eighteen series on this list are defunct rivalries from the old
Big Eight Conference. Six are rivalries interrupted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ==See also==