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Pairs of schools, colleges and universities, especially when they are close to each other either geographically or in their areas of specialization, often establish a college rivalry with each other over the years. This rivalry can extend to both academics and athletics, the latter being typically more well-known to the general public. These schools place an added emphasis on emerging victorious in any event that includes their rival. This may include the creation of a special trophy or other commemoration of the event. While many of these rivalries have arisen spontaneously, some have been created by college officials in efforts to sell more tickets and support their programs.

Australia

Canada

China

Wah Yan College, Kowloon and La Salle College - Battle of Hong Kong

France

Lycée Louis-le-Grand and Lycée Henri IV in Paris

The "Critérium" of the Institut d'études politiques (IEP) is an annual multi-sport competition between the 9 IEPs. It is traditionally held on the last weekend of March with the host city changing every year. It is the occasion for the IEPs located in French regions to challenge the more prestigious IEP Paris (known as "Sciences Po"). A final opposing Paris to, for example, Lyon would see students from all over France cheering for Lyon, especially with the anthem "Province unie, tous contre Paris !" ("Province united, all against Paris !", the "province" being a somewhat pejorative term used to designate any place in France outside of Paris). The Paris students would respond by boasting their status as a Grande école and élite institution.

Ireland

University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin

India

Italy

Japan

Tokyo Rivalries

Kansai Rivalries

Malaysia

Mexico

Netherlands

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

Philippines

Other leagues

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States

School rivalries are important in the United States, especially in intercollegiate sports. See Also List of trophies awarded in U.S. college football.

Art School Rivalries

Basketball is typically the hot-button sport in the America East conference, though most rivalries bridge across all sports. The most notable rivalries include:

Universities in the Big Ten Conference in the Midwest have nearly as many rivalries as schools in the Southeast. In football, these rivalries are usually marked by traveling trophies, which are indicated in the list below:

Other Texas Rivalries

These rivalries involve Texas schools that are not members of the Big 12 Conference. In two of these rivalries, both sides involved were members of the old Southwest Conference, four of whose schools were founding members of the Big 12. Another rivalry involves an old SWC team against an Oklahoma rival. The last one listed is a football rivalry involving Texas and Louisiana schools in the second-tier Division I FCS.

Northeast/Ivy League and Service Academy Rivalries

Notre Dame Rivalries

The University of Notre Dame has numerous football rivals, the most notable of which include:

  • Boston College—A game between the only two Catholic colleges that have Division I-A football programs. They compete for the Ireland Trophy. The rivalry has also been dubbed "The Holy War"
  • Michigan State University—a series that includes one of several "Games of the Century", the 1966 matchup that ended in a 10-10 tie. The teams play for the Megaphone Trophy.
  • Northwestern University—a rivalry that had its heyday in the 1920s and 1930's and even featured a Shillelagh trophy much like the ones that go to the winner of the Notre Dame-USC and Notre Dame-Purdue games. This rivalry game has been played infrequently in recent years.
  • Purdue University—The Shillelagh Trophy
  • University of Miami—initially an easy win for the Irish, became a rivalry that was at its peak in the 80's and often held national title implications, until Notre Dame chose to end the series. See also: Catholics vs. Convicts.
  • University of Michigan—a game between the two winningest college football programs of all time. This rivalry started when Michigan came to South Bend en route to Chicago and showed Notre Dame students how to play football. Michigan won the impromptu contest 8-0. This incident is considered the first football game for Notre Dame.
  • United States Military Academy (Army)—a rivalry that used to be held almost every year in the 1940s and 1950's.
  • United States Naval Academy (Navy)—an annual event that almost always results in a Notre Dame win—Navy won this game in 2007 for the first time since 1963—but is one of the longer-running series in college football and is always hard-fought on both sides.
  • University of Pittsburgh—longtime rivals that share Big East conference affiliations (except in football). Many of Notre Dame's most famed talents such as Joe Montana, Lou Holtz and Johnny Lujack hail from Pittsburgh. The "public vs. private" aspect as well as always having opposing team members that have played with or against each other since grade school has given the contest a unique distinction of dividing neighborhoods or even families during a fall Saturday.
  • University of Southern California[1]—Playing for the Jeweled Shillelagh, it is a game between two of the three teams with the most Heisman Trophies.

Each of the schools in the Pac-10 conference shares an official rivalry with its in-state rival (in fact, one is an intracity rivalry, and a second is within the same metropolitan area). There are some additional unofficial or non-conference rivalries (the most famous of which is the USC-Notre Dame rivalry), which can be found in other sections of this article.

Southeastern Rivalries

Universities in the Southeastern U.S., including those in the Atlantic Coast Conference, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Southwestern Athletic Conference, Southeastern Conference, Southern Conference, and Sun Belt Conference, have perhaps the most complex jumble of rivalries, many associated with annual football games, and often with colorful nicknames:

Western Rivalries

Northeastern Rivalries

Midwest Rivalries

HBCU Rivalries

Religious Schools

Chess Rivalries

See also

References

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