Notre Dame, USC on another top rivalry list
This list, unlike one from a few weeks ago, is only 10 deep, so there was only room for one Notre Dame rivalry. Sorry, Michigan.
The others on the list, which comes from Fox Sports, will not shock anyone. Number one is Michigan-Ohio State, number two is Alabama-Auburn and Oklahoma-Texas is number three. Army-Navy is fourth, with Notre Dame-USC rounding out the top five. The rest of the top 10: Florida State-Miami (FL), Florida-Georgia, BYU-Utah, Texas-Texas A&M and Mississippi State-Ole Miss.
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