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The Big Game • Cal vs. Stanford

The 10th-most played rivalry in major college football, it began in 1892 and has a reputation for close games, with 50 of them having been decided by a touchdown or less. The teams play for the "Stanford Axe," which became the official trophy in 1933 after being stolen by students from each side in 1899 and 1930. Stanford leads 56-46-11.

Territorial Cup • Arizona vs. Arizona State

First played in 1899, the rivalry — also known as the "Duel in the Desert" — began before Arizona was even admitted as a state, and was still a territory. The original trophy was a silver cup that cost $20 in the 1910 catalog of the Reed & Barton silver company. Arizona leads 46-37-1.

Civil War • Oregon vs. Oregon State

The rivalry began in 1894, and ranks as the eighth-most played in major college football. The teams once played for a trophy of a platypus, before it was lost for years and rediscovered to only tepid interest. The name "Civil War" first replaced "Oregon Classic" in 1929. Oregon leads 58-46-10.

Apple Cup • Washington vs. Washington State

One of the more lopsided rivalries, it began in 1900 and never has seen Washington State win more than two in a row. The Huskies, meanwhile, twice won eight straight. Only in 1962 did the name "Apple Cup" replace "Governor's Cup," to commemorate the state's famous apple crop. Washington leads 66-31-6.

USC vs. UCLA

Attempted nicknames have never stuck to the rivalry that was first played in 1929, when UCLA first joined more powerful USC in the Pacific Coast Conference. The teams play for the "Victory Bell" — taken from an old locomotive — whose metal mounting is painted in the colors of whichever school wins the right to keep it. USC leads 42-28-7.

The New / Old One • Utah vs. Colorado

The teams hope to revive an end-of-the season rivalry, now that they're travel partners in the expanded Pac-12. They played almost every year from 1903 to 1962, but never since, having played in different leagues and established different rivals — BYU for Utah and Colorado State for Colorado — since then. Colorado leads 30-24-3.