MSU-Michigan rivalry ranked among best in all of college football

The annual battle for the Paul Bunyan Trophy has been ranked among best rivalries in all of college football

Before kickoff, college football rivalries bring families, friends and colleagues closer together. The outcome instantly divides those same people.

But which ones rise above the rest in the nation? pic.twitter.com/Y76gDXpzrm

— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) July 7, 2025

Everyone has their opinions on the top rivalries in college football so where would you rank the battle for the Paul Bunyan Trophy? Well, one news service considered it one of the best in all of the sport.

The Athletic has released its top 25 rivalries in college football, with the annual battle between Michigan and Michigan State cracking the list. At the top of the rankings were some of the obvious choices of Michigan-Ohio State, Alabama-Auburn, Oklahoma-Texas and Army-Navy, and a little bit further down the list was Michigan-Michigan State at No. 16 in the rankings.

Michigan-Michigan State came in one spot behind the recently renewed rivalry of Texas-Texas A&M and one spot ahead of Auburn-Georgia. It was also two spots ahead of Michigan-Notre Dame and ranked as the No. 5 inter-Big Ten rivalry.

Check out the complete rankings in the social media post below:

In my opinion (which is of course a little bias), I’d consider Michigan-Michigan State to be higher on this list. It certainly has more hate and passion to it then USC-UCLA and Nebraska-Oklahoma — which doesn’t even get played very often anymore. But still, this does pay solid respect to the annual game that carries a ton of magnitude in the state of Michigan and hopefully on the national level again soon enough.

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Publish date : 2025-07-08 00:10:00

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