Major Rivalries

Rivalries have happened since sports began. from the instant teams had meet they would began hating them.here is a list of the major NCAA rivalries that have been going on for years:

Colorado-Colorado State             

Alabama-LSU    

North Texas-SMU           

Notre Dame-Purdue     

North Carolina-Virginia                 

Arkansas-Texas A&M                    

Kansas -Kansas State     

Florida-Florida State      

Illinois-Northwestern

Iowa State-Missouri      

Texas – Texas Tech rivalry           

Clemson-North Carolina State   

Michigan-Ohio State      

UCF -USF            

Alabama-Tennessee                     

Florida-Tennessee         

Auburn-LSU      

Oklahoma -Missouri

UCLA-USC

Duke-North Carolina

Akron-Kent State            

Florida-Miami (FL)

Other sports also face many rivalries. In the MLB a major one is the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. These two teams have hated each other since Babe Ruth left the Red Sox to play with the Yankees.

The Braves–Mets rivalry is a rivalry between two teams, the Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets.
Although the two teams first encounter came when the Mets swept the Braves in the 1969 National League Championship Series, which led them to their first World Series championship, the first playoff series won by an expansion team , the rivalry became heated in1990s, when division realignment put the Mets and the Braves in the same division, and the Braves became one of the most dominant baseball teams in professional baseball.