Top 3 oldest rivalries(not including military academies):Michigan v Ohio St, Oklahoma v Texas, and Alabama v Auburn.
I don't have a definitive answer to this one, but the above Answer is wrong. Harvard and Yale have been playing football against each other since 1875. Many other long standing rivalries come up when you simply search for them on the internet. Lehigh vs Lafayette (since 1884), South Dakota School of Mines and Technology vs Black Hills State University (said by Wikipedia to be the second most played after Harvard-Yale), Wisconsin vs Minnesota (since 1890) and many others. The Wikipedia entries say the first Michigan - Ohio State game was in 1897, Auburn-Alabama in 1893 and Oklahoma - Texas in 1900.
The original Question is too vague. Why are service academies excepted? Did they mean ONLY current FBS football schools? The Answer above sounds like a 9-tear old's vision of "oldest college football rivalries": that is, only the currently popular football team rivalries that the nine year old has heard of.
Does the question mean the oldest first game between two rivals? The rivalry with the longest consecutive years played to date? Many rivalries are initially old but some years the game is not played. The rivalry with the highest number of games played? Are all football divisions included, or just the current major college programs?
Harvard - Yale is VERY likely the number ONE answer to this question. After that, you must specify what the question really means to get a definitive answer.
Ohio State and Michigan University
Correction, Ohio State and the University ofMichigan. In which, Michigan leads the series 57-42
Alabama
According to the NCAA records book, this is the fourth-longest rivalry in Division I-AA football, and according to I-AA.org, it's the eighth-longest all-time in all divisions. The teams first met in 1898, and have played 114 games through 2004 (so this year's should be 115) ... The Tribe leads the Spiders in the series 59-50-5. -- Keith, of D3football.com
Duke blue devils
Auburn 18
VANDY
auburn and Alabama
University of Oklahoma has the longest win streak in NCAA with 47 wins in a row in the 1950s (this includes home and away games).
Oklahoma won the most games in NCAA football history. They had th longest win streak in 1934-1936 with 40 wins before losing in their conference to Texas.
The university has historic rivalries with Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Princeton University and Columbia University (formerly King's College) originating from the early days of college football. Rutgers has a men's basketball rivalry with Seton Hall University and has developed growing rivalries with the University of Connecticut and Syracuse University in all sports. The university's longest active football rivalry is with Navy (dating back to 1891). This rivalry stems from Navy and Rutgers being two of the only three programs (the third is Army) to come out of the original, informal "Ivy League" that are still members of the top tier of NCAA college football (currently Division I-FBS).
In NCAA D3 football there is a total of 239 teams. Hope its what your after!
Heisman winner Terry Baker of Oregon State's 99 yard TD run in the Liberty Bowl in 1963
Oregon State quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Terry Baker has the longest TD, 99 yards in the 1963 Liberty Bowl against Villanova.