The final week of college football's regular season is always important because of championship implications, but a slate filled with rivalry games only adds to the intensity.
And, if we're lucky, several of the matchups mean a whole lot.
While some rivalries are played earlier in the season—or later, in the case of the Army-Navy Game—the results can define whether a program had a successful year. Throughout the sport's history, several rivalries have emerged as the most consequential.
Two important notes: The rivalry must remain an annual game. Discontinued series—such as Texas-Texas A&M, West Virginia-Pitt or Missouri-Kansas, for example—were not considered.