Game-time AP archive
2015 Ranked Matchups
Every completed game where both teams were ranked No. 1–25 in the applicable AP snapshot before the result.
64
Ranked games
14
Both Top 10
3
Overtime
15.4
Avg. margin
Matchup tier
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Highest-ranked matchup: No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 1 Clemson.
64 All Top 25 matchups
Week 2 · Sep 12, 2015 · Campus site · 2 OT
No. 19 Oklahoma 31 at No. 23 Tennessee 24
7-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 2 · Sep 12, 2015 · Campus site
No. 7 Oregon 28 at No. 5 Michigan State 31
3-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2015 Michigan State vs. Oregon (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 2 · Sep 12, 2015 · Campus site
No. 14 LSU 21 at No. 25 Mississippi State 19
2-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 3 · Sep 19, 2015 · Campus site
No. 18 Auburn 21 at No. 13 LSU 45
24-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 3 · Sep 19, 2015 · Campus site
No. 14 Georgia Tech 22 at No. 8 Notre Dame 30
8-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 3 · Sep 19, 2015 · Campus site
No. 15 Ole Miss 43 at No. 2 Alabama 37
6-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 3 · Sep 19, 2015 · Campus site
No. 19 BYU 23 at No. 10 UCLA 24
1-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 4 · Sep 26, 2015 · Campus site
No. 9 UCLA 56 at No. 16 Arizona 30
26-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 4 · Sep 26, 2015 · Campus site
No. 18 Utah 62 at No. 13 Oregon 20
42-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 5 · Oct 3, 2015 · Campus site
No. 23 West Virginia 24 at No. 15 Oklahoma 44
20-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 5 · Oct 3, 2015 · Campus site
No. 13 Alabama 38 at No. 8 Georgia 10
28-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 5 · Oct 3, 2015 · Campus site
No. 3 Ole Miss 10 at No. 25 Florida 38
28-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 5 · Oct 3, 2015 · Campus site
No. 21 Mississippi State 17 at No. 14 Texas A&M 30
13-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 5 · Oct 3, 2015 · Campus site
No. 6 Notre Dame 22 at No. 12 Clemson 24
2-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 6 · Oct 10, 2015 · Campus site
No. 13 Northwestern 0 at No. 18 Michigan 38
38-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 6 · Oct 10, 2015 · Campus site
No. 23 California 24 at No. 5 Utah 30
6-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 7 · Oct 15, 2015 · Campus site
No. 18 UCLA 35 at No. 15 Stanford 56
21-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 7 · Oct 17, 2015 · Campus site
No. 17 Iowa 40 at No. 20 Northwestern 10
30-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 7 · Oct 17, 2015 · Campus site
No. 10 Alabama 41 at No. 9 Texas A&M 23
18-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2015 Texas A&M vs. Alabama (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 7 · Oct 17, 2015 · Campus site
No. 7 Michigan State 27 at No. 12 Michigan 23
4-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 7 · Oct 17, 2015 · Campus site
No. 8 Florida 28 at No. 6 LSU 35
7-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2015 LSU vs. Florida (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 8 · Oct 24, 2015 · Campus site
No. 15 Texas A&M 3 at No. 24 Ole Miss 23
20-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 9 · Oct 31, 2015 · Campus site
No. 9 Notre Dame 24 at No. 21 Temple 20
4-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 10 · Nov 7, 2015 · Campus site
No. 17 Florida State 13 at No. 3 Clemson 23
10-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 10 · Nov 7, 2015 · Campus site
No. 5 TCU 29 at No. 12 Oklahoma State 49
20-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 10 · Nov 7, 2015 · Campus site
No. 4 LSU 16 at No. 7 Alabama 30
14-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2015 Alabama vs. LSU (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 11 · Nov 14, 2015 · Campus site
No. 3 Alabama 31 at No. 20 Mississippi State 6
25-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 11 · Nov 14, 2015 · Campus site
No. 25 Memphis 34 at No. 16 Houston 35
1-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 11 · Nov 14, 2015 · Campus site
No. 12 Oklahoma 44 at No. 4 Baylor 34
10-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 12 · Nov 21, 2015 · Campus site
No. 17 LSU 17 at No. 25 Ole Miss 38
21-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 12 · Nov 21, 2015 · Campus site
No. 22 USC 28 at No. 23 Oregon 48
20-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 12 · Nov 21, 2015 · Campus site
No. 9 Michigan State 17 at No. 2 Ohio State 14
3-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2015 Ohio State vs. Michigan State (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 12 · Nov 21, 2015 · Campus site
No. 20 Northwestern 13 at No. 21 Wisconsin 7
6-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 12 · Nov 21, 2015 · Campus site
No. 10 Baylor 45 at No. 4 Oklahoma State 35
10-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2015 Oklahoma State vs. Baylor (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 12 · Nov 21, 2015 · Campus site
No. 11 TCU 29 at No. 7 Oklahoma 30
1-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 13 · Nov 27, 2015 · Campus site
No. 16 Navy 31 at No. 21 Houston 52
21-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 13 · Nov 27, 2015 · Campus site · 2 OT
No. 7 Baylor 21 at No. 15 TCU 28
7-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 13 · Nov 28, 2015 · Campus site
No. 8 Ohio State 42 at No. 12 Michigan 13
29-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 13 · Nov 28, 2015 · Campus site
No. 19 Ole Miss 38 at No. 23 Mississippi State 27
11-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 13 · Nov 28, 2015 · Campus site
No. 14 Florida State 27 at No. 10 Florida 2
25-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 13 · Nov 28, 2015 · Campus site
No. 4 Notre Dame 36 at No. 13 Stanford 38
2-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2015 Stanford vs. Notre Dame (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 13 · Nov 28, 2015 · Campus site
No. 5 Oklahoma 58 at No. 9 Oklahoma State 23
35-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Week 14 · Dec 5, 2015 · Campus site
No. 20 Temple 13 at No. 17 Houston 24
11-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 14 · Dec 5, 2015 · Neutral site
No. 18 Florida 15 at No. 2 Alabama 29
14-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2015 Alabama vs. Florida (SEC Championship Game Full Game)
Week 14 · Dec 5, 2015 · Neutral site
No. 24 USC 22 at No. 7 Stanford 41
19-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 14 · Dec 5, 2015 · Neutral site
No. 8 North Carolina 37 at No. 1 Clemson 45
8-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2015 Clemson vs. North Carolina (ACC Championship Game Full Game)
Week 14 · Dec 5, 2015 · Neutral site
No. 5 Michigan State 16 at No. 4 Iowa 13
3-point margin · Top-five matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2015 Iowa vs. Michigan State (Big Ten Championship Game Full Game)
ROYAL PURPLE LAS VEGAS BOWL · Dec 19, 2015 · Neutral site
No. 22 BYU 28 at No. 20 Utah 35
7-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →MARMOT BOCA RATON BOWL · Dec 22, 2015 · Neutral site
No. 24 Temple 17 at No. 24 Toledo 32
15-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →MILITARY BOWL PRESENTED BY NORTHROP GRUMMAN · Dec 28, 2015 · Neutral site
No. 23 Pittsburgh 28 at No. 21 Navy 44
16-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →RUSSELL ATHLETIC BOWL · Dec 29, 2015 · Neutral site
No. 10 North Carolina 38 at No. 18 Baylor 49
11-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Postseason · Dec 30, 2015 · Neutral site
No. 18 Auburn 31 at No. 25 Memphis 10
21-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →NATIONAL FUNDING HOLIDAY BOWL · Dec 30, 2015 · Neutral site
No. 24 USC 21 at No. 23 Wisconsin 23
2-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Postseason · Dec 31, 2015 · Neutral site
No. 14 Houston 38 at No. 9 Florida State 24
14-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Postseason · Dec 31, 2015 · Neutral site
No. 4 Oklahoma 17 at No. 1 Clemson 37
20-point margin · Top-five matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2015 Clemson vs. Oklahoma (Bowl Full Game)
Postseason · Dec 31, 2015 · Neutral site
No. 3 Michigan State 0 at No. 2 Alabama 38
38-point margin · Top-five matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2015 Alabama vs. Michigan State (CFP Semifinal Full Game)
OUTBACK BOWL · Jan 1, 2016 · Neutral site
No. 12 Northwestern 6 at No. 23 Tennessee 45
39-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →BUFFALO WILD WINGS CITRUS BOWL · Jan 1, 2016 · Neutral site
No. 17 Michigan 41 at No. 19 Florida 7
34-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2015 Florida vs. Michigan (Citrus/Capital One Bowl Full Game)
BATTLEFROG FIESTA BOWL · Jan 1, 2016 · Neutral site
No. 8 Notre Dame 28 at No. 7 Ohio State 44
16-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2015 Ohio State vs. Notre Dame (Fiesta Bowl Full Game)
ROSE BOWL GAME PRES. BY NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL · Jan 1, 2016 · Neutral site
No. 5 Stanford 45 at No. 6 Iowa 16
29-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2015 Iowa vs. Stanford (Rose Bowl Full Game)
ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL · Jan 1, 2016 · Neutral site
No. 13 Oklahoma State 20 at No. 16 Ole Miss 48
28-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →VALERO ALAMO BOWL · Jan 2, 2016 · Neutral site · 3 OT
No. 15 Oregon 41 at No. 11 TCU 47
6-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →MOTEL 6 CACTUS BOWL · Jan 2, 2016 · Neutral site
No. 23 West Virginia 43 at No. 15 Arizona State 42
1-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME PRES. BY AT&T · Jan 11, 2016 · Neutral site
No. 2 Alabama 45 at No. 1 Clemson 40
5-point margin · Top-five matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2015 Clemson vs. Alabama (National Championship Full Game)
Ranking snapshot policy
Regular-season games use the AP poll for that game’s week. Postseason games use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Final season rankings are never substituted. Both teams must have valid ranks from 1 through 25.