Game-time AP archive
2021 Ranked Matchups
Every completed game where both teams were ranked No. 1–25 in the applicable AP snapshot before the result.
52
Ranked games
16
Both Top 10
0
Overtime
13.4
Avg. margin
Matchup tier
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Highest-ranked matchup: No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 1 Alabama.
52 All Top 25 matchups
Week 1 · Sep 4, 2021 · Campus site
No. 19 Penn State 16 at No. 12 Wisconsin 10
6-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 2 · Sep 11, 2021 · Campus site
No. 12 Oregon 35 at No. 3 Ohio State 28
7-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 2 · Sep 11, 2021 · Campus site
No. 10 Iowa 27 at No. 9 Iowa State 17
10-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2021 Iowa State vs. Iowa (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 3 · Sep 18, 2021 · Campus site
No. 1 Alabama 31 at No. 11 Florida 29
2-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 3 · Sep 18, 2021 · Campus site
No. 22 Auburn 20 at No. 10 Penn State 28
8-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 3 · Sep 18, 2021 · Campus site
No. 19 Arizona State 17 at No. 23 BYU 27
10-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 4 · Sep 25, 2021 · Neutral site
No. 12 Notre Dame 41 at No. 18 Wisconsin 13
28-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 4 · Sep 25, 2021 · Neutral site
No. 7 Texas A&M 10 at No. 16 Arkansas 20
10-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 5 · Oct 2, 2021 · Campus site
No. 8 Arkansas 0 at No. 2 Georgia 37
37-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2021 Georgia vs. Arkansas (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 5 · Oct 2, 2021 · Campus site
No. 7 Cincinnati 24 at No. 9 Notre Dame 13
11-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Highlight · 2021 Notre Dame vs. Cincinnati (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 5 · Oct 2, 2021 · Campus site
No. 12 Ole Miss 21 at No. 1 Alabama 42
21-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 5 · Oct 2, 2021 · Campus site
No. 21 Baylor 14 at No. 19 Oklahoma State 24
10-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 6 · Oct 9, 2021 · Campus site
No. 13 Arkansas 51 at No. 17 Ole Miss 52
1-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Highlight · 2021 Ole Miss vs. Arkansas (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 6 · Oct 9, 2021 · Neutral site
No. 6 Oklahoma 55 at No. 21 Texas 48
7-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Highlight · 2021 Texas vs. Oklahoma (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 6 · Oct 9, 2021 · Campus site
No. 2 Georgia 34 at No. 18 Auburn 10
24-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 6 · Oct 9, 2021 · Campus site
No. 4 Penn State 20 at No. 3 Iowa 23
3-point margin · Top-five matchup
Game details →Highlight · 2021 Iowa vs. Penn State (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 7 · Oct 16, 2021 · Campus site
No. 12 Oklahoma State 32 at No. 25 Texas 24
8-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 7 · Oct 16, 2021 · Campus site
No. 11 Kentucky 13 at No. 1 Georgia 30
17-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 9 · Oct 30, 2021 · Campus site
No. 6 Michigan 33 at No. 8 Michigan State 37
4-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Highlight · 2021 Michigan State vs. Michigan (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 9 · Oct 30, 2021 · Campus site
No. 10 Ole Miss 20 at No. 18 Auburn 31
11-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 9 · Oct 30, 2021 · Campus site
No. 20 Penn State 24 at No. 5 Ohio State 33
9-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 10 · Nov 6, 2021 · Campus site
No. 12 Auburn 3 at No. 13 Texas A&M 20
17-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 11 · Nov 13, 2021 · Campus site
No. 9 Michigan 21 at No. 23 Penn State 17
4-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 11 · Nov 13, 2021 · Campus site
No. 4 Oklahoma 14 at No. 18 Baylor 27
13-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Highlight · 2021 Baylor vs. Oklahoma (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 11 · Nov 13, 2021 · Campus site
No. 11 Texas A&M 19 at No. 12 Ole Miss 29
10-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 11 · Nov 13, 2021 · Campus site
No. 21 NC State 42 at No. 13 Wake Forest 45
3-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 12 · Nov 20, 2021 · Campus site
No. 7 Michigan State 7 at No. 5 Ohio State 56
49-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2021 Ohio State vs. Michigan State (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 12 · Nov 20, 2021 · Campus site
No. 21 Arkansas 35 at No. 2 Alabama 42
7-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 12 · Nov 20, 2021 · Campus site
No. 4 Oregon 7 at No. 24 Utah 38
31-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 13 · Nov 27, 2021 · Campus site
No. 2 Ohio State 27 at No. 6 Michigan 42
15-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Highlight · 2021 Michigan vs. Ohio State (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 13 · Nov 27, 2021 · Campus site
No. 10 Oklahoma 33 at No. 7 Oklahoma State 37
4-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Highlight · 2021 Oklahoma State vs. Oklahoma (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 14 · Dec 3, 2021 · Neutral site
No. 10 Oregon 10 at No. 14 Utah 38
28-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2021 Utah vs. Oregon (Pac-12 Football Championship Game Full Game)
Week 14 · Dec 4, 2021 · Neutral site
No. 9 Baylor 21 at No. 5 Oklahoma State 16
5-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Highlight · 2021 Oklahoma State vs. Baylor (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 14 · Dec 4, 2021 · Neutral site
No. 1 Georgia 24 at No. 4 Alabama 41
17-point margin · Top-five matchup
Game details →Week 14 · Dec 4, 2021 · Campus site
No. 16 Houston 20 at No. 3 Cincinnati 35
15-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2021 Cincinnati vs. Houston (American Football Championship Full Game)
Week 14 · Dec 4, 2021 · Neutral site
No. 17 Pittsburgh 45 at No. 18 Wake Forest 21
24-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2021 Wake Forest vs. Pittsburgh (ACC Championship Game Full Game)
Week 14 · Dec 4, 2021 · Neutral site
No. 2 Michigan 42 at No. 15 Iowa 3
39-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2021 Iowa vs. Michigan (Big Ten Championship Game Full Game)
Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl · Dec 21, 2021 · Neutral site
No. 24 UTSA 24 at No. 19 San Diego State 38
14-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl · Dec 28, 2021 · Neutral site
No. 21 Houston 17 at No. 16 Auburn 13
4-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Cheez-It Bowl · Dec 29, 2021 · Neutral site
No. 19 Clemson 20 at No. 22 Iowa State 13
7-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Valero Alamo Bowl · Dec 29, 2021 · Neutral site
No. 15 Oregon 32 at No. 14 Oklahoma 47
15-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl · Dec 30, 2021 · Neutral site
No. 13 Pittsburgh 21 at No. 11 Michigan State 31
10-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2021 Michigan State vs. Pittsburgh (Peach Bowl Full Game)
SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl · Dec 30, 2021 · Neutral site
No. 18 Wisconsin 20 at No. 18 Arizona State 13
7-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →CFP Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic · Dec 31, 2021 · Neutral site
No. 4 Cincinnati 6 at No. 1 Alabama 27
21-point margin · Top-five matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2021 Alabama vs. Cincinnati (CFP Semifinal Full Game)
CFP Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl · Dec 31, 2021 · Neutral site
No. 3 Georgia 34 at No. 2 Michigan 11
23-point margin · Top-five matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2021 Michigan vs. Georgia (CFP Semifinal Full Game)
Outback Bowl · Jan 1, 2022 · Neutral site
No. 23 Penn State 10 at No. 22 Arkansas 24
14-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Vrbo Citrus Bowl · Jan 1, 2022 · Neutral site
No. 17 Iowa 17 at No. 25 Kentucky 20
3-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Highlight · 2021 Kentucky vs. Iowa (Bowl Full Game)
PlayStation Fiesta Bowl · Jan 1, 2022 · Neutral site
No. 9 Oklahoma State 37 at No. 5 Notre Dame 35
2-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Highlight · 2021 Notre Dame vs. Oklahoma State (Bowl Full Game)
Rose Bowl Game Pres. by Capital One Venture X · Jan 1, 2022 · Neutral site
No. 10 Utah 45 at No. 7 Ohio State 48
3-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Highlight · 2021 Ohio State vs. Utah (Bowl Full Game)
Allstate Sugar Bowl · Jan 1, 2022 · Neutral site
No. 6 Baylor 21 at No. 8 Ole Miss 7
14-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2021 Ole Miss vs. Baylor (Sugar Bowl Full Game)
TaxAct Texas Bowl · Jan 4, 2022 · Neutral site
No. 16 LSU 20 at No. 25 Kansas State 42
22-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →CFP National Championship pres. by AT&T · Jan 10, 2022 · Neutral site
No. 3 Georgia 33 at No. 1 Alabama 18
15-point margin · Top-five matchup
Game details →Highlight · 2021 Alabama vs. Georgia (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.