Rivalry leaderboard
South Carolina-Tennessee Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 59/100
- Overtime
- 3
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 42
- Series record
- South Carolina 11-29-2 Tennessee
- Tracked years
- 1903-2023
- Trophy
- No named trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
21 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 2001Week 10
South Carolina at Tennessee
South Carolina 10, Tennessee 17
Winner: Tennessee
No. 12 South Carolina vs. No. 9 Tennessee · 7-point margin
Ranking 31/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
59
Game score
- 2003Week 61OT
South Carolina at Tennessee
South Carolina 20, Tennessee 23
Winner: Tennessee
Unranked South Carolina vs. No. 8 Tennessee · 3-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 9/15
59
Game score
- 1970Week 11
Tennessee at South Carolina
Tennessee 20, South Carolina 18
Winner: Tennessee
No. 8 Tennessee vs. Unranked South Carolina · 2-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
51
Game score
- 1992Week 10
Tennessee at South Carolina
Tennessee 23, South Carolina 24
Winner: South Carolina
No. 16 Tennessee vs. Unranked South Carolina · 1-point margin
Ranking 10/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
44
Game score
- 1969Week 9
South Carolina at Tennessee
South Carolina 14, Tennessee 29
Winner: Tennessee
Unranked South Carolina vs. No. 3 Tennessee · 15-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 20/35 · Overtime 0/15
43
Game score
- 2000Week 10
Tennessee at South Carolina
Tennessee 17, South Carolina 14
Winner: Tennessee
Unranked Tennessee vs. No. 17 South Carolina · 3-point margin
Ranking 9/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
41
Game score
- 1942Week 3
South Carolina at Tennessee
South Carolina 0, Tennessee 0
Result: Tie
Unranked South Carolina vs. No. 20 Tennessee · 0-point margin
Ranking 6/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
41
Game score
- 1996Week 11
Tennessee at South Carolina
Tennessee 31, South Carolina 14
Winner: Tennessee
No. 6 Tennessee vs. Unranked South Carolina · 17-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 18/35 · Overtime 0/15
38
Game score
- 1997Week 11
South Carolina at Tennessee
South Carolina 7, Tennessee 22
Winner: Tennessee
Unranked South Carolina vs. No. 8 Tennessee · 15-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 20/35 · Overtime 0/15
38
Game score
- 2004Week 10
Tennessee at South Carolina
Tennessee 43, South Carolina 29
Winner: Tennessee
No. 11 Tennessee vs. Unranked South Carolina · 14-point margin
Ranking 15/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1919Week 8
South Carolina at Tennessee
South Carolina 6, Tennessee 6
Result: Tie
Unranked South Carolina vs. Unranked Tennessee · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1999Week 10
South Carolina at Tennessee
South Carolina 7, Tennessee 30
Winner: Tennessee
Unranked South Carolina vs. No. 4 Tennessee · 23-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 12/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.