Rivalry leaderboard
Syracuse-West Virginia 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
- 56/100
- Overtime
- 0
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 61
- Series record
- Syracuse 34-27 West Virginia
- Tracked years
- 1945-2018
- Trophy
- Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
16 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1987Week 13
West Virginia at Syracuse
West Virginia 31, Syracuse 32
Winner: Syracuse
Unranked West Virginia vs. No. 4 Syracuse · 1-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
56
Game score
- 1958Week 11
Syracuse at West Virginia
Syracuse 15, West Virginia 12
Winner: Syracuse
No. 10 Syracuse vs. Unranked West Virginia · 3-point margin
Ranking 16/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
48
Game score
- 1988Week 13
Syracuse at West Virginia
Syracuse 9, West Virginia 31
Winner: West Virginia
No. 14 Syracuse vs. No. 4 West Virginia · 22-point margin
Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 13/35 · Overtime 0/15
47
Game score
- 1992Week 8
Syracuse at West Virginia
Syracuse 20, West Virginia 17
Winner: Syracuse
No. 14 Syracuse vs. No. 24 West Virginia · 3-point margin
Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
46
Game score
- 1956Week 5
West Virginia at Syracuse
West Virginia 20, Syracuse 27
Winner: Syracuse
Unranked West Virginia vs. No. 13 Syracuse · 7-point margin
Ranking 13/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
41
Game score
- 1955Week 10
Syracuse at West Virginia
Syracuse 20, West Virginia 13
Winner: Syracuse
Unranked Syracuse vs. No. 13 West Virginia · 7-point margin
Ranking 13/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
41
Game score
- 1961Week 3
West Virginia at Syracuse
West Virginia 14, Syracuse 29
Winner: Syracuse
Unranked West Virginia vs. No. 7 Syracuse · 15-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 20/35 · Overtime 0/15
39
Game score
- 1991Week 13
West Virginia at Syracuse
West Virginia 10, Syracuse 16
Winner: Syracuse
Unranked West Virginia vs. No. 16 Syracuse · 6-point margin
Ranking 10/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
39
Game score
- 1969Week 11
West Virginia at Syracuse
West Virginia 13, Syracuse 10
Winner: West Virginia
No. 19 West Virginia vs. Unranked Syracuse · 3-point margin
Ranking 7/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
39
Game score
- 1989Week 13
West Virginia at Syracuse
West Virginia 24, Syracuse 17
Winner: West Virginia
No. 17 West Virginia vs. Unranked Syracuse · 7-point margin
Ranking 9/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
37
Game score
- 1975Week 12
West Virginia at Syracuse
West Virginia 19, Syracuse 20
Winner: Syracuse
Unranked West Virginia vs. Unranked Syracuse · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1964Week 11
Syracuse at West Virginia
Syracuse 27, West Virginia 28
Winner: West Virginia
Unranked Syracuse vs. Unranked West Virginia · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1963Week 9
West Virginia at Syracuse
West Virginia 13, Syracuse 15
Winner: Syracuse
Unranked West Virginia vs. Unranked Syracuse · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 2001Week 12
West Virginia at Syracuse
West Virginia 13, Syracuse 24
Winner: Syracuse
Unranked West Virginia vs. No. 18 Syracuse · 11-point margin
Ranking 8/50 · Closeness 24/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1985Week 14
West Virginia at Syracuse
West Virginia 13, Syracuse 10
Winner: West Virginia
Unranked West Virginia vs. Unranked Syracuse · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1981Week 12
West Virginia at Syracuse
West Virginia 24, Syracuse 27
Winner: Syracuse
Unranked West Virginia vs. Unranked Syracuse · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1983Week 13
West Virginia at Syracuse
West Virginia 16, Syracuse 27
Winner: Syracuse
No. 19 West Virginia vs. Unranked Syracuse · 11-point margin
Ranking 7/50 · Closeness 24/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1984Week 8
Syracuse at West Virginia
Syracuse 10, West Virginia 20
Winner: West Virginia
Unranked Syracuse vs. No. 20 West Virginia · 10-point margin
Ranking 6/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 2000Week 11
Syracuse at West Virginia
Syracuse 31, West Virginia 27
Winner: Syracuse
Unranked Syracuse vs. Unranked West Virginia · 4-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1971Week 11
West Virginia at Syracuse
West Virginia 24, Syracuse 28
Winner: Syracuse
Unranked West Virginia vs. Unranked Syracuse · 4-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1976Week 12
Syracuse at West Virginia
Syracuse 28, West Virginia 34
Winner: West Virginia
Unranked Syracuse vs. Unranked West Virginia · 6-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
29
Game score
- 1998Week 11
Syracuse at West Virginia
Syracuse 28, West Virginia 35
Winner: West Virginia
Unranked Syracuse vs. Unranked West Virginia · 7-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
28
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.