No. 1 vs. No. 2

The No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the Associated Press college football poll (started in 1936) have played each other 30 times--12 in bowl games. The No. 1 team has won 18 times, with two games ending in ties.

Date: Oct. 9, 1943

Result: No. 1 Notre Dame 35, No. 2 Michigan 12

Site or Bowl: Ann Arbor, Mich.

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Date: Nov. 20, 1943

Result: No. 1 Notre Dame 14, No. 2 Iowa Pre-Flight 13

Site or Bowl: South Bend, Ind.

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Date: Dec. 2, 1944

Result: No. 1 Army 23, No. 2 Navy 7

Site or Bowl: Baltimore

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Date: Nov. 10, 1945

Result: No. 1 Army 48, No. 2 Notre Dame 0

Site or Bowl: New York

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Date: Dec. 1, 1945

Result: No. 1 Army 32, No. 2 Navy 13

Site or Bowl: Philadelphia

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Date: Nov. 9, 1946

Result: No. 1 Army 0, No. 2 Notre Dame 0

Site or Bowl: New York

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Date: Jan. 1, 1963

Result: No. 1 USC 42, No. 2 Wisconsin 37

Site or Bowl: Rose Bowl

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Date: Oct. 12, 1963

Result: No. 2 Texas 28, No. 1 Oklahoma 7

Site or Bowl: Dallas

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Date: Jan. 1, 1964

Result: No. 1 Texas 28, No. 2 Navy 6

Site or Bowl: Cotton Bowl

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Date: Nov. 19, 1966

Result: No. 1 Notre Dame 10, No. 2 Michigan State 10

Site or Bowl: East Lansing, Mich.

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Date: Sept. 28, 1968

Result: No. 1 Purdue 37, No. 2 Notre Dame 22

Site or Bowl: South Bend, Ind.

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Date: Jan. 1, 1969

Result: No. 1 Ohio State 27, USC 16

Site or Bowl: Rose Bowl

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Date: Dec. 6, 1969

Result: No. 1 Texas 15, No. 2 Arkansas 14

Site or Bowl: Fayetteville, Ark.

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Date: Nov. 25, 1971

Result: No. 1 Nebraska 35, No. 2 Oklahoma 31

Site or Bowl: Norman, Okla.

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Date: Jan. 1, 1972

Result: No. 1 Nebraska 38, No. 2 Alabama 6

Site or Bowl: Orange Bowl

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Date: Jan. 1, 1979

Result: No. 2 Alabama 14, No. 1 Penn State 7

Site or Bowl: Sugar Bowl

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Date: Sept. 26, 1981

Result: No. 1 USC 28, No. 2 Oklahoma 24

Site or Bowl: Coliseum

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Date: Jan. 1, 1983

Result: No. 2 Penn State 27, No. 1 Georgia 23

Site or Bowl: Sugar Bowl

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Date: Oct. 19, 1985

Result: No. 1 Iowa 12, No. 2 Michigan 10

Site or Bowl: Iowa City

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Date: Sept. 27, 1986

Result: No. 2 Miami (Fla.) 28, No. 1 Oklahoma 16

Site or Bowl: Orange Bowl

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Date: Jan. 2, 1987

Result: No. 2 Penn State 14, No. 1 Miami (Fla.) 10

Site or Bowl: Fiesta Bowl

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Date: Nov. 21, 1987

Result: No. 2 Oklahoma 17, No. 1 Nebraska 7

Site or Bowl: Lincoln, Neb.

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Date: Jan. 1, 1988

Result: No. 2 Miami (Fla.) 20, No. 1 Oklahoma 14

Site or Bowl: Orange Bowl

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Date: Nov. 26, 1988

Result: No. 1 Notre Dame 27, No. 2 USC 10

Site or Bowl: Coliseum

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Date: Sept. 16, 1989

Result: No. 1 Notre Dame 24, No. 2 Michigan 19

Site or Bowl: Ann Arbor, Mich.

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Date: Nov. 16, 1991

Result: No. 2 Miami (Fla.) 17, No. 1 Florida State 16

Site or Bowl: Tallahassee, Fla.

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Date: Jan. 1, 1993

Result: No. 2 Alabama 34, No. 1 Miami (Fla.) 13

Site or Bowl: Sugar Bowl

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Date: Nov. 13, 1993

Result: No. 2 Notre Dame 31, No. 1 Florida State 24

Site or Bowl: South Bend, Ind.

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Date: Jan. 1, 1994

Result: No. 1 Florida State 18, No. 2 Nebraska 16

Site or Bowl: Orange Bowl

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Date: Jan. 2, 1996

Result: No. 1 Nebraska 62, No. 2 Florida 24

Site or Bowl: Fiesta Bowl