One of the many side effects of conference realignment and the advent of the College Football Playoff has been the decline of importance placed on traditional rivalries.An obvious example of this is the pause currently underway of the "Greatest Intersectional Rivalry" in college sports, the long-standing game between the USC Trojans and Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Both schools had some clear reasons for declining to schedule each other in 2027, with SC now in the Big Ten Conference, and sure enough, the rivalry won't be played until 2030 at the earliest.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports
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