This is a list of NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football post-season games that were rematches of regular-season games.
Background At the highest level of college football, post-season rematches between teams that met during the regular season have been uncommon occurrences. For many decades, there were few opportunities for teams to meet both in a regular-season game and later in a post-season contest, given the lack of any playoff and the limited number of bowl games. The earliest known occurrence was during the 1943 college football season, when Texas A&M and LSU played once during the regular season and again in the 1944 Orange Bowl. With an increasing number of bowl games since the 1990s and the establishment of the College Football Playoff (CFP) in 2014, the number of postseason contests has grown substantially. With the expansion of the CFP from four to 12 teams in 2024, additional opportunities for rematches have been created.
Note that this list considers conference championship games to be regular-season contests, not post-season contests. There have been various instances of teams playing during the regular season and again in a conference championship game; examples include the 1999 SEC Championship Game between Alabama and Florida, and the 2025 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game between Boise State and UNLV. Such rematches are not included in the below list. Also not included are instances when teams played each other more than once during the regular season, typically something that only happened in the late 19th century or early 20th century.
The most recently played post-season game that was a rematch of a regular-season contest was the 2026 Peach Bowl between Indiana and Oregon. It was the 31st such occurrence. In only 10 instances has the team that won the regular-season contest also won the post-season game. Nineteen times, the team that lost the regular-season contest won the rematch. Two rematches featured teams that tied during the regular season, played before the NCAA instituted overtime.
In contrast to the losing record that teams winning the regular-season contest have in post-season rematches, teams winning in the regular season have a winning record of 36–31 in conference championship game rematches.
Given that various teams have met during the regular season and again in their conference's championship game, along with the noted expansion of the CFP, in which teams from the same conference have met during the playoff (such as the 2025 Rose Bowl and 2026 Peach Bowl) two teams could potentially meet three times in one season: once in a regular-season contest, again in their conference's championship game, and yet again during the post-season playoff.
List + Key Game ended in a tie Same team won both games Conference championship game College Football Playoff contest (H) Home team (A) Away team (N) Neutral site game Most, but not all, post-season games are played at a neutral site. Some regular-season games are also played at a neutral site.