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Iron Bowl wins coaches' poll for college football's fiercest rivalry

Alabama-Auburn was voted college football’s all-time fiercest rivalry in ESPN’s weekly coaches poll, #1QFor128.

The Iron Bowl received 26 percent of the vote in the poll, conducted by ESPN’s Brett McMurphy.

Following Alabama-Auburn was the Army-Navy game, with Michigan-Ohio State third. Oklahoma-Texas was voted fourth and Florida State-Miami fifth.

Of the 128 FBS coaches, 92 participated in this week’s poll.

The coaches from the Power 5 conferences (ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, SEC and Pac-12) who voted chose Alabama-Auburn first with 24 percent. Michigan-Ohio State was second with 10 percent, ahead of Army-Navy and Oklahoma-Texas (each with 7 percent). Six rivalries tied for fifth with 3 percent: Arizona-Arizona State, Cal-Stanford, Florida State-Miami, Mississippi State-Ole Miss, Texas-Texas A&M and UCLA-USC.

The coaches from the Group of 5 conferences (American, Conference USA, Mid-American, Mountain West, Sun Belt) also voted for Alabama-Auburn as college football’s fiercest rivalry with 28 percent. Army-Navy was second (21 percent), followed by Michigan-Ohio State (10 percent). There was a three-way tie for fourth with Florida-Georgia, Florida State-Miami and Oklahoma-Texas (each with 8 percent).

Four rivalries that are currently discontinued also received votes: Kansas-Missouri, Nebraska-Oklahoma, Texas-Texas A&M and Pittsburgh-West Virginia.