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It's rivalry week in college football. Here's 8 imaginary matches pitting golfers against their college foes

Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk at the 2019 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk at the 2019 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

It's college football rivalry week, with a few games on Friday and a giant slate of matchups set for Saturday.

Many of these games will go a long way to decide who makes up the new 12-team playoff in college football.

All of them will give one school bragging rights for the next 365 days.

Let's take a look at some college rivalries through a golf lens, pitting would-be rivals against each other in some make-believe matches.

Arizona State at Arizona

Jim Furyk and Phil Mickelson at the xx 2010 Quail Hollow Championship at Quail Hollow Club. (Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
Jim Furyk and Phil Mickelson at the xx 2010 Quail Hollow Championship at Quail Hollow Club. (Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

The match that would involve the most combined wins comes from the desert, where ASU's Phil Mickelson, a 45-time PGA Tour winner including six majors, takes on Arizona's Jim Furyk, who won 17 times, including a major. Furyk also has a 59 and a 58 on his resume.

Notre Dame at USC

Billy Casper hit out of a trap during the Masters playoff at Augusta, Ga., in April, 16, 1970. Casper beat Gene Littler for the title and went over the million dollar mark in career earnings.
Billy Casper hit out of a trap during the Masters playoff at Augusta, Ga., in April, 16, 1970. Casper beat Gene Littler for the title and went over the million dollar mark in career earnings.

Notre Dame's Billy Casper has 51 PGA Tour wins, including three majors. He won at least one Tour event for an amazing 16 straight seasons. USC's Craig Stadler won 13 events, the most of any former Trojan. Both men, ironically enough, were born in San Diego.

Florida at Florida State

Doug Sanders in 1967. Photo by Bob Thomas/Getty Images
Doug Sanders in 1967. Photo by Bob Thomas/Getty Images

Going off the most PGA Tour wins, this would be Florida's Doug Sanders (20) taking on Florida State's Hubert Green (19), although Green does have two majors to Sanders' zero.

Mark Calcavecchia (13) vs. Paul Azinger (12) would be a solid B match.

These schools each have a lot of golf heritage so how about a C match of Andy Bean (11) vs. Brooks Koepka (9)?

Texas at Texas A&M

Ben Crenshaw gets help from Jose Maria Olazabal in putting on the green jacket after winning the 1995 Masters.
Ben Crenshaw gets help from Jose Maria Olazabal in putting on the green jacket after winning the 1995 Masters.

Scottie Scheffler seems like he's maybe the pick for Texas but don't forget former Longhorn Ben Crenshaw won 19 times with two majors. On A&M's side, it's gotta be Bobby Nichols, a 12-time winner who survived a nasty car crash in high school as well as a lightning strike in the 1975 Western Open. Who wants to bet against Nichols?

A strong secondary match could feature Tom Kite (19) from UT. Scheffler and Jordan Spieth each have 13 Tour wins so this rivalry match could go four deep. Ryan Palmer (4) has the second-most Aggie wins after Nichols.

Georgia Tech at Georgia

Bobby Jones at Muirfield in East Lothian. (Central Press/Getty Images)
Bobby Jones at Muirfield in East Lothian. (Central Press/Getty Images)

David Duval has the most wins of any Georgia Tech alumnus (13) but the pick here has gotta be Bobby Jones (nine wins, 7 of which were majors). Among the many Georgia Bulldogs to have professional success, you can't go wrong with 12-time PGA Tour winner and two-time Masters champ Bubba Watson.

This story has been updated to correct an error.

Washington at Oregon

Oregon golf signage adorns the wall at the new Peter and Jan Jacobsen Oregon Golf Teach Facility at Emerald Valley Golf Club in Creswell Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.
Oregon golf signage adorns the wall at the new Peter and Jan Jacobsen Oregon Golf Teach Facility at Emerald Valley Golf Club in Creswell Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.

Canadian Nick Taylor has the most Huskie wins on the PGA Tour with four vs. Peter Jacobsen, a seven-time winner who played for the Ducks.

Tennessee at Vanderbilt

Brandt Snedeker reacts following a birdie putt on the ninth hole during the first round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club on August 16, 2018 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Brandt Snedeker reacts following a birdie putt on the ninth hole during the first round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club on August 16, 2018 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Jim Gallagher Jr. won five times on the PGA Tour including the 1993 Tour Championship. Brandt Snedeker from Nashville, a nine-time winner, is the most accomplished former Commodore.

Auburn at Alabama

Justin Thomas' golf bag
Justin Thomas' golf bag

John Huston is a seven-time PGA Tour winner from Auburn, while Justin Thomas has 15 wins, including two PGA Championships.

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: It's rivalry week in college football. Here's 8 imaginary matches pitting golfers against their college foes