This is an extremely polarizing list, meaning my #25 could easily be someone else’s #1 and there are going to be tons of disagreements here. Which, that is a good thing to have a list everyone interacts with differently. This list is my personal opinion. Let me know your thoughts/your top-10 or top-25 in the comments! Thanks for watching.
This is my good deed for the day: Honorable Mentions: US Naval Academy: 0:24 University of Wisconsin: 1:22 Minnesota Twin Cities: 2:10 Auburn University: 2:51 University of Oklahoma: 3:44 Top 25 List: 25: University of Georgia 4:28 24: Texas A&M 4:51 23: Texas Tech 5:40 22: University of California, Los Angeles 6:35 21: University of Arizona 7:05 20: Florida State University 8:06 19: Arizona State University 9:18 18: Louisiana State University 10:11 17: University of Texas 11:33 16: University of Alabama 12:36 15: Georgia Tech 13:31 14: The University of Utah 14:15 13: West Virginia University 14:59 12: Purdue University 15:29 11: University of Arkansas 16:53 10: Clemson University 17:53 9: University of Florida 19:04 8: University of Oregon 20:11 7: University of Norte Dame 21:17 6: Ohio State University 22:43 5: University of Southern California 23:51 4: Michigan State University 24:42 3: University of Michigan 26:15 2: University of Nebraska-Lincoln 27:25 1: University of Tennessee Knoxville 28:46
I’m randomly stumbling onto this post while actively playing NCAA14, and i’m so glad to see Purdue’s fight song get love. I still remember the dynasty I had with them back in high school that went around 7 seasons. Elijah Sindelar is still a legend for his 7 TD performance against Maryland for me🥲
It was good to put Michigan in the top 5,but should of been number 2 or 1 but rocky top sold you surprised msu was in the top 5 and winsconsin should of, cracked in the 25
Came here after Michigan won the championship. Dad went there so I grew up on their fight song. # 3 is a respectable ranking though it will always be # 1 in my book. Serious errors in not ranking Wisconsin and Notre Dame higher though.
Husker fan that grew up in their dominant era of the 90s… missed the 50s… too young lol. They had great song, but I always thought when they played Oklahoma that OU had a better fight song and as much as I’ve always hated Notre Dame, you can’t discredit how memorable that song is
It’s blowing my mind how I’ve heard all of these while playing NCAA through the years and never knew what schools most of them represented. This video brought back a lot of nostalgia. Also, Rocky Top at #1 was an easy choice. GBO.
UT alum and fellow VFL here. Rocky Top isn't actually the fight song for UT. The OFFICIAL fight song is called Down the Field and is played everytime they score. I love Rocky Top, too. It's just not the fight song. It wasn't even released until 1968. However it is the UNOFFICIAL fight song.
Most are from the early 20th Century, and owe a lot to John Philip Sousa. One or two had a bit of a jazz vibe, though, which made them stand out a bit.
@@joey325 Most annoying band. Never shuts up. Do they really need to play for every first down? Not cool when they’re in your house and they can afford to go to all games.
Born to one of the most savage tech fans, he and his dad both helluva engineers. I disappointed by going to nc state for bio and eventually get school, but I will always love my family’s school. Ramblin gamblin helluva engineer!
I’m a lifelong husker fan and I’d like to say that chanting gooo biggg reddd go big red at memorial stadium in Lincoln would be an experience of a lifetime for all u guys who love us and also the B1G teams such as Michigan also deserve the love
Thrilled to see my MSU FIGHT SONG at # 4. Both strains played as well. Takes me back to those incredibly beautiful autumns in Michigan on that equally beautiful campus. Thanks so much for posting.
One of my 1st roommates after college was a Michigan State grad. He had the lyrics to the MSU fight song on a sweatshirt and the lyrics were printed upside down so that freshmen could sing them and learn them at games. Brilliant idea.
At Purdue, we printed the lyrics to the fight song above the urinals in the dorm. Everytime you took a whiz, you had access to the words. Plus, all freshmen were required to live in the dorms...so people got to learn it.
I'm from Wisconsin, I'll admit my bias up front. But to only make our fight song an honorable mention is an insult. On Wisconsin should be in the top five.
As a Spartan fan I agree. My grandparents were huge badger fans, and I think On Wisconsin is great. Even though I’ve heard it a million times visiting them haha
Yeah, its the best fight song hands down. I know lots of high schools that use the EXACT same melody as On Wisconsin. I also do notice a bunch of similar song structures that are very close to On Wisconsin.
"The greatest college fight song ever written 'THE VICTORS' of the University of Michigan!" John Phillip Souza (the march king) Have to agree! Go Blue! 💪🏈 💙
John Philip Sousa, the most famous conductor of Military March songs and College Fight Songs in history said that "The Victors" was "one of the nation's finest military marches and the best original college fight song" he had ever heard. But certainly to college sports fans..."The Best" is in the ear of the beholder! Good list and it was great to see my 2 favorites in the Top 4!
The Victors sounds like a funeral dirge. Both of Ohio State's fight songs, "Across The Field" and "Buckeye Battle Cry" are head and shoulders better than Xichigan's limp along song.
Who ranked these and what was the criteria? I just can't agree. Obviously, I would have some bious to rank my favorite school song in first place, but I think it may be bious against it for the low ranking it got. Also, the military academies songs aren't really college fight songs, but songs of the branches of service. So if they aren't ranked, all three of them should be honorable mentioned. My top four would include Michigan State, USC, Michigan, and Notre Dame. And I just listed Them in order from 4 to 1. Certainly, my top three are probably the most famous of college fight songs.
As a member of the cornhusker marching band, I would say Hail Varsity is more of our fight song than dear old Nebraska U but they're both great, I enjoy playing them both!
Hail Varsity is our official fight song, but shhhhhhh, Dear Old Nebraska U serves much better as our fight song. I wouldn’t put Hail Varsity in the top 9 of this list, even though I personally like it more than DONU. DONU just brings so much more to the table as a fight song imo!
Hail Varsity is the fight song for the Cornhuskers, but Dear Old Nebraska U is more of a theme for the entire university. Or at least, that’s how I’ve always seen it.
As a Michigan fan, I'll definitely admit by bias that the Michigan fight song should be #1. But I'll also say as a Michigan fan that Notre Dame's fight song should be a very close 2nd. Their fight song is amazing.
lol I just left a comment saying the same thing, but I’m a ND fan. I always grew up thinking they had the two best fight songs. Growing up me and my boys would have debates on which school had the best ones and it was always UM and ND. Stanford’s instrumentals is dope too but UM and ND were always on top.
I’m an Ohio State fan, and the first two songs I thought of were ND and UM. My high school in New Jersey had our own lyrics set to ND’s melody. And I could NEVER tell you the lyrics Columbus made up for UM’s melody🤣
Georgia's "Glory, Glory," or "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," is played a lot, but "Hail to Georgia" -- usually played after the extra point or two-point conversion, is their true fight song. Go Dawgs!
Really depends on where you grew up and how much now as an adult you watch games. I’m a Buckeye but I’d put across the field about where it is. I’d have to say with a deep breath 1( hail to the victors/ Michigan, 2) hail hail to old Norte dame 3) rocky top/ Tennessee 4) fight on / USC 5) the eyes of Texas. Let’s face it/ if you love college fight songs these are all excellent !!{ shout out to Navy/ Army/ Air Force academy’s as I’m a veteran
Respectfully disagree. Good music is good no matter where you’re from. My family is nowhere near the Midwest, but ND and Michigan have the best fight songs of the entire country, and that’s not taking anything away from my Aggie War Hymn to say so (the melody is in fact not written specifically for the school like ND and Michigan’s). 😊
I agree, Michigan is #1. Especially when you are in the big house with 112000 people all waving Pom poms or clapping with the beat. It is truly an incredible experience
Being Go Blue all the way, I totally agree. But I have to admit Tennessee, and really Notre Dame are also deserving contenders. ... leaving Sparty behind as always. Honestly, Navy, and Air Force also deserve much higher rankings And few songs are more iconic than the FSU war chant
I’m from Wisconsin and love our fight song. However, the two most iconic to me are Michigan and Notre Dame. Makes me think of the golden years of college football in the 70s.
Well o u sounds like the Circus is coming to town !! Here in Houston,TEXAS , Ringling Brothers had a parade ! !! As a Kid in remember all the pooper scoopers following the Elephants !!!! 😂🤣 Tigers n Bears in cages ! SEPARATELY OF COURSE !! But those Tigers would roar !! It would ECHO for Blocks over n over ! Tigers liked it n would keep it going for a while ! Kids were scared n plugging their ears ! Mom’s too !!
As a Michigander, I am happy to see MSU and U of Ms fight songs at 3 and 4. As a huge Michigan fan, I have U of Ms fight song at 1, but that might be a little biased. However, when your in the the big house and it’s packed with 112000 people all clapping and shaking Pom poms and yelling to the beat, it’s so powerful and really an amazing experience. I can’t imagine what opposing teams feel like when they have to play there.
Michigan fan here. You are NOT biased and OSU's campfire girl camp song from Camp Wathana should be licked off the list. Sparty is OK as long as they obediently lose. (I haven't been able to be obnoxious like this for two decades, feels great).
Growing up and watching college football since the early 70s the most famous fight songs to me in no particular order are Oklahoma, Michigan, UCLA, Notre Dame, USC, Ohio State. These are the fight songs of the teams I remember who played the most on TV in the Keith Jackson days. Ohhh Nellie! Georgia's fight song sounds like the song "I've been workin' on the railroad" Lol!
Interesting: "On Wisconsin" was submitted to a 1909 contest to write a fight song for the University of Minnesota. When it was rejected in favor of the Minnesota Rouser, it was subsequently offered to Wisconsin and accepted.
I think that out of all of these fight songs that the Texas Tech fight song sounds the best, it's fast pace, it's intense, and it sounds like a victory celebration after a battle. Same with Arizona State, I like the intense songs.
We can "debate" the ordering of the top 10-15 but they all should be on the list. After that it gets iffy. NO WAY On Wisconsin is only an HM and while Northwestern isn't a football powerhouse, the song has to be up there somewhere. How many High Schools use either Wisconsin or Northwestern's fight song for their own? An!d that is coming from a Boilermaker who aprreciate "Hail, Purdue!" being as high as 12 on a list like this (and 4th best B1G school song).
Still love how Georgia’s fight song is “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”, almost as if to say “yeah, we didn’t really love that whole Confederacy thing either” Also, TAMU’s fight song is just “Goodbye, My Coney Island Baby” which is also the melody for the Vasectomy Song from Family Guy, so that’s all I hear when I hear TAMU’s fight song. Also, Texas’ line about it being “Goodbye to A&M will finally make sense again, now that that Texas is moving to the SEC
About TAMU and "Coney Island Baby": this as a whole was chosen as the fight song in 1925, and only a few years passed between when this and the music were first released!
100%..it's the unspoken double-mindedness of old Georgia. Half Confederate, but the other half's hearts never truly left the Union. It's reflected in the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and in GT's other fight song "Up With the White & Gold" which has a few bars from "Dixie" in it.
Wisconsin and Minnesota get honorable mention and colleges like Texas, Tech Auburn and Utah are in the rankings who put this list together and what were they on when they did it?
@@P13MAN2013 bro I know down the field is our fight song but they didn’t put they put Rocky top and I was just saying i was proud to here it even though it’s not a fight song
In our London office we had 30 people listening to all the songs and asked to ranked them. The University of Notre Dame’s Victory March was ranked the top favorite. Most of our office employees went to either Oxford and Cambridge with several musicians among them.
Yes these rankings are criminal. I’m an osu fan but i’d rank Notre dame #1 Michigan #2 Osu #3. Any fight song with singing automatically loses 15 places with me lol.
Houston's Figh Song is super fun and up beat, I think it should crack the top #25 for sure. The Cougar Fight Song is so fun it could be used in a real song as the beat and backing track. It's been picked up by most Texas high schools band's as a football game song.
Having played in bands from Jr High through college (Washington, Bow Down!), I can tell you that most schools that don't have their own songs use Michigan and On Wisconsin. Classic and basic.😊
Thanks for making this list. Great to listen to. Im not a fan of Notre Dame but them being at 7 is silly. I know it’s subjective but they gotta be top 3. Great fun to listen to all the great songs. Well done! Love Rocky Top!
@oklahoma sooners football there is no need to come onto a random reply thread and say another team sucks. it’s annoying, offtopic, and disrespectful. if you are going to disrespect a team however, atleast think about how your (unranked) team sucks more
You really have to combine the Arkansas fight song with the Hog Call…”Whooo Pig Sooie!” to get the full effect. It’ll send chills up your spine while standing on the sideline!!!
Makes me a proud Michigander to see MSU and UM both in the top 5. I’m an MSU alum and love my fight song with a passion but the UM fight song is so good I still know it by heart.
We actually play the Victors as our high school fight song. Your fight song is used by by Southside high school in northern Alabama. Love the song so much
Apparently that verse is about my great great grandfather and great grandfather murdering two feds who came to steal their shine. At least that’s what my papaw swears it’s about. My family was always big in the shine business near Cades Cove.
KU Jayhawk here who grew up in a Big 10 household. How on earth is “On Wisconsin” an honorable mention???? It actually sounds unique! It was one of a couple of school fight songs sampled in the Beach Boys’ “Be True To Your School,” for crying out loud! So many in this top 25 really are classics…but tastes clearly vary here…
On Wisconsin is a good song, one of the few you can hum easily. Most of the fight songs played in this post all sound the same after a couple of bars. USC, UCLA, Michigan, Notre Dame are the exceptions. KU is my favorite of them all and rarely gets mentioned. Taste is taste. And lousy taste is just that.
As a Spartan obviously I think we have the best fight song, however my unbiased Top 5 would be 1. Michigan (This hurts) 2. Notre Dame 3.Ohio State 4. Michigan State 5. Texas A&M
Agreed. Have always thought of Notre Dame as the best with Michigan second. Had to play the Michigan State fight song a lot in school, I put it up there as well.
The big ten has such good fight songs. Even as a life long Michigan fan, I love Purdue’s as it was my high school’s fight song, and even OSU’s is pretty great.
As a Michigan Fan, I love the Sparty Fight song for sure. Very deserving #4, but of course gotta love HTTV being one spot above it lol Definitely a lot of nostalgia for a lot of these even from teams outside my region like Texas, Georgia and Clemson aside from the more regional ones like Mich, MSU and ND which I think may be higher on my list lol
Rocnky top is more memorable for us Vols fans, but down the field will always hold the same place in our hearts. Most of us even know the lyrics, "Here's to ole Tennessee never we'll sever we pledge our loyalty for ever, and ever backing our football team faltering never cheer and fight with all of your might for Tenn-Ess-Ee"
Favs are Arkansas … Nebraska … Oregon is also pretty cool … Texas Tech is awesome … as is USC … I know we all have our favs for multiple reasons … no problem with that … But hopefully most sane people can agree the Texas Longhorn “Working on the Railroad “ is trash … the most disgusting fight song ever!
My definition is one I immediately recognize, so my tops would be Wisconsin, Navy, OU, A&M, Texas, ND, UM, USC, and Tenn. I would add NW and IU, but I live in Big Ten country.
Yeah I’m sorry but notre dame should be the number 1. Yes I’m biased but it’s literally the best. Then OSU. Sleeping On Ohio university stand up and cheer but I understand the most popular
Life long Michigan State Spartan here, and I can’t see how “hail to the Victors” isn’t #1. I hate the wolverines with everything in me, but it’s evident to me they have the best fight song in the country.
You’ve obviously never been in Kyle Field singing the Aggie War Hymn, and feeling the stadium move when the entire Aggie crowd starts to sway when they get to “Saw varsity’s horns off”.
Former United States Marine Corps Marching Band Director, and preeminent composer John Philip Sousa is quoted as saying "The Victors" is "the greatest college fight song ever written."
Having been born and raised in Hollywood, I just wanted to add that one of the nice things about USC is that they really have three distinctive songs. So they also do Conquest and Tusk. You can see how the worlds of movies and music both help define the unique position of this school.
And I think just about everyone (except for a few aging fossils like me) may have forgotten where Conquest originally comes from... ruclips.net/video/QZLMPZbj8So/видео.html
Awesome video, but the “Minnesota Rouser" should definitely be #1. Minnesota, hats off to thee, To thy colors true we shall ever be, Firm and strong, united are we. Rah! Rah! Rah! for Ski-U-Mah, RAH! RAH! RAH! RAH! Rah for the U. of M. Minnesota, hats off to thee, To thy colors true we shall ever be, Firm and strong, united are we. Rah! Rah! Rah! for Ski-U-Mah, RAH! RAH! RAH! RAH! Rah for the U. of M. M-I-N-N-E-S-O-T-A! Minnesota! Minnesota! Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah GOPHERS!
John, I'd love to see the Gophers do well--it's been a long time. However, if you want to see what the composer COULD have done with the excellent first line of the "Rouser", check out the main fight song for Washington State. The first four measures or so are nearly identical, but the "Rouser" kind of ends on a weak note, as I see it, whereas the "WSU Fight Song" (clever title, eh?) finishes strongly melodically (if not with the best words--they don't rhyme at the end). I prefer "Hail to Minnesota" to the "Rouser".
Tennessee #1??? Gotta be kidding!!!! "THE VICTORS" of the University of Michigan is the BEST fight sing ever written!!! Even the March King JOHN PHILIP SOUZA said so!!! 😄 GoBlue! 💪🏈 💙🫶💙👍
Any song that is borrowed or adapted from a pre-existing piece should be disqualified. No "Rocky Top", "Eyes of Texas/Railroad song", "Hail Hail, the Gangs All Here" and "Hold that Tiger"
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This is an extremely polarizing list, meaning my #25 could easily be someone else’s #1 and there are going to be tons of disagreements here. Which, that is a good thing to have a list everyone interacts with differently. This list is my personal opinion. Let me know your thoughts/your top-10 or top-25 in the comments! Thanks for watching.
Georgia is my favorite so you predicted exactly what happened. I’m also probably biased about this.
#21 should be Bear Down Arizona. In addition, my top 25 are as follows.
25: Alabama Crimson Tide (SEC)
24: Mississippi State University Bulldogs (SEC)
23: The Ohio University (Columbus) Buckeyes (B1G 10)
22: UCLA Bruins (PAC-12)
21: LSU Tigers (SEC)
20: Michigan State Spartans (B1G 10)
19: Kansas Jayhawks (Big XII)
18: Oklahoma Sooners (Big XII)
17: Kentucky Wildcats (SEC)
16: Cal Berkeley Golden Bears (PAC-12)
15: Stanford Cardinal (PAC-12)
14: Washington State Cougars (PAC-12)
13: Notre Dame Fighting Irish (ACC)
12: West Virginia Mountaineers (Big XII)
11: Purdue Boilermakers (B1G 10)
10: Wisconsin Badgers (B1G 10)
9: USC Trojans (PAC-12)
8: United States Military Academy "Army" West Point (Independent)
7: Florida Gators (SEC)
6: Oregon Ducks (PAC-12)
5: Utah Utes (PAC-12)
4: Clemson Tigers (ACC)
3: Michigan Wolverines (B1G 10)
2: Arizona Wildcats (PAC-12)
1: ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS (PAC-12)
@@isaacmacdonald6530 Agreed. On #25 and #1 Forks Up!
Hail to the victors will always be the best.
Go blue
@@schiff_24 No it won’t, there’s hardly any effort into it and it’s annoying. And your biased.
Makes me think of all those hours I put into NCAA Football video games.
My thoughts exactly 😅
Still do still do..thanks to covid lockdowns
FACTS even today I’m still playing ncaa 12. Wish I would have bought ncaa 14 back when it was relatively priced am I right?
Flashbacks and memories man
Those were the DAYS!
This is my good deed for the day:
Honorable Mentions:
US Naval Academy: 0:24
University of Wisconsin: 1:22
Minnesota Twin Cities: 2:10
Auburn University: 2:51
University of Oklahoma: 3:44
Top 25 List:
25: University of Georgia 4:28
24: Texas A&M 4:51
23: Texas Tech 5:40
22: University of California, Los Angeles 6:35
21: University of Arizona 7:05
20: Florida State University 8:06
19: Arizona State University 9:18
18: Louisiana State University 10:11
17: University of Texas 11:33
16: University of Alabama 12:36
15: Georgia Tech 13:31
14: The University of Utah 14:15
13: West Virginia University 14:59
12: Purdue University 15:29
11: University of Arkansas 16:53
10: Clemson University 17:53
9: University of Florida 19:04
8: University of Oregon 20:11
7: University of Norte Dame 21:17
6: Ohio State University 22:43
5: University of Southern California 23:51
4: Michigan State University 24:42
3: University of Michigan 26:15
2: University of Nebraska-Lincoln 27:25
1: University of Tennessee Knoxville 28:46
Thank you!!!
THE Ohio State University*
Tanner no it's not
@@tannercroft5024go irish
@@0wen-k1z OSU average margin of Victory vs ND: 14.6 points
Notre dame is one of the best for sure, it’s a classic
I’m randomly stumbling onto this post while actively playing NCAA14, and i’m so glad to see Purdue’s fight song get love. I still remember the dynasty I had with them back in high school that went around 7 seasons. Elijah Sindelar is still a legend for his 7 TD performance against Maryland for me🥲
It was good to put Michigan in the top 5,but should of been number 2 or 1 but rocky top sold you surprised msu was in the top 5 and winsconsin should of, cracked in the 25
Boiler up!
Elijah Sindelar went to my high school!!!!
Came here after Michigan won the championship. Dad went there so I grew up on their fight song. # 3 is a respectable ranking though it will always be # 1 in my book. Serious errors in not ranking Wisconsin and Notre Dame higher though.
Lmaooo same here! I’m a big LSU fan but I have Michigan’s fight song memorized bc of my dad
LSU fan here. I also think Michigan's fight song is a top 5. IMHO, USC's "Fight On" should be #1.
Husker fan that grew up in their dominant era of the 90s… missed the 50s… too young lol.
They had great song, but I always thought when they played Oklahoma that OU had a better fight song and as much as I’ve always hated Notre Dame, you can’t discredit how memorable that song is
It’s blowing my mind how I’ve heard all of these while playing NCAA through the years and never knew what schools most of them represented. This video brought back a lot of nostalgia.
Also, Rocky Top at #1 was an easy choice. GBO.
UT alum and fellow VFL here. Rocky Top isn't actually the fight song for UT. The OFFICIAL fight song is called Down the Field and is played everytime they score. I love Rocky Top, too. It's just not the fight song. It wasn't even released until 1968. However it is the UNOFFICIAL fight song.
It’s loved more by fans so it is the fight song, unofficial or not. At least we are finally back at the top
@@phatfield72 so Rocky Top shouldn't even be on this list (even though it's a great song). Another reason it's a bogus list.
@@duanem.1567also Tennessee is not, in fact, on top haha. That was short lived!
Roll Tide Roll
Georgia Tech's Ramblin Wreck is very underrated!
The thumbnail of this video was a cock tease. Ramblin Wreck should definitely be here.
It’s the greatest.
Thank you! If Tech was a better football program, the fight song would probably get more recognition.
It’s also one of the hardest to play. Unfortunately the band is not one of the top bands to really play it the way it should sound!
It should be #1
Amazing how they all sound so similar when played consecutively
Most are from the early 20th Century, and owe a lot to John Philip Sousa. One or two had a bit of a jazz vibe, though, which made them stand out a bit.
Except USC's at 23:52. #1 in my book.
@@joey325 Most annoying band. Never shuts up. Do they really need to play for every first down? Not cool when they’re in your house and they can afford to go to all games.
@@janach1305 I like the bands with a lot of drums
@@kristenwhite2701 you are suppose to play on 1st downs bud lol
Every high school in Arkansas uses Wisconsin’s fight song….
I’m in Arkansas and we use navy’s
That's why we don't see draft picks coming up out of there😂
Our HS in Oklahoma uses a very similar version....On Okmulgee!
Ewwwww how was nebraskas above michigan’s
@davidfleming5860 thank you..... Michigan's is the best! 😬😛
I hope that the new NCAA game has all of the schools fights songs in the background like how they used to do it!
Or at least have the option to have them play
That will be $2.99 per fight song
it doesnt lol
It should be.
Instead: 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
I'm not a Texas A&M fan but I have to give that band respect 👍
Awesome song.
The War Hymn should be in the top 10.
My friends son will be playing football for Texas A&M next year go Aggies
The Aggie War Hymn should be rated higher. Its lyrics were actually written by a cadet while fighting in the trenches during World War I.
The Aggie Marching Band always give a spectacular half time show! Their fight song should be rated in the top 5!
Georgia Tech's Ramblin Wreck is iconic...should be higher than 15!!
Even as UGA and UNC fan I agree with you, Ramblin Wreck IS Iconic and it's catchy too.
I an an Irish fan and LOVE our fight song, but the Georgia Tech song is so great, I became of fan of that team as well because of the song.
ruclips.net/video/N2njKC5Iix8/видео.html
Born to one of the most savage tech fans, he and his dad both helluva engineers. I disappointed by going to nc state for bio and eventually get school, but I will always love my family’s school. Ramblin gamblin helluva engineer!
I’m a lifelong husker fan and I’d like to say that chanting gooo biggg reddd go big red at memorial stadium in Lincoln would be an experience of a lifetime for all u guys who love us and also the B1G teams such as Michigan also deserve the love
Anyone here preparing for NCAA 25?
Yessir
Same
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Same
Heck yeah
Thrilled to see my MSU FIGHT SONG at # 4. Both strains played as well. Takes me back to those incredibly beautiful autumns in Michigan on that equally beautiful campus. Thanks so much for posting.
The guy who did this must be a Sparty. Even he couldn’t place this mediocre song above the victors…
Michigan is way better
Ohio is way better
MSU should be no.1, I’m saying this as a spartan, no hate
It sucks
One of my 1st roommates after college was a Michigan State grad. He had the lyrics to the MSU fight song on a sweatshirt and the lyrics were printed upside down so that freshmen could sing them and learn them at games. Brilliant idea.
Rocky top Tennessee
How would the lyrics being printed upside down help people read them?
I went to Michigan and we just learned the lyrics. 😁
At Purdue, we printed the lyrics to the fight song above the urinals in the dorm. Everytime you took a whiz, you had access to the words. Plus, all freshmen were required to live in the dorms...so people got to learn it.
Hail to the victors!
Not a TN fan but living in NC, I always loved Rocky Top. Best sing along college football song in the nation.
I love the Osborne Brothers version
As an IU Marcher, Rocky Top Is best for singing along by far
So sorry But Best College song that is a Hit around the World is ALMOST HEAVEN WEST VIRGINIA, COUNTRY ROADS.!!!
@@robertmartin9677 Nah, Rocky Top is a much more fun song to sing especially when you have a good football team.
Ohio state’s is better
Tennessee Nebraska Texas Ohio State Oregon Oklahoma Wisconsin Michigan fantastic fight songs
I had a stroke while reading
I'm from Wisconsin, I'll admit my bias up front. But to only make our fight song an honorable mention is an insult. On Wisconsin should be in the top five.
As a Spartan fan I agree. My grandparents were huge badger fans, and I think On Wisconsin is great. Even though I’ve heard it a million times visiting them haha
Agreed. On Wisconsin is classic.
Yeah, its the best fight song hands down. I know lots of high schools that use the EXACT same melody as On Wisconsin. I also do notice a bunch of similar song structures that are very close to On Wisconsin.
I went to school and Marquette and I agree with you. Imagine that!
Considering how many high schools use it as their fight song, I agree. GO BUCKEYES.
"The greatest college fight song ever written 'THE VICTORS' of the University of Michigan!"
John Phillip Souza (the march king)
Have to agree!
Go Blue! 💪🏈 💙
Damn right! Followed by Notre Dame at #2 and MSU at #3. (OSU maybe Honorable Mention).
MSU is better 100%
NATIONAL CHAMPS
It just sounds like the music of that Americana era. Really classic and classy. Love it 💛 💙
There is no way that "Anchors Aweigh" only merits an honorable mention. Y'all are nuts.
Rocky Top is just a song UT plays a lot. It isn’t actually their fight song. Their song is called “Down the Field.”
I love it, but absolutely correct,
bro they changed it to rocky to in the 90's 😂
@@VFLSamNo they didnt
@@VFLSamno they did not
@@briannilles1303and Down the Field is still number 1
John Philip Sousa, the most famous conductor of Military March songs and College Fight Songs in history said that "The Victors" was "one of the nation's finest military marches and the best original college fight song" he had ever heard. But certainly to college sports fans..."The Best" is in the ear of the beholder! Good list and it was great to see my 2 favorites in the Top 4!
The Victor along with USC and UCLA's stand out to me.
The Victors sounds like a funeral dirge. Both of Ohio State's fight songs, "Across The Field" and "Buckeye Battle Cry" are head and shoulders better than Xichigan's limp along song.
@@bigguy2823 OSU's "Across the field" sounds like a 1st grader wrote it. But we know...no Buckeye ever made it through the 1sr grade.
@@sandyfike841 At least it doesn't sound like it should be played accompanying crepe draped coffins.
@@bigguy2823let’s all agree that Tennessee has the best fight song
Hail to the Victors Valliant - by far the greatest opening line of them all.
It’s madness to not rank it the best.
GO BLUE
Notre dame fught sing, usc fight sing
Who ranked these and what was the criteria? I just can't agree. Obviously, I would have some bious to rank my favorite school song in first place, but I think it may be bious against it for the low ranking it got. Also, the military academies songs aren't really college fight songs, but songs of the branches of service. So if they aren't ranked, all three of them should be honorable mentioned. My top four would include Michigan State, USC, Michigan, and Notre Dame. And I just listed Them in order from 4 to 1. Certainly, my top three are probably the most famous of college fight songs.
Disgraceful rankings… Hail to the Victors #1
I’m from Nebraska and I’m a Husker fan, and I love their fight song
yessir
me too
Agreed
Underrated. Great fight song
As a member of the cornhusker marching band, I would say Hail Varsity is more of our fight song than dear old Nebraska U but they're both great, I enjoy playing them both!
What instrument do you play
Hail Varsity is our official fight song, but shhhhhhh, Dear Old Nebraska U serves much better as our fight song. I wouldn’t put Hail Varsity in the top 9 of this list, even though I personally like it more than DONU. DONU just brings so much more to the table as a fight song imo!
Go piccolos ❤ love you Molly
Hail Varsity is the fight song for the Cornhuskers, but Dear Old Nebraska U is more of a theme for the entire university. Or at least, that’s how I’ve always seen it.
IDK, "HAIL to the team, the Scarrrr -let and Cream!" has better lyrics, and the "Go Huskers!" audience participation is a lot more fun. @@seanward7797
This brings back memories of the old NCAA football game menus where they played nothing but fight songs. I miss those days
totally. i can hum all of them even if i don't know what school 80 percent of them are
The only fight song I know is Oregon Ducks and UCLA
As a Michigan fan, I'll definitely admit by bias that the Michigan fight song should be #1. But I'll also say as a Michigan fan that Notre Dame's fight song should be a very close 2nd. Their fight song is amazing.
I would admit you’re wrong tenn better
lol I just left a comment saying the same thing, but I’m a ND fan. I always grew up thinking they had the two best fight songs. Growing up me and my boys would have debates on which school had the best ones and it was always UM and ND. Stanford’s instrumentals is dope too but UM and ND were always on top.
Agreed
I Agree as A ND fan . I don’t know who or how they managed these rankings. MI and ND fight songs are the best I’ve heard
I’m an Ohio State fan, and the first two songs I thought of were ND and UM. My high school in New Jersey had our own lyrics set to ND’s melody. And I could NEVER tell you the lyrics Columbus made up for UM’s melody🤣
“On Wisconsin” is the most popular fight song played by high school bands across the USA. Should be rated much higher.
Fr
its thier personal ranking, go cry about it.
Original lyrics : “Minnesota, Minnesota. Fight on down the field.”
Lost in the contest to “The Minnesota Rouser”
So many of these are so similar. I like the unique ones like Clemson, USC, Arizona, Oregon, Oregon state, Tennessee and Florida
Georgia's "Glory, Glory," or "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," is played a lot, but "Hail to Georgia" -- usually played after the extra point or two-point conversion, is their true fight song. Go Dawgs!
And almost every single one of the three is a top 5 fight song. Hail to Georgia being the true #1
Nah copied auburns glory glory to ole auburn (jokes of course lol)
Same with UT, Rocky Top is played more buy "Down the Field" is our official fight song
@@mkateline I spell out Auburn every time I hear UGA play it
How 'bout them Dawgs?
Can't lie,HAIL West Virginia gets me Ready every time I hear it.Proud so Proud to be a MOUNTAINEER!!!! LET'S GO MOUNTAINEERS LET'S GO MOUNTAINEERS!!
The Victors is far and away the best and catchiest fight song
MICH,ND,USC,TEXAS,TEXAS A+M,GEORGIA,OKLAHOMA,NAVY,AIR FORCE,AND OHIO ST NOT IN THAT ORDER FOR MY TOP TEN
My dad was in the navy and played DE for navy, always love watching the games with him. GO NAVY, BEAT ARMY
Go Army, Beat Navy
I'm so happy i get to be a part of playing no place in BIG RED EXPRESS LETS GO 'SKERS
yessir
nothing beats being in the stands and singing rocky top with everyone else
Victors does. The man who created fight songs said it was the best fight song.
@@steamedclams5689 Thats your opinion
@@steamedclams5689 na rocky top is better
a lot of things beat that
you got that right.
Really depends on where you grew up and how much now as an adult you watch games. I’m a Buckeye but I’d put across the field about where it is. I’d have to say with a deep breath 1( hail to the victors/ Michigan, 2) hail hail to old Norte dame 3) rocky top/ Tennessee 4) fight on / USC 5) the eyes of Texas.
Let’s face it/ if you love college fight songs these are all excellent !!{ shout out to Navy/ Army/ Air Force academy’s as I’m a veteran
Thank you for your service sir!
Great to see an honest Buckeye, must have been hard to admit the truth. I hope we can keep pace this November.
Respectfully disagree. Good music is good no matter where you’re from. My family is nowhere near the Midwest, but ND and Michigan have the best fight songs of the entire country, and that’s not taking anything away from my Aggie War Hymn to say so (the melody is in fact not written specifically for the school like ND and Michigan’s). 😊
Personally, I have Michigan at #1, but Tennessee is a great choice as well. Navy's song is vastly underrated as fight songs go.
I agree, Michigan is #1. Especially when you are in the big house with 112000 people all waving Pom poms or clapping with the beat. It is truly an incredible experience
@@kristijantomic548 yes but neyland is a hell of an environment to play in the south 101,000 + is not far behind.
Being Go Blue all the way, I totally agree. But I have to admit Tennessee, and really Notre Dame are also deserving contenders. ... leaving Sparty behind as always.
Honestly, Navy, and Air Force also deserve much higher rankings
And few songs are more iconic than the FSU war chant
Michigan st is objectively better
I think anchors aweigh for Navy should be in the top 25
I’m from Wisconsin and love our fight song. However, the two most iconic to me are Michigan and Notre Dame. Makes me think of the golden years of college football in the 70s.
My top three.
I love the trombone rips in Clemson’s fight song. Definitely one of my favorites.
LSU plays it better
Clemson whole existence is a copy of other schools.
@@geaux13saints56 … no, sir, no it does not
Is it just me or was anyone else just vibeing with BAMAs fight song like I have never realized how good it was till now🔥🔥
So weird. It's as methed out as their mascots eyes.
11:34 I’m going to Iowa State but I grew up being a Texas fan. I cant resist singing along to their fight song and cheering for them during games
Texas Fight should be in top 3
As Bama fan, Texas fight is like a top 3 fs, along with ours of course
I think that OU’s, Texas’, and Georgia’s are criminally underrated.
OU's is very repetitive and not a full fight song in my opinion. Too simple.
@@cac3343 its just simple and perfect and theres nothing wrong with that lol
Texas fight song is super underrated I have been to game game it gives you chills if you are a fan of the other team
@@cac3343 EAT SH*T. Or shouls I have to say it more so that you can say that it's too repetitive!!!
Well o u sounds like the Circus is coming to town !!
Here in Houston,TEXAS , Ringling Brothers had a parade ! !!
As a Kid in remember all the pooper scoopers following the Elephants !!!! 😂🤣 Tigers n Bears in cages ! SEPARATELY OF COURSE !! But those Tigers would roar !! It would ECHO for Blocks over n over ! Tigers liked it n would keep it going for a while ! Kids were scared n plugging their ears ! Mom’s too !!
As a Michigander, I am happy to see MSU and U of Ms fight songs at 3 and 4. As a huge Michigan fan, I have U of Ms fight song at 1, but that might be a little biased. However, when your in the the big house and it’s packed with 112000 people all clapping and shaking Pom poms and yelling to the beat, it’s so powerful and really an amazing experience. I can’t imagine what opposing teams feel like when they have to play there.
Michigan fan here. You are NOT biased and OSU's campfire girl camp song from Camp Wathana should be licked off the list. Sparty is OK as long as they obediently lose. (I haven't been able to be obnoxious like this for two decades, feels great).
@@yidiandianpang Agree about OSU's fight song. The lyrics are really lame; 'Hail, hail, the gangs all here"?
The emotion, of the finale, after that short quieter bit...In "The VICTORS" is breathtaking! It truly is a masterpiece.
Growing up and watching college football since the early 70s the most famous fight songs to me in no particular order are Oklahoma, Michigan, UCLA, Notre Dame, USC, Ohio State. These are the fight songs of the teams I remember who played the most on TV in the Keith Jackson days. Ohhh Nellie! Georgia's fight song sounds like the song "I've been workin' on the railroad" Lol!
That's "The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You" that borrows from the railroad. UGA uses the tune of Battle Hymn of the Republic.
I love the songs from Auburn, Oklahoma, Clemson, and Michigan
Interesting: "On Wisconsin" was submitted to a 1909 contest to write a fight song for the University of Minnesota. When it was rejected in favor of the Minnesota Rouser, it was subsequently offered to Wisconsin and accepted.
I bet the name had a lot to do with that. Lol.
Both MN and WI belong far above the two AZ schools!!
I think that out of all of these fight songs that the Texas Tech fight song sounds the best, it's fast pace, it's intense, and it sounds like a victory celebration after a battle. Same with Arizona State, I like the intense songs.
We can "debate" the ordering of the top 10-15 but they all should be on the list. After that it gets iffy. NO WAY On Wisconsin is only an HM and while Northwestern isn't a football powerhouse, the song has to be up there somewhere. How many High Schools use either Wisconsin or Northwestern's fight song for their own? An!d that is coming from a Boilermaker who aprreciate "Hail, Purdue!" being as high as 12 on a list like this (and 4th best B1G school song).
Some of these southern classics like Texas, Tennessee, Clemson and Oklahoma really get stuck in your head
As a life long Nebraska fan I love Nebraskas and minnesotas fight songs since Minnesotas fight song is my high school’s fight song
Minnesota has a better fight song than y'all
@@oklahomasoonersfootballshut up boy
yessir
@@oklahomasoonersfootballleast biased Oklahoma fan 😂
Still love how Georgia’s fight song is “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”, almost as if to say “yeah, we didn’t really love that whole Confederacy thing either”
Also, TAMU’s fight song is just “Goodbye, My Coney Island Baby” which is also the melody for the Vasectomy Song from Family Guy, so that’s all I hear when I hear TAMU’s fight song.
Also, Texas’ line about it being “Goodbye to A&M will finally make sense again, now that that Texas is moving to the SEC
Tx is set to “I’ve been working on the railroad…”. That’s all I hear.
About TAMU and "Coney Island Baby": this as a whole was chosen as the fight song in 1925, and only a few years passed between when this and the music were first released!
100%..it's the unspoken double-mindedness of old Georgia. Half Confederate, but the other half's hearts never truly left the Union. It's reflected in the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and in GT's other fight song "Up With the White & Gold" which has a few bars from "Dixie" in it.
Wisconsin and Minnesota get honorable mention and colleges like Texas, Tech Auburn and Utah are in the rankings who put this list together and what were they on when they did it?
Golden Gophers fight song is fantastic and the mascot is intimidating
Wisconsin and Minnesota are lame
Notre Dame, USC, Alabama, Michigan and Oklahoma fight songs sound really good.
Notre dame's is annoying
@William MacDonald for the second time (or the first depending on the order you’d read them in) you’re annoying🥱
OU is a Yale derivative, unimpressed.
@@williammacdonald3173prolly a usc fan
As a proud Tennessee fan I’m so happy to see Rocky Top at number 1
What’s up man! I agree. Go Vols!
@@volsrock1171 go vols
That’s not a fight song…that’s a victory song.
If you are a true VOLS fan shouldnt you know that Rocky Top is not our fight song? It is actually "Down the Field." Very common misconception.
@@P13MAN2013 bro I know down the field is our fight song but they didn’t put they put Rocky top and I was just saying i was proud to here it even though it’s not a fight song
Oklahoma Sooner fan here… My top favorite fight songs are
1. Notre Dame
2. Boomer Sooner
3. Michigan
4. Colorado
5.Auburn
6.Kansas State
7.Baylor
8.Tennessee
9.Nebraska
10. Texas A&M
11.Oklahoma State
12. Kansas
13. Texas
14. Florida State
15. USC’s “Tusk”
Michigan but not Michigan State? Smh
@@upbeatproductions7614 😂
@@upbeatproductions7614 Yeah sorry 😢 Michigan State doesn’t do it for me
@@Saturdayz_In_The_Fall Ok I guess…but many love Michigan State’s fight song
Ohio State bettter 🥱
Born in Knoxville, Tennessee and Dad graduated from the UofM. Glad to see both schools in the top three!
22:45 THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES ❤️🩶🤍❤️🩶 long live Haskins 💔😢🕊️
In our London office we had 30 people listening to all the songs and asked to ranked them. The University of Notre Dame’s Victory March was ranked the top favorite. Most of our office employees went to either Oxford and Cambridge with several musicians among them.
This sounds about right.
Which was #2?
I want to see the breakdown
Yes these rankings are criminal. I’m an osu fan but i’d rank Notre dame #1 Michigan #2 Osu #3. Any fight song with singing automatically loses 15 places with me lol.
Michigan’s fight song puts me to sleep
Houston's Figh Song is super fun and up beat, I think it should crack the top #25 for sure. The Cougar Fight Song is so fun it could be used in a real song as the beat and backing track. It's been picked up by most Texas high schools band's as a football game song.
Don't think anyone North of Conroe 's ever heard it.
As a Sooner fan I've always loved the U of H fight song.
Houston’s fight song has always sounded to me as a mix-mash of other fight songs.
Who else listened to this an made you think back to NCAA video games
And now we get it back!
Having played in bands from Jr High through college (Washington, Bow Down!), I can tell you that most schools that don't have their own songs use Michigan and On Wisconsin. Classic and basic.😊
I think all the schools in Tacoma used Big 10 songs. Bow Down to Washington is too hard for most to play :)
Or Notre Dame- my school (in Texas!) actually uses that, with lyrics about itself!
Good point and thanks!
Hail purdue is so underrated
Thanks for making this list. Great to listen to. Im not a fan of Notre Dame but them being at 7 is silly. I know it’s subjective but they gotta be top 3. Great fun to listen to all the great songs. Well done! Love Rocky Top!
As someone whos high school uses Notre Dame's fight song, I appreciate that 😂
Notre Dame sucks
Yeah ND needs to be higher
Notre Dame would be #1 on my list
@oklahoma sooners football there is no need to come onto a random reply thread and say another team sucks. it’s annoying, offtopic, and disrespectful. if you are going to disrespect a team however, atleast think about how your (unranked) team sucks more
You really have to combine the Arkansas fight song with the Hog Call…”Whooo Pig Sooie!” to get the full effect. It’ll send chills up your spine while standing on the sideline!!!
Totally agree! WPS!
WOO PIIIGG SOOIIEE! RAZORBACKS! 🐗🐗
Hog wild
Makes me a proud Michigander to see MSU and UM both in the top 5. I’m an MSU alum and love my fight song with a passion but the UM fight song is so good I still know it by heart.
We actually play the Victors as our high school fight song. Your fight song is used by by Southside high school in northern Alabama. Love the song so much
Yeah like 8 lines is very hard to do....I memorized it when I was 8!
I think everyone from Michigan knows both songs. I know both and Eastern's and Western's by heart. I went to EMU
@@kit_kat0686 My high school has a 100% original fight song. I've always been amazed by how many high schools copy college fight songs
My school also plays it
Nebraska is my number 1, but of course Notre Dame’s will always get me because of the movie “Airplane.” I went to UGA. 😊
I love it that Texas' fight song starts off talking about A&M and A&M's starts off talking about Texas.
You got the top ones right TN, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio State, Notre Dame….all classics
Rocky Top is an absolute banger, but even if it wasn’t- the fact that the second verse alludes to murdering feds makes it #1 by default.😊
Apparently that verse is about my great great grandfather and great grandfather murdering two feds who came to steal their shine. At least that’s what my papaw swears it’s about. My family was always big in the shine business near Cades Cove.
...homemade always tastes better than that everclear 190.
Loved them all. My personal favorites in no particular order:ND, Tennessee, Michigan, Texas A@M, MSU and both Army and Navy
KU Jayhawk here who grew up in a Big 10 household. How on earth is “On Wisconsin” an honorable mention???? It actually sounds unique! It was one of a couple of school fight songs sampled in the Beach Boys’ “Be True To Your School,” for crying out loud! So many in this top 25 really are classics…but tastes clearly vary here…
they all sound unique if you know what you're listening to lol
My high school school has always used "On Wisconsin' as it's fight song. Highly underated here. Rock Chalk. 😀
On Wisconsin is a good song, one of the few you can hum easily. Most of the fight songs played in this post all sound the same after a couple of bars. USC, UCLA, Michigan, Notre Dame are the exceptions. KU is my favorite of them all and rarely gets mentioned. Taste is taste. And lousy taste is just that.
As a Spartan obviously I think we have the best fight song, however my unbiased Top 5 would be
1. Michigan (This hurts)
2. Notre Dame
3.Ohio State
4. Michigan State
5. Texas A&M
Agreed. Have always thought of Notre Dame as the best with Michigan second. Had to play the Michigan State fight song a lot in school, I put it up there as well.
The big ten has such good fight songs. Even as a life long Michigan fan, I love Purdue’s as it was my high school’s fight song, and even OSU’s is pretty great.
Likewise from an OSU fan. The Victors is a damn good fight song. Don’t know why they put it 3 above Buckeye Battle cry but that’s ok.
Msu was my high schools fight song and i hated it even though i played it every home football game. Go blue!
@@Lcngopher My high school (in michigan) had NDs fight song with OSU colors
@@seniorpuffin2799 my middle school had notre dames fight song with msu colors
@@Lcngopher .
As a Michigan Fan, I love the Sparty Fight song for sure. Very deserving #4, but of course gotta love HTTV being one spot above it lol
Definitely a lot of nostalgia for a lot of these even from teams outside my region like Texas, Georgia and Clemson aside from the more regional ones like Mich, MSU and ND which I think may be higher on my list lol
Rocky Top #1 is legit tho lol
Can’t wait for you to cry in a few weeks at the horseshoe
Your opinion sucks M******* OH IS BETTER
I love both teams but i like MSU slightly better.
As a MSU fan, I do like Michigan's fight song but definitely like MSUs better...not biased at all though lol
I respect my Tennessee volunteers being at number one but our real fight song is down the field🤫👍
Yes it is.
rocky top sounds better though lol
They oughta just change the official fight song to rocky top. It’s just so iconic
@@mississippifishing2716 personally I think they are both even but Rocky top is more iconic
Rocnky top is more memorable for us Vols fans, but down the field will always hold the same place in our hearts. Most of us even know the lyrics,
"Here's to ole Tennessee
never we'll sever
we pledge our loyalty
for ever, and ever
backing our football team
faltering never
cheer and fight
with all of your might
for
Tenn-Ess-Ee"
Favs are Arkansas … Nebraska … Oregon is also pretty cool … Texas Tech is awesome … as is USC …
I know we all have our favs for multiple reasons … no problem with that …
But hopefully most sane people can agree the Texas Longhorn “Working on the Railroad “ is trash … the most disgusting fight song ever!
My definition is one I immediately recognize, so my tops would be Wisconsin, Navy, OU, A&M, Texas, ND, UM, USC, and Tenn. I would add NW and IU, but I live in Big Ten country.
No Notre Dame? LOL😊
I’m in no way a Michigan fan but that is clearly number 1. And the most famous one at number 7?
Thank you finally somebody that likes Notre Dame
Yeah I’m sorry but notre dame should be the number 1. Yes I’m biased but it’s literally the best. Then OSU. Sleeping On Ohio university stand up and cheer but I understand the most popular
Tennessees is awesome, plus it’s one of the only ones with actual words
@@Twin_Prodzthey all have words
Life long Michigan State Spartan here, and I can’t see how “hail to the Victors” isn’t #1. I hate the wolverines with everything in me, but it’s evident to me they have the best fight song in the country.
Agreed 👍🏾 💯
You’ve obviously never been in Kyle Field singing the Aggie War Hymn, and feeling the stadium move when the entire Aggie crowd starts to sway when they get to “Saw varsity’s horns off”.
Song clip cut off before it even got to that part.
Hopefully the lyrics will have real meaning again, soon. 2011 was a long time ago, it seems.
And sometimes (I've been there) no one knows which way to go! Sometimes it's so bad that they start to crash into each other!
"Don't worry, commentators- this is completely normal!"
With the 2023 season about a month away I needed this to get in the mood. ROLL TIDE!!!
From a Tennessee fan to an Alabama fan, one thing is for sure, we both hate Georgia. GBO 🍊
Amen!!
@@robertroyal8893 I'm excited for the bama game this year, hope it's as exciting as last year!
Oops, we're just finishing 2024.
I’m being honest the best one and the most iconic one is Michigan fight song when i heard it for the first time absolutely fell in love with it
I’m a Trojan through and through but I have to give the nod to Notre Dame’s fight song as my number 1. That’s the sound of college football for me
It's annoying
@William MacDonald you’re annoying🥱
Former United States Marine Corps Marching Band Director, and preeminent composer John Philip Sousa is quoted as saying "The Victors" is "the greatest college fight song ever written."
Who?
asked
@@happyvalleykid6324 no Louis Elbel wrote it.
@David Vandervliet My bad. No idea why I genuinely thought it was Sousa. Thank you for correcting me!
As a boilermaker, I gotta say that our fight song is pretty baller and fun to sing
Boiler Up
Btfu
Having been born and raised in Hollywood, I just wanted to add that one of the nice things about USC is that they really have three distinctive songs. So they also do Conquest and Tusk. You can see how the worlds of movies and music both help define the unique position of this school.
I mean where else would you imagine something like this taking place? ruclips.net/video/ATMR5ettHz8/видео.html
And I think just about everyone (except for a few aging fossils like me) may have forgotten where Conquest originally comes from... ruclips.net/video/QZLMPZbj8So/видео.html
And the rest of the PAC ZERO can't stand USC! Learn more tunes!
Notre Dame's Fight Song is #1 in my book.
Damn right
Arkansas fight is obviously the most hype and epic fight song of all.
Yes
I've been trying to find a version with that flourish at the end for months now
Awesome video, but the “Minnesota Rouser" should definitely be #1.
Minnesota, hats off to thee,
To thy colors true we shall ever be,
Firm and strong, united are we.
Rah! Rah! Rah! for Ski-U-Mah,
RAH! RAH! RAH! RAH!
Rah for the U. of M.
Minnesota, hats off to thee,
To thy colors true we shall ever be,
Firm and strong, united are we.
Rah! Rah! Rah! for Ski-U-Mah,
RAH! RAH! RAH! RAH!
Rah for the U. of M.
M-I-N-N-E-S-O-T-A!
Minnesota! Minnesota!
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah GOPHERS!
John, I'd love to see the Gophers do well--it's been a long time. However, if you want to see what the composer COULD have done with the excellent first line of the "Rouser", check out the main fight song for Washington State. The first four measures or so are nearly identical, but the "Rouser" kind of ends on a weak note, as I see it, whereas the "WSU Fight Song" (clever title, eh?) finishes strongly melodically (if not with the best words--they don't rhyme at the end). I prefer "Hail to Minnesota" to the "Rouser".
I love Michigans fight song
Nebraskas is so iconic I swear
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So true I agree
My phone ring tone has been the Michigan fight song for as long as I've had a cell phone!
_And this year it sounds _*_EVEN SWEETER!_*
Michigan song is fantastic but as a Navy vet I love Anchors Aweigh.
This is a good list, but two of the most instantly recognizable fight songs being honorable mention is an oversight: On Wisconsin and Anchors away.
**Aweigh. REfers to hauling the anchor up to leave port
I agree...I was shocked when OW came up in the honorable mention....It's in my top 10
John Philip Sousa picked Victor's first and Notra Dame second. He knew something about music.
He also wrote the MINNESOTA MARCH in 1925
Tennessee #1??? Gotta be kidding!!!! "THE VICTORS" of the University of Michigan is the BEST fight sing ever written!!! Even the March King JOHN PHILIP SOUZA said so!!! 😄
GoBlue! 💪🏈 💙🫶💙👍
personally notre dame is #1 in my books, god thats so catchy
the only song everyone knows
Any song that is borrowed or adapted from a pre-existing piece should be disqualified. No "Rocky Top", "Eyes of Texas/Railroad song", "Hail Hail, the Gangs All Here" and "Hold that Tiger"
Georgia Tech, Michigan, and Notre Dame, top 3, have the best fight songs.