Open a second browser window and cut and paste in address line to listen. I know you know this-I’m mainly writing this for my Mom, who would be stuck after No. If the link opens in the same window as this article, just hit “Back” on your browser after the song to get back here. This is the most time I’ve ever spent researching an article…ever!ĥ) Lastly, I posted a link for each song underneath its ranking. I also left out the service academies because they are all winners in my book.Ĥ) I listened to every single fight song in Division I-A just as a refresher. So while the Ivy League has some great tradition and HBC’s have the best performers, they don’t qualify. I’m just a guy with a pair of ears that knows what he likes.Ģ) The songs below are official fight songs, not songs associated with a college, so songs like Alma Maters, Chants, or adopted songs like “Hang On Sloopy” or “Country Roads” would not qualify for this list-but maybe I’ll do another list soon.ģ) This is only a countdown of Division I-A (or Bowl Subdivision) schools. So to preface the list, keep a few things in mind:ġ) I’m not, nor ever was, a student of music. So in order to kill time until NCAA ’09 comes out, I figured that I would weigh in with a Top 20 list of the best college fight songs in order to create discussion-but more than likely it'll just tick off about 80% of the people who read it.

Honestly though, I probably know more than your average bear when it comes to school fight songs. I never even realized I knew Louisville’s fight song! I can’t tell you how many games I’ve watched on ESPN on a Thursday night when Louisville is taking on Rutgers or some similar matchup, when all of a sudden I hear said school’s band strike up and I can hum every note.

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