CINCINNATI (AP) -The oldest college football rivalry west of the Allegheny Mountains is getting something new.

The series started in December 1888 with Cincinnati and Miami (Ohio) playing to a scoreless tie in a freezing rain. That was the first of 113 games between southwest Ohio teams separated by a 45-minute bus ride through corn fields turning autumn brown.

On Saturday, it'll have a Top 10 aura for the first time.

The 10th-ranked Bearcats (4-0) will bring their highest-ever ranking on the trip to Oxford, where Miami (0-4) is pinning all of its hopes on a redshirt freshman quarterback making his second career start - not very encouraging for the young, rebuilding RedHawks.