The Valdosta State–West Georgia football rivalry, commonly known as the Battle for the Peach Basket, is a college football rivalry game between two public universities in the U.S. state of Georgia, the Valdosta State University Blazers and the University of West Georgia Wolves that compete for the Peach Basket.
[2][3][4] The Blazers and Wolves played every year from 1983 to 2023 in the Gulf South Conference.
The early series was dominated by Valdosta State with the Blazers winning 9 games in a row from 1983 to 1991.
From 2000 to 2013 the series was again dominated by the Blazers, with Valdosta State winning 12 of 14 matchups, as well as 3 national championships.
West Georgia announced it would move to Division I, joining the Atlantic Sun Conference for non-football sports and the football-only The United effective July 1, 2024, thus ending the rivalry for the foreseeable future.