Monday, October 13, 2014

Ivy Power Rankings



1)      Dartmouth

Nobody wanted to go to The Bowl and take on Yale after that super start for the Elis. But the Big Green had to do it and they won. Even when Yale was relatively bad, Dartmouth used to have trouble in that building. But not anymore. Holding the Elis under 35 points is actually a good sign for the defense. And the offense is multi-faceted to a decent degree.


2)      Harvard

Still undefeated, but it’s starting to look like Harvard really is feeling the pain of injury losses for the first time in a very long time. Usually the Crimson are just too deep to notice.


3)      Yale

Will all the air go out of the Eli bubble after the loss to the Big Green? Probably not, but Colgate will present a serious challenge this Saturday.


4)      Princeton

The Tigers defense is simply not up to snuff. If they had to play Dartmouth now, they’d give up 30+ points for sure.


5)      Brown

The Bears are finding scrappy ways to win. They have a much better shot against the Tigers this Saturday than they did just two weeks ago.


6)      Penn

Can it be that the Quakers are simply a bad team? It sure looks like it, but they’ll get their first win this weekend and try to salvage the season.


7)      Cornell

A deceptively respectable score against Havard might fool some people, but the Big Red have very few weapons.


8)      Columbia


The effort the Lions showed briefly vs. Princeton disappeared at Monmouth. Wheels are well off the bus already. 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have to agree with you on the power shift from Harvard. They are without Hempel at QB and that hurts them. The first half against Cornell was brutal. 2 INTs and a fumble. The Crimson should have scored 40+ in that one.

Dartmouth looks poised but there is still room for a spoiler loss. That seems to be the way the Ivy goes. Kudos to them if they win out.

Loved Brown's gut check 2OT win but feel bad about Holy Cross who are not as bad as their record.

Penn just has the wrong first half schedule this year. Still plenty of time left to even things out.

Anonymous said...

Also Colgate showed some serious resilience against Princeton. They gave up an opening kickoff for a TD and had to climb back all game. They held the Pton passing game in check but their run D is decent not stellar. I think they will have problems with Varga and 'gate's plodding run attack is not equipped for a shootout. Game advantage Yale this week but not by much.