Ivy Power Rankings

1) Dartmouth

The Big Green keep beating good teams and doing it by the skin of their teeth. Sometimes, lots of close wins is the sign of a very good team. Sometimes, it's a sign of a lucky team that will soon see its luck run out. Right now, Dartmouth looks like the former.

2) Columbia

The Lions are basically playing like a team that's a year or two ahead of schedule right now. The only knock is they've really only beaten one solid opponent.

3) Yale

The Elis are still a very good team. The question is whether they can bounce back from their first setback of the year. A lot of teams in their place right now suddenly start to fall apart.

4) Princeton

The Tigers bounced back nicely from the loss to Columbia and the offense is still a serious machine. Their chances to repeat as champs are far from over.

5) Harvard

The stunning inconsistency of the Crimson offense continues. This is very much on the coaches too as they simply aren't drawing up the right plays to suit their QB's.

6) Penn

The Quakers offense is still potent, but the defense has fallen apart. This is starting to look like a rebuilding year after two straight titles.

7) Cornell

Beating Harvard was a great achievement, but there's no real evidence that the Big Red will be able to make a big move with their existing weapons. Let's see how they do after they play another Ivy opponent.

8) Brown

Losing to Stetson is bad enough, but to lose with such a poor offensive showing is just plain odd for this Bears program.