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.
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Yale is a VERY, VERY good football team. They have good athletes at every position on both sides of the ball and by this time next season their QB could be the standard for this league. The first half against us was not even competitive and if not for some effective half time adjustments by the Big Green, this one could have been over early in the third. If Yale can regroup they are capable of running the table and beating many teams badly. As a Dartmouth fan and someone who was at that game, I am happy that we do not have to play them again.
The Washington Post article is a good read and quite positive. Very refreshing change from the negative press of the past. I guess winning really is the best deoderant!
At this point, I would put Yale in the #2 slot ahead of us. Penn results this Sat will give more insight. We totally snuck up on Princeton. That isn't happening any more this season.
At this point I would have to put both Dartmouth and Yale ahead of us. The results of the Penn game will have a major bearing on this.
Should we trounce them, I would put us even with Big Green at the top.
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