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PRINCETON, N.J. -- Two games highlight #IvyFootball week 6: No. 1 vs. No. 1, and preseason No. 1 vs. preseason No. 1.
Friday night #IvyFootball returns with preseason favorites Princeton (4-1, 1-1 Ivy) and Harvard (3-2, 1-1 Ivy) on NBCSN. Then on Saturday, the last remaining undefeated Ivy squads Columbia (5-0, 2-0 Ivy) and Dartmouth (5-0, 2-0 Ivy) play on Eleven Sports, Twitter and the
Ivy League Network (ILN).
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WHAT TO WATCH FOR
- The Ivy League football preseason poll resulted in a tie for just the third time in League history, with Princeton and Harvard taking the top spots. Those two teams will settle the score on Friday night when Harvard hosts Princeton on NBCSN.
- Columbia and Dartmouth are the lone remaining undefeated teams in the Ivy League, and two of just seven in all of FCS, and they face off on Saturday afternoon on Eleven Sports, Twitter and ILN.
- It marks the third time this season Dartmouth will take on a fellow unbeaten Ivy squad that is tied with the Big Green at the top of the standings (Penn, Yale). The Lions are looking to continue their best start since 1996.
- Penn (2-3, 0-2 Ivy) and Brown (2-3, 0-2 Ivy) look for their first Ivy wins of the season against Yale (4-1, 1-1 Ivy) and Cornell (1-4, 1-1 Ivy), respectively. Both of those games will be on ILN, with Penn-Yale also simulcast on NBC Sports Philadelphia Plus.
WHERE TO WATCH
| Date |
Game |
Time |
Network |
| Friday, Oct. 20 |
*Princeton at Harvard |
7:30 p.m. |
TV: NBCSN / NBCSports.com |
| Saturday, Oct. 21 |
*Columbia at Dartmouth |
12:30 p.m. |
TV: Eleven Sports / Twitter | ILN |
| Saturday, Oct. 21 |
*Yale at Penn |
1 p.m. |
TV: NBC Sports Philly Plus / ILN |
| Saturday, Oct. 21 |
*Brown at Cornell |
3 p.m. |
ILN |
LEAGUE NOTES
- Three of this week’s games will be broadcast live on ILN, now available on Apple TV, Roku and the ILN app on Apple and Android devices.
- #IvyFootball finished 18-6 in non-conference play in 2017, its best overall out-of-conference record since 1994, when it went 19-3-1. The Ivy League went 10-2 over its first two weeks this season, its best non-conference start since 1970, when it opened 12-0.
- The Ivy League’s .750 non-conference winning percentage leads the FCS and ranks fourth overall in Division I, trailing the SEC (.821), Pac 12 (.794) and Big Ten (.762).
- Of the League’s 18 wins, three have come against the 2016 Pioneer and Patriot League champions, including two wins by the Ivy League over Lehigh (Penn, Yale) and one victory over a San Diego team that reached the second round of the 2016 NCAA FCS Championship last season (Princeton). The Ivy League also has a win over a ranked team thanks to Dartmouth’s 27-26 overtime victory over then No.-25 Holy Cross on Sept. 23.
- Three teams appear in the national rankings. Dartmouth is receiving votes in both polls, No. 27 overall in the STATS FCS ranking, while Columbia and Princeton are receiving votes in the STATS FCS poll.
- Princeton at Harvard marks the second of six Ivy games on the NBC family of networks this season, including the Dartmouth’s matchup with Brown on Friday, Nov. 10, at Fenway Park in Boston on NBCSN and culminating with The Game, Harvard at Yale on Saturday, Nov. 18 on CNBC.