WEEK 5 NOTES

PRINCETON, N.J. – Week 5 of the Ivy League football season features a nationally televised league matchup with Columbia traveling to Penn at 7 p.m. Friday on ESPNU. Princeton welcomes Brown at 12 p.m. on Saturday in the other league contest slated for this weekend.  

Coming off a 4-0 weekend in non-conference play, Ivy League teams will look to carry that momentum into their final non-conference contests of the season, with four challenging matchups on tap. No. 23 Yale puts its 11-game winning streak at the Yale Bowl on the line against CAA preseason favorite Rhode Island, while No. 17 Harvard looks to remain unbeaten when it hosts Holy Cross, which has won its last two games. Dartmouth welcomes Merrimack in the two programs second-ever meeting, while Cornell faces its fourth currently ranked opponent of the season when it hosts two-time defending Patriot League champion No. 4 Lehigh.

• At 14-6 (.700) against non-conference FCS opponents, the Ivy League ranks second nationally this season. The league has ranked among the top three conferences in winning percentage against FCS opponents in each of its last eight seasons of competition.
• Both Harvard and Yale are ranked in the two major FCS polls this week. Harvard moved up to No. 17 in both polls, while Yale returned to the rankings at No. 25 in the Stats Perform Media Poll and No. 23 in the AFCA Coaches Poll. Princeton also received votes in the media poll.
• Four Ivy League teams rank among the top 10 nationally in scoring defense: Princeton (1st, 10.3), Brown (3rd, 12.5), Penn (7th, 15.3) and Harvard (8th, 15.8). In five of the last seven seasons, multiple Ivy League teams have finished among the nation's top 10 in the category.
• Ivy League players earned Helmet Stickers on ESPN's College Football Final in each of the first three weeks of the season. Yale QB Dante Reno earned the honor in Week 1, Harvard DB Xaden Benson followed in Week 2 and Princeton RB Kai Honda was recognized in Week 3.
• Yale WR Jaxton Santiago leads the FCS in receiving yards per game (134.8) and receptions per game (8.75). Santiago also ranks third nationally in receiving touchdowns (7) and was named the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week after recording 13 receptions for 147 yards and two touchdowns against Dartmouth.
• Yale QB Dante Reno leads the FCS in passing yards per game (359) and total offense (368). The Bulldogs are 3-0 in games Reno has played this season.
• For the fourth consecutive year, all eight Ivy League football programs have a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, presented annually to college football's top scholar-athlete.