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Subject: Re: Potential route to getting 2 Ivies into the FCS playoffs Author: John Harvard (FCS Rankings updated) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 15:00:27 10/27/25 Mon In reply to: Tiger_Inn_Boy 's message, "Potential route to getting 2 Ivies into the FCS playoffs" on 13:26:30 10/26/25 Sun Through games of 10/25: #15 Harvard #29 Dartmouth (tied with Lafayette) Presumably Penn (4-2) was knocked out of post season contention by Yale's dominating victory. Yale (4-2) has two losses as well. Each, along with Princeton and Dartmouth has only one Ive League Loss. Seems while the league title is up for grabs, I'd agree that only Harvard and possibly Dartmouth have a chance to get a postseason spot without winning the League Title. This weekend looms large for Dartmouth, as a loss at Harvard gives Dartmouth its second loss in the league. Like Men's Basketball, it seems that the top team must get knocked out in the final weekend to possibly earn us a second bid. Specifically, if 9-0 Harvard loses to Yale in The Game and does not get the automatic bid then the Crimson could end up one of the at large selections (e.g., top 24 teams). [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: We will see... Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:33:29 10/27/25 Mon I should also have clarified that my predictions are limited to this season. I suspect that much of the FCS simply does not buy that the Ivy can play with real teams. I do not expect FCS to give, say, two-loss Dartmouth the benefit of the doubt for an at-large bid. But, if say undefeated Harvard makes a real run to (say) the semis of the FCS playoffs, that could change minds and bode well for multi-bid Ivy teams in the years thereafter.

[> [> [> Subject: Maybe I'm wrong! Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:54:40 10/28/25 Tue BGA today says that FCS playoff prognosticators think a two-loss Dartmouth team has a good chance of making playoffs. We might need help, but we'd be in the discussion. Of course, our chances of making the playoffs are 100% if we win out!!!

[> [> Subject: Re: Potential route to getting 2 Ivies into the FCS playoffs Author: Son of Eli [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:54:04 10/28/25 Tue If Dartmouth wins out and Yale wins out they would both be going to the playoffs. Dartmouth would have the tie breaker for the automatic bid, but I believe an 8-2 Yale team (which beats Harvard and loses to Dartmouth by only one point on the road and to top 10 Lehigh on the road) would get an at-large bid.

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Potential route to getting 2 Ivies into the FCS playoffs Author: John Harvard (3 bid Ivy!) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 21:17:50 10/28/25 Tue If Harvard loses to Yale and Dartmouth, can a n 8-2 Crimson gain an at large bid?

[> [> [> [> Subject: 3 Ivy League schools in playoffs ? Author: Penn Nation [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:25:19 10/29/25 Wed Not a chance!

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: 3 Ivy League schools in playoffs ? Author: Greenhorn [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:19:13 10/29/25 Wed Agree. No chance Ivy League gets more than one team in playoffs this year. There is a built in bias against the Ivies within the FCS rankings, Ivy teams play a weak out of league schedule, and with this being the first year Ivies will be allowed in the playoffs, I would bet that the playoff committee will want to see how one Ivy team fares before opening it up to more in future years.

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: 3 Ivy League schools in playoffs ? Author: sparman [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:29:24 10/29/25 Wed He's pulling your leg.

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Not this year, but... Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 06:20:11 10/30/25 Thu If Penn had beaten Lehigh, then 2015 *might* have seen three Ivy teams in the playoffs if we had been eligible. I mean, Dartmouth, Harvard, and Penn all shared the Lambert Cup that season.

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Potential route to getting 2 Ivies into the FCS playoffs Author: Ed S. [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 06:29:31 10/29/25 Wed No, not with Harvard's weak of conference schedule they played.