Of Rankings And Ratings

The Gridiron Power Index (top indicator of at-large playoff selection) has teams of interest to Dartmouth ranked this way (last week in parentheses):

22. Harvard (16)
33. Brown (47)
42. Yale (25)
45T. Princeton (53)
50. Penn (56)
55. Dartmouth (78) 
96. Cornell (91)
118T. Columbia (117)

64. Holy Cross (67)
86. Butler (90)
115. Bucknell (114)

127 teams ranked

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FCS Coaches Poll teams of interest:

25. Harvard
40. Sacred Heart

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The Sports Network teams of interest:

30. Yale
35. Harvard

(Splain, Lucy)

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Massey Ratings

122. Harvard
148. Brown
174. Yale
186. Penn
197. Princeton
209. Dartmouth 
314. Cornell
411. Columbia 

226. Holy Cross
299. Butler
402. Bucknell

Massey has Dartmouth with a 98 percent chance of winning this week's game against Bucknell, an expected 3.69 more wins this fall and 2.31 more losses. Translation: 6-4.

In case you are wondering, here's what Massey had for Dartmouth predictions already this year:

• Dartmouth 69 percent chance of winning at Butler (Massey Prediction: Dartmouth 31-24. Actual: Dartmouth, 30-23)
• Dartmouth 75 percent chance of winning over Holy Cross (Massey Prediction: Dartmouth 24-16. Actual: Holy Cross, 31-28)
• Penn 55 percent chance of beating Dartmouth (Massey prediction: Penn 27-24. Actual: Penn, 37-31)
• Yale 72 percent chance of winning at Dartmouth (Massey prediction: Yale 28-21. Actual: Dartmouth, 20-13)

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Roar Lions power ranking:

1. Harvard
2. Princeton
3. Brown
4. Penn
5. Dartmouth
6. Yale
7. Cornell
8. Columbia 

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Daily Princetonian rankings

1. Harvard
2. Princeton
3. Penn
4. Dartmouth
5. Yale
6. Brown
7. Cornell
8. Columbia

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Princeton coach Bob Surace said in his preseason remarks that he'd occasionally play more than one quarterback at a time, and he's as good as his word. From TigerBlog:

If you consider the Princeton quarterback depth chart to go Connor Michelsen first, Quinn Epperly second and Kedric Bostic third, then this is how Princeton's opening possession of its 42-26 win over Lafayette Saturday went: 

Play No. 1 - reverse to the third-string quarterback
Play No. 2 - completion from the second string quarterback to the first-string quarterback

Green Alert Take: When Dartmouth had Greg Patton and Timmy McManus along with Conner Kempe we kept waiting to see the Big Green employ that same kind of trickeration with the three once-and-former QBs.

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If you are curious about this week's opponent, check out the Bucknell sports information story on the Bison's 51-27 loss last week to Holy Cross and a story on the same game freelanced for the Worcester Telegram that included this:

Bucknell (1-4, 0-2) came into the game ranked last in the Patriot League in almost every offensive category. In its previous game, a 31-7 loss to Lafayette, the Bison managed only 80 yards. Against Holy Cross, Bucknell piled up a season-high 423 yards.