The NCAA has released its annual student-athlete graduation rate survey, and Dartmouth College once again has been shown to lead the nation in Graduation Success Rate (GSR). With a GSR of 99 percent for student-athletes who began college in 2006, Dartmouth led Division I institutions for a second straight year. Tying for the top spot this year were Brown University and the University of Notre Dame.
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The Sports Network writes:
Behind quarterback Quinn Epperly, Princeton has surpassed the Ivy League single-season record for total yards of offense with three games left to play. The first-place Tigers (6-1) have totaled 3,810 yards in seven games, surpassing Harvard's 3,566 yards in 2000. The Tigers also are averaging 45.1 points per game, well above Harvard's league-record 39.4 points per game, set last season.TSN picks this week:
Dartmouth over Cornell
Brown over Yale
Princeton over Penn
Harvard over Columbia
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Massey ratings have Dartmouth with an 81 percent chance of winning Saturday. That's the second only to Harvard's 99 percent "chance" of beating Columbia. Princeton has a 77 percent chance of topping Penn while Brown's 57-percent chance of beating Yale makes that the most competitive game. According to Massey, that is ;-)
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The latest Gridiron Power Index (think BCS) ratings for Ivy League teams:
26. Princeton (25.86)
32. Harvard (28.14)
46. Brown (38.71)
53T. Yale (46.14)
57T. Penn (48.14)
65. Dartmouth (53.71)
105. Cornell (80.71)
119. Columbia (92.86)
75. Bucknell (63.14)
76T. Holy Cross (63.57)
81. Butler (65.57)
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As long as the theme for the day seems to be numbers, here are Dartmouth's Ivy League rankings through seven games:1st
Scoring defense
Pass defense efficiency
2nd
Total defense
Pass defense
Third down conversions
Fourth down conversion defense
3rd
Total offense
Rushing offense
Punt return average
First downs
Fewest opponent first downs
Time of possession
Turnover margin
4th
Rushing defense
Pass offense
Kickoff coverage
Fewest penalty yards
5th
Scoring
Sacks allowed
Third down conversion defense
Red zone defense
6th
Passing efficiency
Interceptions
Punting
PAT percentage
Sacks
Fourth down conversions
7th
Red zone conversions
Most opponent penalty yards
8th
Kickoff return average
Field goal percentage
