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You could probably win a bar bet with this. Did you know it's possible to make an argument that Dartmouth football has bragging rights over national champion Ohio State this year? Read on . . .

Dartmouth beat Yale, 38-31

Yale beat Army, 49-43

Army beat Buffalo, 47-39

Buffalo beat Akron, 55-24

Akron beat Pittsburgh, 21-10

Pittsburgh beat Virginia Tech, 21-16

Virginia Tech beat Ohio State, 35-21.

That nugget is from the website myteamisbetterthanyourteam.com.

Now, before you get too excited the same site also can show you how Anna Maria College is better than Ohio State. Check out the site, plug in two schools and have some fun.

For a detailed explanation of how the transitive property works (and doesn't work) in sports, check out former Penn State and current Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman John Urschel's Advanced Stats column in Derek Jeter's The Player's Tribune.