Comparative Records

With a couple of writing deadlines satisfied I did a little preliminary fact-finding for the opponent previews that will run on the BGA Premium site in early August. Among other things I worked up was the five-year records of teams Dartmouth will play next fall. Here they are in order from worst win percentage to best:

.160 Columbia (8-42)
.300 Cornell (15-35)
.375 Central Connecticut (21-35)
.400 Princeton (20-30)
.400 Georgetown (22-33)
.517 Sacred Heart (30-28)
.520 Penn (26-24)
.540 Yale (27-23)
.620 Brown (31-19)
.860 Harvard (43-7)

Surprised by some of those numbers? Here are three things that surprised me . . .

• Princeton's five-year record was worse than I thought.

• I never would have believed Yale would have a better record than Penn.

• I would have expected Penn's record to be better than Brown's.

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You are wondering where Dartmouth would be in that list, aren't you?

The Big Green would probably be another surprise, posting a .620 winning percentage to tie with Brown for second in the Ivy League at 31-19.

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In case you were wondering, among other recent Dartmouth opponents . . .

.368 Holy Cross (21-36)
.437 Bucknell (24-31)
.526 Butler (30-27)
.697 New Hampshire (46-20)