From the official Dartmouth web page:
Find the story about Dartmouth being ranked 25th in the STATs poll HERE.
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The Big Green is just outside the other major FCS poll . . .FCS Coaches Poll
1. Coastal Carolina (6-0)
2. Jacksonville State (5-1)
3. James Madison (7-0)
4. Illinois State (5-1)
5. Chattanooga (5-1)
6. South Dakota State (5-1)
7. Eastern Washington (4-2)
8. North Dakota State (4-2)
9. McNeese State (6-0)
10. Sam Houston State (4-2)
11. Fordham (6-1)
12. Richmond (5-1)
13. Portland State (5-1)
14. Eastern Kentucky (4-2)
15. Harvard (5-0)
16. William & Mary (4-2)
17. Youngstown State (3-3)
18. Montana (3-3)
19. Montana State (3-3)
20. Charleston Southern (5-1)
21. Indiana State (4-2)
22. Villanova (3-3)
23. Western Illinois (4-2)
24. North Carolina A&T (5-1)
25. Northern Iowa (2-4)
Others Receiving Votes: Dartmouth (5-0), New Hampshire (23), Southeastern Louisiana (22), Cal Poly (20), Liberty (17), Grambling State (16), Southern Utah (14), Jacksonville (14), The Citadel (13), Towson (5), Alcorn State (5), Furman (4), South Dakota (4), Bethune-Cookman (4), North Dakota (2), Weber State (2), Eastern Illinois (1).
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Named to the Ivy League honor roll last week were:Eric Wickham, Dartmouth (Sr., LB - Richmond, Ga.)
7 tkls. (5 solo), 1.5 Sacks, 2.5 TFL, 1 FF
Dalyn Williams, Dartmouth (Sr., QB - Corinth, Texas)
23-33-1, 249 yds., 3 TDs, 10 car. for 60 yds.
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The Wise Guys have spoken and made Dartmouth a 34.5 point favorite over Columbia. Elsewhere it's:Harvard by 21.5 at home over Princeton
Brown by 11.5 at Cornell
Yale at Penn is a pick 'em.
How did the Wise Guys' early line hold up last week?
• They had Princeton by 7.5 over Brown and Brown won, 38-31.
• They had Columbia within 7 of Penn and the Lions got trounced, 42-7.
• They had Maine by 3 points over Yale and Yale won, 21-10.
• They had Harvard by 32 over Lafayette and the Crimson won, 42-0.
• And finally, they had Dartmouth by 31 over Central Connecticut and the Big Green won by 27.
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There's supposed to be a VERY interesting media presence at Dartmouth football practice today. Check in with BGA Premium tonight to get the skinny.Speaking of which, a few of you took up the offer to sign up for BGA Premium at a discount rate yesterday. It's always one game at a time, of course, but that Harvard game is coming. Be ready for it by signing up for BGA now. Find the first-ever BGA special offer HERE.
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Dartmouth product Kyle Hendricks will be on the hill for the Chicago Cubs in tonight's National League Championship Series game against the New York Mets. Read what Cubbies manager Joe Maddon thinks and hear what Hendricks has to say HERE. Former Princeton basketball and baseball star Chris Young is throwing for the Kansas City Royals this afternoon. Pretty amazing, huh?
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From the Dartmouth football office: