Prediction: Princeton 34, Lafayette 24

PENN (1-0) AT NO. 1 VILLANOVA (2-1)

Remember in fifth grade gym class how there was that one really big kid who used to always dominate in dodgeball and kickball? He probably should have been playing with the sixth graders, but he got some sadistic pleasure out of pegging tiny kids in the face with rubber balls.

Meet Villanova, the bully of the Football Championship Subdivision. Sure the Wildcats basketball team competes in arguably the top conference in the nation, but its football team would rather beat up on the little guys of Division I-AA like Towson.

Penn is next in line to take a dodgeball to the head as the Quakers travel to Villanova tomorrow to take on the Wildcats—currently ranked No. 1 in the FCS. Last season, Penn played Villanova respectably—falling just 14-3—but history speaks for itself: the Quakers have never once beaten the Wildcats on the road or toppled the No. 1 team in the FCS. I don’t see things changing this time around.

Prediction: Villanova 24, Penn 7

HARVARD (1-0) AT BROWN (1-0)

My guess is that this is a game that you will not want to leave early from. On top of the fact that Emma Watson could be in attendance, there is also the fact that in the past three matchups between Harvard and Brown, the game has been decided by one touchdown or less.

This season, the contest between the Crimson and the Bears features two of the Ivy League’s top quarterbacks. While Harvard quarterback Andrew Hatch is making his second start of the season, Brown quarterback Kyle Newhall-Caballero will be making his first appearance of the year after missing Week 1 with a hand injury.

Newhall-Caballero’s absence could explain why it took the Bears two overtimes to defeat Stony Brook. But with Newhall-Caballero getting thrown into the mix just this week, I don’t see Brown stealing this one from the Crimson.

Prediction: Harvard 21, Brown 17

—Staff writer Martin Kessler can be reached at martin.kessler@college.harvard.edu.