Prediction: Yale 30, Dartmouth 17

NO. 20 HOLY CROSS (4-0) AT BROWN (1-2, 0-1 IVY)

Patriot League titan Holy Cross already dispatched its toughest Ivy League opponent when it beat Harvard in Week 1, and now the Crusaders can expect an easy conquest of their remaining Ancient Eight foes, Brown and Dartmouth.

While the Bears still have a chance to pick themselves up in the Ivy title race, Brown has not looked good thus far. Its 24-21 loss to the Crimson was not as close as the final score indicates, and the Bears’ only win came last week against the remarkably brutal Rhode Island.

That win doesn’t exactly inspire confidence that Brown can stop Crusader field general Dominic Randolph and company as they march into Providence tomorrow.

Prediction: Holy Cross 28, Brown 21

BUCKNELL (3-2) AT PENN (1-2, 1-0 IVY)

Don’t pay attention to Bucknell’s record. The Bisons have been feasting on weak opponents like Marist and Georgetown to get over .500, but any half-decent Ivy team should have no problem taking them down (See Bucknell’s 33-9 loss to Cornell).

As for Penn, I’ve been touting this team all season, but I’m starting to get a little worried after the Quakers only managed to beat Dartmouth by six last week. Let’s see if they can win more convincingly this time around.

Also, I highly recommend that anyone reading this online heads over to the Penn Athletic Department’s website immediately to watch the “Al Bagnoli Show,” featuring the Quakers’ head coach. It’s thoroughly unentertaining, but a great idea. I’d like to lobby the Harvard Athletic Department right now to begin developing the “Joe Walsh Show.” I give it three weeks before a major network decides to give the Harvard baseball coach a multi-year contract.

Prediction: Penn 24, Bucknell 20

COLUMBIA (2-1, 1-0 IVY) AT LAFAYETTE (3-1)

I know I already mentioned this above, but, 38-0. Columbia beat Princeton last week, 38-0. This team has been a dark-horse favorite of many for a while, and now might be the Lions’ time to come into the light. I’m not saying they’re going to take the Ivy title, or even finish in second or third place. But the days where an Ancient Eight team could preemptively mark its game against Columbia down in the win column are long gone.

Prediction: Columbia 17, Lafayette 13

HARVARD (2-1, 1-0 IVY) AT CORNELL (1-2, 1-0 IVY)