Prediction: Brown 28, Penn 26

CORNELL (2-4, 0-3 Ivy) at PRINCETON (1-5, 1-2)

Princeton is by no means the best team in the Ivies, but Harvard witnessed last week that the team can still be explosive. The Tigers rallied from a 26-point deficit to pull within three.

Harvard pulled away in the end, but it became clear that, at any given moment, Princeton might be able to turn its offense—and its season—around.

Cornell’s offense has a major upside as well. If Winters and Chapple aren’t the one-two in the Ivy League quarterback rankings, it’s probably because of Big Red sophomore Jeff Mathews. And with two years left, he’s only going to get better.

To some extent, I think Princeton’s third quarter last week was a fluke. The team certainly has offensive firepower, but not that much. Though Cornell hasn’t picked up a win in the Ancient Eight yet, almost all of its games have been tight. Advantage Cornell in the matchup of off-and-on offenses.

Prediction: Cornell 31, Princeton 21

DARTMOUTH (2-4, 1-2 Ivy) at HARVARD (5-1, 3-0)

As good as its offense has been all year, the Crimson’s defense has been a little bit like an old car—it always seems to get you there, but the ride is sometimes a little shaky.

Granted, seniors Josue Ortiz and Matt Hanson missed part of the game last week, which certainly hurt. But the 30 points that Princeton put up in under 15 minutes still demonstrates some vulnerability.

Here’s a week-by-week rundown of the number of points the Crimson has surrendered this year, starting from the first game: 30, 7, 3, 31, 3, 39.

So which defense will show up in tomorrow night’s game? It remains to be seen.

Meanwhile, Dartmouth has consistency issues of its own. Yale shut out the Big Green earlier this year, but Dartmouth scored 37 in its shakedown of Columbia.

If Harvard’s quarterbacks keep playing like they’ve been doing all year, it won’t matter which Big Green team takes the field.

Prediction: Harvard 38, Dartmouth 24

RECORD LAST WEEK: 4-0 (To date: 16-6)

—Staff writer E. Benjamin Samuels can be reached at samuels@college.harvard.edu.