After a pounding at the hands of the Mountain Hawks last week, Yale returns to New Haven to face off against Dartmouth.

Last Saturday, the Bulldogs were hardly ever in the game. Yale pulled within three early in the second quarter, but the team was held scoreless for the rest of the game. Bulldogs quarterback Patrick Witt was subpar, completing just 12 of 31 passes with two interceptions.

Coming off its loss to Penn, Dartmouth looks like a much better team. Big Green running back Nick Schwieger—defender of and contender for the Ivy League MVP award—ran for 130 yards and scored the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter to nearly give Dartmouth the win.

Against Yale, Lehigh didn’t rely much on its run game. And you don’t have to when your quarterback goes 34-for-46 in completions.

I think Witt will definitely pick up his game after a poor effort last week. This is yet another big test for the Big Green—it’s a must-win if it wants to hold onto any shot at the title.

And with its last two losses coming in the final 60 seconds, I think karma finally goes Dartmouth’s way.

Pick: Dartmouth 28, Yale 24

HOLY CROSS (2-2, 1-0 Patriot) at BROWN (2-1, 0-1 Ivy)

As Harvard knows first-hand, Holy Cross is much better this year than it has been in the past. The team may have had an easier time in its win over the Crimson than it should have because of Harvard’s costly miscues, but there’s no question that the Crusaders are a talented group.

But so are the Bears. After a sloppy week-two performance against the Crimson, Brown quarterback Kyle Newhall-Caballero put together a much better game last week against Rhode Island, completing 17 of 29 passes and throwing for 203 yards and two touchdowns.

Holy Cross is coming off its second loss of the year, but its defeat at the hands of a strong New Hampshire team came on a 60-yard touchdown pass with about a minute left.

The Crusader secondary was clearly off last week—the team surrendered three touchdown passes of 25 yards or more—and still managed to keep the game knotted into the final stages of the game. I think Holy Cross will find a way to fix its defensive holes well enough to shut down Newhall-Caballero’s offense.

Pick: Holy Cross 34, Brown 21

SACRED HEART (2-2, 1-1 NEC) at COLUMBIA (0-3, 0-1 Ivy)

You know when you can tell a team is bad? When it loses to Princeton.