Prediction: Cornell 31, Columbia 17

PENN (5-3, 4-1) at HARVARD (7-1, 5-0)

This is it. If Harvard wins this week, it clinches at least a share of the title. If the Crimson loses, the team will have to wait at least one more week.

Penn was the clear favorite coming into the season, but in all honestly, the Quakers have disappointed so far. The team has suffered near-losses to Dartmouth, Columbia, and Yale before finally losing to Brown. Until Penn played Princeton last week, the team didn’t have a single comfortable win all year.

Despite these struggles, Penn remains very much alive. With a win over Harvard, the two teams will likely share the Ivy League crown, and it would be its third in a row. But let’s be honest: who likes sharing?

The last time Harvard shared a title, the Crimson and Princeton met in New Haven for a one-game basketball playoff. And we all know how that ended: sitting alone, eating Baskin Robbins ice cream in silence for an hour-and-a-half. Well for me, anyway.

The Game may be the most important event for the Harvard community. But from a football standpoint, it comes down to the game (with a lowercase “g”) this week.

Prediction: Harvard 31, Penn 28

RECORD LAST WEEK: 2-2 (To date: 22-8)

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