Columbia at Dartmouth

Definitely the Clash of the Titans here as these 2 teams well above the 250 PR rankings face off in an Ivy League Matchup. Columbia, keep in mind, had won 3 in a row at home including beating Penn, Princeton and Brown before losing to Yale. Thus, this team had a successfull run but they are still 4-8 in the Conference while Dartmouth who is dead last in the conference is 3-9. Columbia is next to last in the conferece while Dartmouth is dead last in the conference. The last time these teams met, Dartmouth upset Columbia and won by 10 on the road. Keep in mind that Columbia has won just one game on the road this year and that was against Cornell, a game that Cornell came back to destroy them in. While last in the Ivy, Dartmouth did beat Yale and Brown at home who are 3rd and 5th in the Ivy. Furthermore, this team played Princeton tough both at home as well as on the road as Princeton is 2nd in the Ivy only to Penn. This team has come on of late as so has Columbia. But the key is that Columbia comes on at home, while this team comes on the road as well as they beat Columbia by 10 earlier this year. Columbia has struggled on the road all year with just 1 road win in conference. Dartmouth, although dead last in the league has been playing much better at home. Sure, Columbia has a revenge angle, but this team is not playing a game where they lost on the road and then come back to win at home like they did against Brown, Princeton or Penn - Columbia lost to this team at home and now play them on the road. Long story short, both teams are playing well but I think Dartmouth gets the slight edge here considering they are at home and how well they have played at home as well as the fact that Columbia has one just one game SU on the road this year in conference. Two stars on Dartmouth.