They're among the most bitter of rivals in college football, and their meeting this year takes on extra meaning because of their position atop the standings. Still, the loser of tomorrow's game, depending on who it is, still has a shot at a championship, assuming that a pesky team from New Jersey doesn't get in the way.
Talking about Ohio State-Michigan, right?
Not exactly.
Yale (5-1) at Harvard (4-2)
The 123rd edition of The Game may not live up to the triple-overtime ending of the 122nd, but it is among the best setups in the rivalry's history.
Yale wins at least a share of the title with a win and could win an outright title with a win and a Princeton loss at home to Dartmouth. If the Crimson wins and Princeton loses, the Big Three all tie for the Ivy crown at 5-2.
But the Elis are going for more than an Ivy title: Jack Siedlecki's team has dropped five in a row to the Crimson.
Both enter the perennial season-ending matchup coming off tough losses. For Yale, it was blowing a two-touchdown lead to Princeton at the Yale Bowl. A win would have clinched the title outright for the Elis.
For Harvard, it was a 22-13 loss to Penn, in which four turnovers did in the Crimson.
"We're still mathematically alive," Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. "Our kids will play unbelievably hard, and, hopefully, unbelievably well. We just need to execute a little better."
The matchups to watch in this one will both be on the ground. Harvard's Clifton Dawson, the Ivy League's new all-time leading rusher, goes up against Yale's Bobby Abare, one of the best and hardest-hitting linebackers in the conference.
When Yale has the ball, standout back Mike McLeod will have his hands full with Division I-AA's top run defense.
The Elis' sophomore leads Dawson by 124 yards for this year's Ivy rushing title (1,277-1,153).
There are more than enough statistics to go around in this one, but they rarely seem to matter.
"You can throw out the records," Murphy said. "You can throw out what's on the line."
Dartmouth (2-4) at No. 18 Princeton (5-1)
Princeton may have been looking ahead when its high-powered offense put up a whopping seven points in a loss to Cornell three weeks ago, but now there's nothing to look ahead to.
Princeton is by far in the best shape of any of the title contenders, needing only to beat the offensively-challenged Big Green at Princeton Stadium to wrap up a title share - its first since an outright crown in 1995.
The Big Green looked good in a home win over Brown last week, but Jeff Terrell and the Princeton offense, with everything to gain, might be too much.
Columbia (1-5) at Brown (3-3)
The good part of keeping the Week 10 schedule the same every year: Harvard-Yale.
The bad part..
