After dominating the Bears, 24-7, Saturday at Franklin Field, the Quakers now control their own destiny as the lone remaining undefeated team in the conference.

The center is often the forgotten man. But don’t be fooled; senior center Joe D’Orazio is the most important player when Penn's offense takes the field.

One thing is sure: it certainly isn’t lonely at the top of the Ivy League. With the sixth week of play officially in the books, Brown (4-2, 3-0 Ivy) sits in a tie with Penn for first place.

Penn moved up two spots to No. 21 in the Football Championship Subdivision Coaches’ Poll — its highest ranking since being No. 17 in 2004.

Though Al Bagnoli’s offense has generated enough points to keep the Penn football team undefeated in Ivy League play, the team still sits in dangerous territory.

Yale's offense posed a formidable threat, entering Saturday with an Ivy-best 267 pass yards per game, but the Quakers ‘D’ showed that it was up for the task.

Despite the 17 points Penn’s defense surrendered in the final quarter, the Quakers still came away with a 27-20 victory over Yale.

Al Bagnoli and four of his players — starting QB Billy Ragone and linebacker Brian Levine, as well as two freshmen — will have an early homecoming when Penn heads to Connecticut.

For the first time this season, all eight teams in the Ivy League will square off against each other rather than taking on non-Ivy opponents.

Football coach Al Bagnoli says stricter punishments for flagrant hits should have a trickle-down effect on college and high school players.

The voting media made a big mistake believing Penn's losses on defense in the offseason would be too great to overcome. The Quakers will win the Ivy title this year because of their improved offense.

The Quakers’ triumph over Columbia vaulted them to No. 20 in the Sports Network/Fathead.com media poll — Penn's highest ranking since 2004.

Al Bagnoli likes to take things slow — on the football field, that is. That’s exactly what the Quakers did against Columbia, using a relentless running game to keep control of the ball and the clock.

Penn improves to 4-1, keeping Columbia winless against the Quakers for the 14th straight season.

Columbia has not defeated the Quakers once over the last 14 seasons and has suffered six straight defeats at Franklin Field dating back to 1995.

In reality, we have learned little about this year’s Penn football squad so far.

It seems detrimental to the Quakers to continue splitting quarterback time.