Cornell hosts Yale. No market line yet; the model calls it close to even.
What’s at stake
Cornell
- Cornell football is the program that Pop Warner built into a dynasty (five national titles, three undefeated seasons), and still plays the game the way he taught it — with intelligence, tradition, and pride in the sport itself.
Yale
- Yale football is American football—literally. Walter Camp, a Yale player and coach, invented the sport as we know it. The Bulldogs carry that origin story with historic pride, balancing Ivy League tradition with a recent breakthrough into national playoff competition.
The series
Yale leads the series 45-19-2
66 meetings since 1889 · Yale won the last meeting
- 2025Yale 41–24
- 2024Cornell 47–23
- 2023Cornell 23–21
- 2022Yale 38–14
- 2021Yale 23–17
Face-off
What each fanbase carries into this one.
Yale
The chip · vs the national mediaThe Ivy League was excluded from playoff football for decades while lesser conferences participated. The 2025 entry into FCS playoffs vindicated the league's argument that non-scholarship football can compete nationally.
What this game touches
Diminished from national dominance to conference-only relevance. Yale won 27 national championships, including 26 of 38 years from 1872–1909. The Bulldogs were the elite program of football's founding era. In the modern Ivy League (1954 onward), Yale has won 14 titles but has not competed for national crowns except through the newly available FCS playoffs (2025+). The wound is historical and accepted, not fresh—but it frames every season.
Cornell
The chip · vs big brotherThe fanbase believes Penn holds the sixth-most played rivalry in college football history against Cornell, and that Penn has won more Ivy titles in the modern era. Cornell built the foundation of Ivy football, but Penn has claimed more championships since 1956. That gap between historical pedigree and modern success fuels the Big Red.
Conditions
Cornell is 37% at home, 34% on the road since 2018 (13-22 home, 12-23 away).