CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard Football finished at No. 25 in the final Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll of the 2024 campaign, it was announced today. The Crimson, coming off its second straight Ivy League championship, earned 64 points and was the only conference team to earn a final national ranking.
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Harvard completed the season with an 8-2 record and a 5-2 mark against Ivy League competition. The Crimson was the first team to clinch at least a share of the conference crown after it won at Penn, which was Harvard's seventh victory in a row.
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During the Crimson's seven-game winning streak, it took down two teams that received votes for the poll in No. 22 New Hampshire and Dartmouth, which tallied six points, effectively putting the Big Green at No. 36 nationally. Harvard beat then-No. 16/21 UNH, 28-23, to begin its winning streak and then defeated No. 22/22 Dartmouth, 31-27, on the road four weeks later to deliver the hosts their first loss of the season.
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Harvard ultimately shared its 19
th Ivy title with Dartmouth and Columbia, and in the process, posted an 8-win campaign for the third time in the last four year. The Crimson climbed to as high as No. 17 in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll before closing its season at No. 25 with today's final-poll reveal.
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