CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Harvard, the newly minted No. 25 team in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll, returns to the road for the second time in three weeks when it plays at in-state foe Holy Cross on Saturday afternoon (2 p.m. ET, ESPN+).

Quick Hits

- The Crimson is 2-0 for the first time since 2023, and the fourth time since 2021, as a result of its convincing 41-7 home win vs. Brown. Harvard has scored 100 points in its first two games combined, which is the program's most across the first two games of a season since 1932, when it scored 106 (66 vs. Buffalo, 40 vs. New Hampshire).

- Harvard prolific offensive attack and its stingy defense has it ranked among the national leaders in several categories. On offense, the Crimson ranks first in sacks allowed (0) and tackles for loss allowed (2.50), second in team passing efficiency (201.98), third in scoring offense (50.0), fourth in passing yards per completion (16.16), sixth in passing offense (299.0) and completion percentage (.712), and ninth in total offense (476.0). On the other side of the ball, Harvard is first in total defense (181.0), scoring defense (7.0), first downs defense (23), red zone defense (.500) and team passing efficiency defense (87.17), second in rushing defense (57.0), third in passing yards allowed (124.0), and fifth in third-down conversion percentage defense (.240).

- The numbers mentioned above are nice, but it is even better when the Crimson also ranks second in turnover margin (2.00), fewest penalties (7) and fewest penalty yards (60), third in time of possession (34.42), fourth in fewest penalties per game (3.50), fifth in fewest penalty yards per game (30.0), and eighth in kickoff return defense (14.0).

- If one adds everything up thus far, the answer would be the No. 25 team in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll. The ranking ahead of its Week 3 game matches the Crimson's earliest national ranking in the media poll since the 2016 campaign. Last season, Harvard did not enter the Stats Perform poll until the week of the Columbia game (No. 24). Harvard has additionally been ranked four straight years.

- Quarterback Jaden Craig was outstanding vs. Brown, throwing for a season-high 317 yards and a career-high-tying four touchdowns on 24-for-31 passing. For his performance, the senior was named the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week on Monday and the Walter Camp FCS Player of the Week on Tuesday. Through two games, Craig has completed 34 of his 44 pass attempts for 525 yards, six touchdowns and zero interceptions. The senior's effort through two games has easily surpassed his production from his first two games of 2024, when he was 24-for-43 passing with five touchdowns, one interception and 395 yards.

- A week after filling the defensive stat sheet at Stetson (2.0 sacks, 7.0 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, one interception, four pass breakups, two blocks), Harvard returned to the gridiron and was impressive again. Against Brown, the Crimson added 2.0 sacks, 6.0 TFL, three interceptions, which included a Dorsey Benefield pick-6, and two PBU. Harvard's performance helped limit Brown to just 155 yards of total offense.

- Harvard is 18-4 (.818) over the last three seasons (8-2 in 2023, 8-2 in 2024, 2-0 in 2025). The Crimson ranks second in the FCS in fewest losses during this time period, trailing only to South Dakota State (3). In Division I altogether (FBS and FCS), Harvard is tied for third in fewest losses (Oregon, South Dakota State - 3; Harvard, Ohio State - 4).

- The Crimson has been one of the best road teams in the FCS the last two-decades-plus. Since 1996, Harvard sits behind only North Dakota State in road winning percentage. NDSU has won at a .737 clip (84-30), while the Crimson has emerged victorious 93 times in 131 tries (.710; 93-38). Among all Division I teams, Harvard is behind only Ohio State (.797; 106-27), Georgia (.766; 95-29) and North Dakota State in road games since '96.

- Harvard enters the tilt at Holy Cross sporting the longest current road winning streak in the FCS. The Crimson has won four straight as has Presbyterian and West Georgia.