CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The reigning back-to-back Ivy League champion Harvard Football team will make a conference-best three appearances on ESPN national television in 2025. With the announcement, the Crimson's home game vs. Cornell and its road contest at Columbia have been officially moved up one day to Friday each of those weeks. The 141^st edition of The Game, meanwhile, has also been selected to be a part of ESPN's national TV package.
 
The Crimson's first appearance will come on Friday, Oct. 10, when it welcomes Cornell to Harvard Stadium. The Ivy contest will air live on ESPNU and will kick off at 7 p.m. ET. This will mark the fourth straight season the teams will have played on ESPN's national airwaves, with the Crimson emerging victorious the three previous times.
 
A month later, Harvard will travel to New York City to face Columbia on Friday, Nov. 7. The clash between two of the three teams to share the 2024 Ivy title will air live on ESPNU at 7 p.m. ET. Last season in Cambridge, the Crimson delivered a 26-6 loss to the Lions, who will also appear on ESPN TV three times in 2025. Harvard's last trip to NYC, meanwhile, resulted in a 38-24 win in 2023.
 
The Crimson's final regular-season appearance on ESPN television will come on Saturday, Nov. 22, for the annual rivalry contest vs. Yale. This year's edition is set for noon ET in New Haven, Connecticut, with the clash airing live on ESPNU. The last five games have each been decided by five points, with the Bulldogs escaping with the decision. Harvard's last series win, however, came at Yale back in 2021.
 
Harvard finished the 2024 campaign with an 8-2 record (5-2 Ivy) and was the first team to clinch at least a share of the conference title before Dartmouth and Columbia earned a piece of the crown. The Crimson, which posted an 8-win campaign for the third time in the last four years, ended the regular season ranked No. 25 in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll after rising to as high as No. 17. As the 2025 campaign inches closer, Harvard has received early top-25 recognition, appearing at No. 23 in Craig Haley's most recent Stats Perform preseason rankings.