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Superior

B+ Overall Grade 88

Balanced Beast

Brutal Schedule

Consistency King

Dark Horse

5-4 Record

55.6% Win %

#37 FCS Rank#201 nat'l

27.8 Pts / Game

W 1 Streak

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Performance Rankings: FCS (National)

	Rating	Rank
Overall	88 B+	37 (201)
Power	86 B	44 (186)
Offensive	86 B	44 (189)
Defensive	85 B	48 (188)
Schedule (Current)	88 B+	36 (173)
Schedule (Full Season)	92 A-	23 (159)
Record (Current)	81 B-	59
Record (Full Season)	79 C+	66

Records

Overall	5-4 (55.6%)
Versus FCS Top 25	1-1 (50%)
Versus > .500 Teams	2-1 (66.7%)
Versus < .500 Teams	3-3 (50%)
Last 5 Games	2-3 (40%)

Superlatives

Best Win	#151 Princeton
Worst Loss	#347 Rhode Island
Largest MOV	28 pts, #151 Princeton
Largest MOD	18 pts, #347 Rhode Island

Other Statistics

Points per Game	27.8
Points Against	21.6
Opponent Record	44-43
Average Opponent Rank	239.9
Long Streak	W 2
Current Streak	W 1

Yale Bulldogs Program History

Yale Bulldogs has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2026-27.

Winning season .500 season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	9-1	90.0%	—
2008-09	6-4	60.0%	—
2009-10	4-6	40.0%	—
2010-11	7-3	70.0%	#59
2011-12	5-5	50.0%	#65
2012-13	2-8	20.0%	#112
2013-14	5-5	50.0%	#55
2014-15	8-2	80.0%	#31
2015-16	6-4	60.0%	#38
2016-17	3-7	30.0%	#92
2017-18	9-1	90.0%	#11
2018-19	5-5	50.0%	#18
2019-20	9-1	90.0%	#8
2021-22	5-5	50.0%	#68
2022-23	8-2	80.0%	#11
2023-24	7-3	70.0%	#27
2024-25	7-3	70.0%	#22
2025-26	9-3	75.0%	#12
2026-27	5-4	55.6%	#37

Ivy League

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
79	Harvard	8	1	7
151	Princeton	6	3	32
154	Brown	6	3	17
201	Yale	5	4	61
222	Dartmouth	4	5	33
228	Cornell NY	4	5	54
271	Pennsylvania	4	5	6
298	Columbia	4	5	34

Game Results

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Sep 19	at Holy Cross (6-5) Patriot League	W38-28
Sat Sep 26	at Cornell NY (4-5) Ivy League	L25-38
Sat Oct 3	vs Merrimack (5-6) FCS Independents	W41-24
Sat Oct 10	vs Dartmouth (4-5) Ivy League	W28-7
Sat Oct 17	vs Rhode Island (5-6) CAA	L23-41
Fri Oct 23	at Pennsylvania (4-5) Ivy League	L21-24
Sat Oct 31	at Columbia (4-5) Ivy League	W26-8
Sat Nov 7	vs #23 Brown (6-3) (#154 nationally) Ivy League	L20-24
Sat Nov 14	vs #22 Princeton (6-3) (#151 nationally) Ivy League	W28-0

Ranking History

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 1	130	0	0
1	Aug 31	134	0	0	4
2	Sep 8	146	0	0	12
3	Sep 13	160	0	0	14
4	Sep 20	142	1	0	18
5	Sep 27	250	1	1	108
6	Oct 4	205	2	1	45
7	Oct 11	184	3	1	21
8	Oct 18	252	3	2	68
9	Oct 25	306	3	3	54
10	Nov 1	228	4	3	78
11	Nov 8	262	4	4	34
12	Nov 15	201	5	4	61

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