How about this?

Forbes just published its 2026 list of "The New Ivies."  This is the third year that Forbes has published such a list.

There are 20 total, 10 public and 10 private.

Five of the ten privates are D3 schools: Carnegie-Mellon, Case Western Reserve U., Emory, Washington U-St. Louis, and Tufts.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciapark/2026/04/08/the-new-ivies-20-great-employer-friendly-colleges-embracing-ai/

This year's list puts a premium on schools that embrace AI fully.

There was a WSJ article today that stated that it is small, private colleges that are being most affected by declining enrollments and falling revenues.  I suppose that that could disproportionately affect D3, as some here have claimed.

That same article, however, said that Ivies, major universities, and big-time athletic schools appear to be unaffected.  I didn't get to read the whole thing because it was behind a paywall, but perhaps a subscriber here could elaborate more fully on it.

Well, ITA indoors are over.  #5 CWRU lost to #4 Claremont-Scripps, but then beat #1 Denison, avenging last season's national title loss.

Hadn't noticed until now that CWRU's 2026 schedule has dropped.

https://athletics.case.edu/sports/football/schedule

I hate that we don't have our "Trophy Game" rivalries against Carnegie-Mellon and Wooster as our non-conference games.

But at least we get a UAA team in one game (Rochester).

CWRU opens its fall schedule with 7-0 sweeps of Wabash and Anderson.

And then.....

Beats Hope 5-2 and sweeps Rose-Hulman 7-0.

4-0 start for the #5 ranked Spartans!

Greetings!

To any Wooster fans out there.  Now that CWRU needs two OOC opponents for next season, has there been any talk of reviving the "Baird Brothers Trophy" game?  I had the late Robert Baird for Microeconomics at CWRU.

At one point, that "fishing" trophy was profiled as one of the most interesting in college football by Sports Illustrated.

Would love to see that series/rivalry revived!

Is CWRU anywhere on the list.  I know that their total endowment is in the $2.4 billion range or so.

Well, as a grad of a UAA school that didn't make it, I hope that the national champion ends up being ONE of our UAA brethren!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

As a retired Army Officer (Lieutenant Colonel; served on Active Duty from 1998-2018), I had the privilege of serving with USMMA grads who worked either as Active Army Officers in the Logistics and Engineering fields, or as USN reservists who came to do their summer work at US Army Transcom seaports, and Coast Guard Academy grads, mostly in Kuwait and at military seaports who had various port security roles, and have always been impressed with grads of both of the D3 service academies.

This past weekend, I watched the Secretaries Cup game on ESPN+ for the first time ever.  It was truly a game for the ages, and its outcome wasn't certain until literally the final "tip" play failed.

I was pulling for USMMA in the matchup simply because during my days as an Army Logistician I did so much work with the Merchant Marine, but I was really just happy to see a good game.

Looking back, I almost wish I had applied to USMMA.  At the time, I didn't realize that their grads could commission not only in the US Navy Reserves, but also as active duty officers in all six branches of the armed forces, and even.........unlike any other federal service academy......in the NOAA Commissioned Corps, which may be the best kept secret in the entire federal uniformed services.

Kudos to both our D3 service academies!

I think I will make watching this game an annual event. 

I try to watch the Army/Navy game every year and pull for Army, but it's hard, given how many West Pointers I had to work with over two decades (my commission was via ROTC).

But I can watch the Secretaries' Cup game and cheer for Merchant Marine with no such caveats!

Well, now that wraps up a really disappointing season.  First losing record in over a decade.

I hope that we can rebound.

At least our men's and women's soccer teams made us proud this Fall.

The CWRU Lady Spartans definitely fell flat.  Couldn't win in two overtimes despite a one player advantage.

And then completely BOLO'ed the penalty kicks.  Swarthmore deserved to make the Sweet 16.  I hope that they go on to win it all!

CWRU plays Swarthmore today.

Can anyone give me a preview?

CWRU obliterated Rose-Hulman 5-0 in round one.

GO CWRU LADY SPARTANS!!!!

Four of the current top five in NPI are UAA schools.

Go CWRU!!!