<p>Holy Cross and Colgate have athletic relations with Ivies that is well over 100 years. HC is playing 4 Ivy schools in football this fall and has played Harvard and Dartmouth since the 1890’s. While Holy Cross and Colgate are LAC’s, they do share another Ivy trait-both have very strong alumni networks with HC’s alumni giving rate of 53%. As others have noted the Patriot League is non-scholarship league based on the Ivy model.</p>