If the Ivy League had to expand, who'd join?

[Anonymous]

Any college willing to join would need a major and potentially costly overhaul of their sports programs to match Ivy standards. Would probably have to be in the Northeast area for travel purposes and be fairly selective and old for the existing Ivies to allow into their brand.

[Anonymous]

Best options would be the US Military Academy (West Point) and the US Naval Academy (Annapolis) although it might be a costly move as the Ivy League teams do not generate much revenue.

Certainly no university which is a member of a Power 5 Conference would even consider moving down to Ivy League athletics.

Either the service academies or some member of the Patriot League.

[Anonymous]

Northwestern was the frontrunner when the Ivy League was actually considering to expand back in the '80s.

Realistically, the only schools that would merit consideration are Stanford, UChicago, MIT, Duke, Northwestern, and Hopkins.

[Anonymous]

According to DCUM, Penn (other than Wharton) and Cornell.

[Anonymous]

Patriot League includes USMA at West Point, USNA at Annapolis, Colgate, Bucknell, American University, Fordham, Lafayette, and Georgetown.

[Anonymous]

Stanford is not leaving the Pac12 and is a possible B1G candidate, so that is out. Northwestern isn't giving up a billion dollars in athletcs money for the Ivys.

I would agree with MIT, Hopkins and Georgetown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern was the frontrunner when the Ivy League was actually considering to expand back in the '80s.

Realistically, the only schools that would merit consideration are Stanford, UChicago, MIT, Duke, Northwestern, and Hopkins.

Stanford, Northwestern, and Duke would lose too much money to step down to Ivy League athletics. Northwestern, as part of the Big Ten, already has a great research network.

USMA at West Point, USNA at Annapolis, University of Chicago, MIT, and Johns Hopkins might be the best options if the Ivy League wanted to expand.

[Anonymous]

There is no reason for the Ivy League to expand.

[Anonymous]

Amherst or Williams

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Patriot League includes USMA at West Point, USNA at Annapolis, Colgate, Bucknell, American University, Fordham, Lafayette, and Georgetown.

Not Lehigh anymore?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern was the frontrunner when the Ivy League was actually considering to expand back in the '80s.

Realistically, the only schools that would merit consideration are Stanford, UChicago, MIT, Duke, Northwestern, and Hopkins.

It's a sports league. Why would Stanford or Duke drop several levels?

[Anonymous]

Other academic schools include WashUStL, Rice, Emory, Georgetown, Carnegie Mellon, Lehigh, Lafayette, & Tufts, in addition to the previously mentioned schools (USMA, USNA, JHU, MIT, U Chicago, Fordham, Colgate, Bucknell).

But, if the Ivy League wants to do it right, it should pursue Notre Dame just like the Big Ten and the SEC.

Maybe the little ivies (Williams, Wesleyan, and Amherst--I think) could go on steroids and move up to the big ivies. Maybe Davidson College or Wash & Lee.

What about the University of Hawaii ? Might help attract recruits.

[Anonymous]

Since everybody says the the Ivy League is nothing more than a sports league, Alabama is the logical answer.

[Anonymous]

Rice University

GA TECH

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rice University

GA TECH

Georgia Tech wouldn't leave the ACC for the Ivy League. Even the Big Ten has considered Georgia Tech for the Atlanta area media market & to break into the South for football recruiting. So with the Big Ten eyeing expansion, Georgia Tech would have zero interest in moving down to Ivy League athletics. Georgia Tech would move to the Big Ten or to the SEC if invited, but unlikely to be interested in the Ivy League.

I wonder which schools would be interested in joining the Ivy League. Williams College & Amherst College have US News rankings sewn up and probably have no desire to be overshadowed by Ivy League schools. Plus, LACs are not research schools so Ivy League membership does not make sense from an academic viewpoint. Would have to be a lost, lonely National University in search of higher visibility and snappier marketing. (MIT, CMU, JHU, WashUStL, Emory, Rice, Tufts, Wake Forest if the ACC dissolves, College of William & Mary, & Patriot League schools.)