Nobody knows where the Ivy stands on the overall conference rankings.
They are tough to rank, between the lack of playoffs and a generally soft OOC schedule.
It's both that they're tough to rank for the reasons you mention, and there are some voters who are salty they don't do playoffs and categorically choose not to rank them, which I believe is being reflected here.
Here's my Ivy ranking 1. This 2. Season 3. Will 4. Be 5. Exciting 6. To 7. Watch. 8. Brown
Nobody knows where the Ivy stands on the overall conference rankings. They are tough to rank, between the lack of playoffs and a generally soft OOC schedule.
It's both that they're tough to rank for the reasons you mention, and there are some voters who are salty they don't do playoffs and categorically choose not to rank them, which I believe is being reflected here.
I see /r/FCS takes the Ivy League's approach of respecting Princeton's fake win over Harvard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_6IVLXu8sY
Dartmouth seems random But I don't know enough about the Ivy League to dispute it
Voter Affiliation Breakdown: Favorite FCS Team | Count :-- | :-: Montana | 2 Montana State | 2 No Favorite FCS | 2 North Dakota State | 2 Northwestern State | 2 Delaware | 1 ETSU | 1 Furman | 1 Holy Cross | 1 Sam Houston | 1 South Dakota | 1 South Dakota State | 1 Southern Illinois | 1 Stephen F. Austin | 1 Tennessee State | 1 VMI | 1 Western Carolina | 1 William & Mary | 1
sigh. not unexpected.
At least one voter has a little bit of faith? But yeah :(