Sorry, one slight correction which makes things simpler:

> For starters, in order for Cornell not to finish ahead of
> Vermont or Colgate, Cornell has to lose all the rest of their games
> and UVM and Gate have to win out.

> But if we fill in those results, we find Union has two more losses and
> is in danger of being eliminated (since they'll have only three other
> games in which to get the six points needed to catch Cornell), so
> Union would have to win all their other games (except the Vermont and
> Colgate ones).

> But when we fill in those results, Dartmouth has two more losses (one
> to Colgate and one to Union), leaving them only 5 games in which to
> get the 10 points they need to catch Cornell, so Dartmouth would have
> to win all five of those games.

Now, once we do that, Brown picks up another loss, and they're left
with 4 games to pick up 9 points, which is impossible.

So the simplest way of saying it is there's no way UVM, Colgate,
Union, Dartmouth and Brown can all finish with 26 points or more.

                                          John Whelan, Cornell '91
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