Football will close out its 2025 campaign on the road in Ithaca, New York, on Saturday, taking on Cornell for its last chance to secure an Ivy League win this season.
Men’s basketball fell 89-62 to No. 3 University of Connecticut on Monday in one of the team’s toughest matchups in program history. While a win was a lot to expect when facing off against a team that has won two of the last three national championships, the matchup signaled the Lions’ resilience and ability to handle pressure.
Men’s basketball kicked off its 2025 season on Friday, heading to West Haven, Connecticut to play the University of New Haven, which is starting its first year competing at the Division I level.
Football fell to FCS No. 9 Harvard at home under the Friday night lights, 31-14. The Lions struggled to kick their offense into gear against a tough Crimson showing.
Football will head up to New Haven, Connecticut, on Saturday in search of a much-needed bounce back against Yale after its worst loss of the season—and its worst since 2013—against Dartmouth.
At the end of the 2023 season, Columbia football posted a 3-7 record, claimed just one Ivy League win, and sat firmly at the bottom of the conference. Before the 2023 season had even begun, longtime head coach Al Bagnoli suddenly retired after eight years at the helm, throwing the program into instability.