Monmouth Hawks Rise to Second Place In 10/28/2026 Lambert Cup Poll
Monmouth (6-2, 5-0 CAA) rose to their highest spot in the Lambert Cup poll in 2026 after their 49-13 win over Hampton, one spot behind undefeated Harvard.
Harvard New No. 1 in 10/21/2026 Lambert Cup Poll
Harvard took over the No. 1 spot in the Lambert Cup Poll this week thanks to their 30-7 win over Holy Cross and Lehigh’s 48-38 loss to Cornell this week.
Yale Makes Big Jump In 10/14/2026 Lambert Cup Poll; Harvard Chases Lehigh, Princeton Enters Poll
BETHLEHEM, PA – Yale made the biggest jump of the week in the Lambert Cup poll of the week of
Lehigh Mountain Hawks No. 1 In Initial 2026 Lambert Cup Poll
BETHLEHEM, PA – The Lehigh Mountain Hawks were picked No. 1 in the initial Lambert Cup poll of 2026, selected
Villanova Wildcats Win the 2025 Lambert Cup
In the final Lambert Cup poll of the season, the Wildcats (12-3), based on their phenomenal run to the FCS Playoff semifinals, finished ahead of fellow FCS Playoff participants Lehigh (12-1), Yale (9-3), and Rhode Island (11-3) in the first year of the resurrection of the in-season Lambert Cup polling this season.
Lehigh Remains No. 1 In Final Regular Season 2025 Lambert Cup Poll
BETHLEHEM, PA – The final vote of the 2025 regular season by the Lambert Cup Committee sees the Lehigh Mountain
Mountain Hawks No. 1 In Initial 2025 Lambert Cup Poll
The Lehigh Mountain Hawks were picked No. 1 in the initial Lambert Cup poll of 2025, selected by the Lambert Cup Committee.
Lambert Cup Committee Announces Retroactive Lambert Cup Champions (Fall 2021, 2023, 2024)
In 2022, the ECAC announced the last formal winner of what was then the ECAC Lambert Cup, the College of the Holy Cross. In 2025, with a brand new reorganized set of legacy Lambert Cup voters, the Lambert Cup committee has awarded the FCS Lambert Cup retroactively for the years it went unawarded.
10/20/2025: Reviving the FCS Lambert Cup
On October 20th, 2025, a more than fifty year old Eastern Football tradition was revived for FCS college football.