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It is important to keep in mind that the Ivy League merely refers to an outdated football conference established in the early part of the 20th century. Members of the "Ivy League" football conference include: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, Brown, and Cornell. Stanford, MIT, and CalTech are not part of the Ivy League, even though their academics rival those of the Ivy League schools.

Therefore, Rice is not part of the Ivy League football conference. However, its academics rival those of many Ivy League schools. Rice University is considered a "Southern Ivy" and was named a "New Ivy" by Newsweek magazine in 2006 because its academics are just as good, if not better, than those offered by Ivy League schools.

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