Since 1971，the Bushnell Cup has been awarded to the Ivy football player of the year， who is selected by vote of the eight coaches. This trophy，presented to the Ivy League by the Eastern Association of Intercollegiate Football Officials，was named in honor of Asa S. Bushnell, the first commissioner of the Eastern College Athletic Conference, in appreciation of "his great contribution to the advancement of college athletics".
自1971年开始，每年都会由八个教练投票选出"年度常春藤足球运动员"，并授予其布什内尔奖杯。这个奖项由校际足球协会的东部分会设立，是为了纪念东部院校体育赛事联盟的第一任专员亚撒S·布什内尔而命名的，以感谢"他为高校体育赛事的发展所作出的伟大奉献"。
The eight universities are recognized as leading universities with long histories, rigorous scholarship, professors of high level, and students of high quality. The Ivy League is often taken as the synonym of top elite schools.
这八所大学都是公认的一流大学，它们历史悠久、治学严谨、教授水平高、学生质量好，因此"常春藤联盟"又时常作为顶尖名校的代名词。

Famous schools of the Ivy League
"常春藤联盟"各高校的著名学院
Brown University-School of Engineering, School of Biology and Medicine
布朗大学的T.程学院、生物和医学学院
Columbia University-Business School, Institute on Education and Economy, School of Journalism
哥伦比亚大学的商学院、教育学院以及新闻学院
Cornell University一School of Hotel Administration and College of Engineering
康奈尔大学的酒店管理学院以及工程学院
Dartmouth College Undergraduate Arts & Sciences and Tuck School of Business
达特茅斯学院的文学院以及塔克商学院
Harvard University-Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard Kennedy School
哈佛大学的商学院、法学院、医学院以及肯尼迪公共管理学院
University of Pennsylvania -Wharton School, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and School of Engineering and Applied Science
宾夕法尼亚大学的沃顿商学院、医学院、护理学院以及工程与应用科学学院
Princeton University-College of Mathematics and Physics, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
普林斯顿大学的数理学院、伍德鲁·威尔逊公共与国际事务学院
Yale University-Law School, School of Art, School of Music, and School of Medicine.
耶鲁大学的法学院、文学院、音乐学院以及医学院