In listings of the top universities in the US, Harvard and Yale are certain to be included, usually in the top two, so that the rivalry between the two is rather "serious."
在美國著名大學排行榜上，哈佛、耶魯總是伯仲之間，數一數二的常客，兩校互別苗頭的情形因此十分「嚴重」。