# Ivy League WBB 2026–27 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ivy League\ **Created:** [October 8, 2026, 1:31am UTC](https://ivyleague.chat/t/ivy-league-wbb-2026-27/1276 "2026-10-08T01:31:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JDP](https://ivyleague.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@JDP](https://ivyleague.chat/u/JDP)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 1:31am UTC](https://ivyleague.chat/t/ivy-league-wbb-2026-27/1276/1 "2026-10-08T01:31:52Z")
The Ivy League Media Poll was released today and, as in most years, it largely mirrors last season’s finish. > **[Ivy League Women's Basketball Preseason Poll Announced](https://ivyleague.com/news/2026/10/6/ivy-league-womens-basketball-preseason-poll-announced.aspx)** > > PRINCETON, N.J. — Reigning Ivy League regular season and tournament champion Princeton has been selected as the preseason favorite in the 2026–27 Ivy League Women’s Basketball Preseason Poll, as voted on by members of the media. Two things stood out: 1. **The top of the poll is more one-sided than expected.** Princeton drew 15 first-place votes to Columbia’s 5. The point totals also leave only one possible vote distribution for the top four teams. 2. **The bottom half is a toss-up.** From Brown down to Dartmouth, many different vote distributions produce the same point totals, so the order says little about how voters actually separated those four teams. ![image](https://ivyleague.chat/uploads/default/original/1X/c66fa15c8750c5c7f46095eae113e34606209f13.png) Bart Torvick also released his preseason rankings. For what it may be worth, a quick AI based review: [https://barttorvik.com/ncaaw/trank.php?year=2027#](https://barttorvik.com/ncaaw/trank.php?year=2027#) ![image](https://ivyleague.chat/uploads/default/original/1X/75c30c9a1e07a00881adad3025b453e13965a652.png)Bart Torvik’s preseason ratings suggest the race is tighter than the poll implies: - **Columbia and Princeton look almost interchangeable at the top** , with Torvik giving Columbia a slight edge. Harvard is close enough to challenge both. That is a much narrower gap than voters’ 15–5 split suggests. - **Penn is the clear fourth team** , well ahead of fifth-place Yale, which makes an Ivy tournament berth a reasonable expectation. - **Penn’s path upward is defense.** Its offense ranks 87th nationally but its defense ranks 115th, while Columbia’s and Harvard’s defenses rank 61st and 50th. - **The league is sharply divided.** Four top-100 teams give it a competitive upper tier, while three teams sit below No. 225. ---
**Author:** ![Kreeeker](https://ivyleague.chat/user_avatar/ivyleague.chat/kreeeker/32/99_2.png) [@Kreeeker](https://ivyleague.chat/u/Kreeeker)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://ivyleague.chat/t/ivy-league-wbb-2026-27/1276/2 "2026-10-08T17:42:57Z")
Surprised by the media results and by how little they vaule the impact of a coaching change. Last years the league has been an insanely close three-headed race, and I don’t thing the poll reflects what should be the expectation this year. What I mean **Columbia** - What has lost: DPOY and the starting forward. - What they’ve got: Ivy POY, best current coach, big momentum from postseason, big senior class, best incoming class (imo) and recruit. Loses are compensated by a transfer and a potential FOY (ESPN #87). **Harvard** - What has lost: 2 heavy minute starters and a rotation player. - What they’ve got: FOY, a decent incoming class, hopefully a healthy Karlee White, big momentum in improvement. **Princeton** - What has lost: COY, a star in St. Rose, and still missing some size. - What they’ve got. Big senior class, 4/5 starters returning, reining champs, good freshman class. I think Torvik’s rankings are a more accurate representation of what we should expect this season. I think going from one of the best coaches this league has seen to a coach that has 0 head-coaching experience is a huge change to still get 15 1st place votes.