Princeton Chosen First in Ivy League Preseason Women’s Basketball Poll

PRINCETON, N.J. – Following a historic 2024–25 marketing campaign that noticed a league-record three Ivy League packages — Columbia, Harvard, and Princeton — earn berths to the NCAA Tournament, Princeton has been chosen because the preseason favourite within the 2025–26 Ivy League Women’s Basketball Preseason Poll, as voted on by members of the media.

The Tigers earned 17 first-place votes and a complete of 163 factors to prime this 12 months’s ballot. Princeton appears to proceed its latest dominance after advancing to the NCAA Tournament in 2024–25. Returning to steer the Tigers is Madison St. Rose, joined by key contributors Skye Belker and Ashley Chea, who helped energy Princeton to a 25–5 file final season.

Columbia was picked second, receiving 147 factors and three first-place votes after one other robust displaying that noticed the Lions return to NCAA postseason play. Columbia returns a proficient core led by Riley Weiss and Perri Page, each key items in final season’s success. The Lions went 24-7 a 12 months in the past and captured a share of the Ivy League title earlier than incomes an NCAA Tournament victory over Washington within the First Four.  

Harvard rounds out the highest three with 126 factors and one first-place vote. Harvard will look to fill the footwear of Harmoni Turner, the 2025 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year, however the Crimson goal to construct on final 12 months’s robust end, which included capturing the Ivy League Tournament title.  

Penn was picked fourth with 106 factors, positioning the Quakers as the ultimate projected Ivy Madness qualifier. Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell, and Yale rounded out the anticipated order of end.

The 2025 Ivy League Women’s Basketball Media Day, hosted by the Field of 68, one in all school basketball’s main digital platforms, is about for Tuesday, October 28, starting at 10 a.m. ET. The Field of 68 Ivy League basketball media day present will air stay on the Field of 68 YouTube Channel (@TheFieldOf68) and X account (@TheFieldOf68).

The 2026 Ivy League Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments will probably be held March 13–15 on the campus of Cornell University at Newman Arena at Bartells Hall in Ithaca, N.Y. The match champions will earn the league’s computerized berth to the NCAA Tournaments.

The Ivy League ladies’s basketball season ideas off on Friday, November 7, with seven Ivy packages opening their 2025–26 campaigns.

IVY LEAGUE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLL

Predicted Order of Finish (First Place Votes)