Princeton University Athletics
Women's Basketball Ranked in Preseason Mid-Major Poll
October 28, 2010 | Women's Basketball
BOSTON - The Princeton women's basketball team is ranked No. 6 in the preseason Mid-Major poll, it was announced by CollegeInsider.com, on Tuesday, Oct. 26.
The Tigers received 517 points in the poll and is the only Ivy League team ranked. Gonzaga is ranked No. 1, followed by Green Bay, James Madison, Arkansas Little Rock and Bowling Green. Princeton will play two of the teams ranked in the preseason poll, Lehigh (No. 12) and Delaware (No. 24).
Princeton was chosen to repeat as Ivy League Champion in the league' preseason media/SID poll that was also released on Tuesday. The Tigers went 26-3 during the 2009-10 season and swept the Ivy League with a perfect 14-0 mark. Princeton earned the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, for the first time in program history.
This is the first year that CollegeInsider.com will be doing a weekly women's Mid-Major Top 25 poll. The organization established the men's poll in 1999 for the purpose of recognizing smaller schools throughout the regular season and has become a measuring stick for programs outside the proverbial power conferences.
The women's Mid-Major Top 25 will be comprised of teams from America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Great West, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt and West Coast Conference.
The poll will be released every Tuesday during the season.