The Ivy League has released its 2006-07 preseason media poll:

1. Penn, 127 (15 first-place votes)
2. Princeton, 105 (1)
3. Cornell, 85
4. Yale, 77
5. Columbia, 65
6. Brown, 50
7. Harvard, 36
8. Dartmouth, 31

Slant: No real surprises here, except for the fact that someone with a vote in the Ivy League’s media poll thinks Princeton is the favorite to win the league this year. While 2004-05 proved such a development isn’t not outside the realm of the possible, it’s certainly a longshot. While it’s always fun — and often commendable — to play the role of contrarian, those sorts of daring predictions are best left to columns, not official media polls.