Cornell Basketball a Mid Major Power

Each week of the season The Cornell Basketball Blog posts the Big Red's ranking in the Mid Major Top 25 Poll as voted upon on CollegeInsider.com. During the last two seasons, Cornell was the only Ivy League team to receive recognition in the final voting results. But Cornell was not only the Ivy League's best team. In each of the last two seasons, Cornell finished ranked among the top thirty mid major programs in the country.

During 2007-2008, Cornell finished the season ranked No. 18. Last season, Cornell finished 2008-2009 ranked in the 29th position with 27 votes received. The 2009-2010 preseason poll will be released during October.

Roughly 200 Division I teams comprise The CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll. Eligible teams are from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Continent, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Sun Belt, West Coast.