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IPA (2025 – 2026) Match 1 Recap

November 15, 2025
IPA 2025 - 2026

Overview

The first match of the 2025–2026 IPA season took place on November 1, with a record 48 teams and 239 players competing.

Group A is the tightest group after the first match. Boston College, Vanderbilt and Waterloo are separated by 2 points at the top, while Harvey Mudd, Tufts and Brown, one of last year’s highest-scoring teams, bring up the rear.

Average 28.33 pts·Std. dev. 6.26·Penalties 0

Group B begins to split into two tiers. Virginia, Georgia Tech and Wake Forest represent the ACC in the top half of the group, while MIT, Southern California and Bocconi lag well behind.

Average 28.33 pts·Std. dev. 15.50·Penalties 0

New York and Yale jump well ahead of the rest of the pack in Group C, while Warwick, North Carolina, Northwestern and Carnegie Mellon all hover near 20 points.

Average 28.33 pts·Std. dev. 10.19·Penalties 0

Penn, the week’s highest scorer, leads Group D. Dartmouth and WashU both post above-average scores, while Johns Hopkins and Harvard need to bounce back next week, and Caltech is held back by penalties.

Average 28.00 pts·Std. dev. 14.93·Penalties 5

Cambridge and Cornell are tied atop Group E with 40 points. Claremont McKenna stays competitive, while Emory, Duke and Georgetown post disappointing performances.

Average 28.33 pts·Std. dev. 9.81·Penalties 0

Michigan maintains its spot at the top of Group F from last year. Imperial and Williams trail close behind, and Berkeley, McGill, and Washington are separated by just 1 point.

Average 28.33 pts·Std. dev. 7.23·Penalties 0

California teams take 3 of the top 4 spots in the Challenger West division, alongside 3rd-place Texas. Illinois sits just behind the leaders, and Mississippi State posts the second-lowest non-penalized score of the week.

Average 28.33 pts·Std. dev. 10.37·Penalties 0

Toronto tops Challenger East and ties for the tournament lead with 49 points. Northeastern, Babson and Columbia make up a strong middle, while Boston University and Colgate remain in the mix.

Average 28.33 pts·Std. dev. 11.34·Penalties 0

Group A

TeamPointsMatch 1PenaltiesMatch 1 PenaltiesChangeStatus
Boston College logoBoston College353500No change
Vanderbilt logoVanderbilt343400No change
Waterloo logoWaterloo333300No change
Harvey Mudd logoHarvey Mudd272700No change
Tufts logoTufts232300No change
Brown logoBrown181800No change

Group B

TeamPointsMatch 1PenaltiesMatch 1 PenaltiesChangeStatus
Virginia logoVirginia444400No change
Georgia Tech logoGeorgia Tech434300No change
Wake Forest logoWake Forest424200No change
MIT logoMIT232300No change
Southern California logoSouthern California121200No change
Bocconi logoBocconi6600No change

Group C

TeamPointsMatch 1PenaltiesMatch 1 PenaltiesChangeStatus
New York logoNew York454500No change
Yale logoYale393900No change
Warwick logoWarwick252500No change
North Carolina logoNorth Carolina232300No change
Northwestern logoNorthwestern222200No change
Carnegie Mellon logoCarnegie Mellon161600No change

Group D

TeamPointsMatch 1PenaltiesMatch 1 PenaltiesChangeStatus
Penn logoPenn494900No change
Dartmouth logoDartmouth343400No change
WashU St. Louis logoWashU St. Louis323200No change
Johns Hopkins logoJohns Hopkins282800No change
Harvard logoHarvard202000No change
CalTech logoCaltech0055No change

Group E

TeamPointsMatch 1PenaltiesMatch 1 PenaltiesChangeStatus
Cambridge logoCambridge404000No change
Cornell logoCornell404000No change
Claremont logoClaremont323200No change
Emory logoEmory252500No change
Duke logoDuke171700No change
Georgetown logoGeorgetown161600No change

Group F

TeamPointsMatch 1PenaltiesMatch 1 PenaltiesChangeStatus
Michigan logoMichigan383800No change
Imperial logoImperial363600No change
Williams logoWilliams323200No change
Berkeley logoBerkeley222200No change
McGill logoMcGill212100No change
Washington logoWashington212100No change

West

Team Points Match 1 Penalties Match 1 Penalties Change Status
California, Los Angeles logoCalifornia, Los Angeles 41 41 0 0 No change
California, San Diego logoCalifornia, San Diego 32 32 0 0 No change
Texas logoTexas 32 32 0 0 No change
California Polytechnic logoCalifornia Polytechnic 30 30 0 0 No change
Illinois logoIllinois 28 28 0 0 No change
Mississippi State logoMississippi State 7 7 0 0 No change

East

Team Points Match 1 Penalties Match 1 Penalties Change Status
Toronto logoToronto 49 49 0 0 No change
Northeastern logoNortheastern 31 31 0 0 No change
Babson logoBabson 30 30 0 0 No change
Columbia logoColumbia 29 29 0 0 No change
Boston University logoBoston University 17 17 0 0 No change
Colgate logoColgate 14 14 0 0 No change