2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season

2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
Preseason AP No. 1	UConn Huskies
Regular season	November 3, 2025 – March 15, 2026
NCAA Tournament	2026
Tournament dates	March 18 – April 5, 2026
National Championship	Mortgage Matchup Center Phoenix, Arizona

The 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began on November 3, 2025. The regular season will end on March 15, 2026, with the 2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament beginning with the first four on March 18 and ending with the championship game on April 5, at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

• May 6 – New Haven announced that it had accepted an invite to join the Northeast Conference effective July 1, 2025, and begin reclassification from NCAA Division II to be eligible for postseason play in 2028–29.^[1]
• June 4 – Utah Valley announced it would join the Big West Conference from the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in 2026–27.^[2]
• June 18 – Sacramento State announced it would join the Big West Conference from the Big Sky Conference in 2026–27.^[3]
• June 25 – Southern Utah and Utah Tech announced that they would both join the Big Sky Conference from the WAC in 2026–27.^[4]
• June 26 – The Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) and the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) announced a strategic alliance under which the WAC will rebrand as the United Athletic Conference (UAC) beginning with the 2026–27 academic year. The rebranding will allow the continuing conference to retain the WAC’s automatic qualification status for NCAA championship events, including basketball. Under the announced alignment:^[5]
  • The rebranded all-sports UAC will include the three remaining WAC institutions—Abilene Christian, Tarleton State, and non-football UT Arlington.
  • The five ASUN members that play football in the UAC—Austin Peay, Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, North Alabama, and West Georgia—will also join the all-sports UAC.
  • Going forward, the ASUN will retain its seven current members that do not play scholarship FCS football. Five of these schools do not sponsor football at all; Stetson plays non-scholarship FCS football in the Pioneer Football League, while Bellarmine plays the non-NCAA variant of sprint football.
• June 30 – Texas State announced it would join the Pac-12 Conference from the Sun Belt Conference in 2026–27, bringing the Pac-12 to the 8-member minimum threshold required to maintain its Division I FBS status.^[6][a]
• July 15 – Louisiana Tech announced that it would replace Texas State in the Sun Belt Conference from Conference USA. Louisiana Tech will join the Sun Belt no later than July 1, 2027.^[10]
• July 21 – The American Athletic Conference announced it had dropped the word "Athletic" from its name, becoming simply the American Conference. The conference also retired the "AAC" initialism, which had been used more by media than by the conference itself; the official short form is now simply the word "American".^[11]
• August 13 – Tennessee Tech announced it would join the Southern Conference from the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in 2026–27.^[12]
• September 3 – UC San Diego announced it would join the West Coast Conference (WCC) from the Big West Conference in 2027–28.^[13]
• September 24 – The Loyola Phoenix, the student newspaper of Loyola University Chicago, announced that 106-year-old Sister Jean, who began her tenure at Loyola in 1991, and had been chaplain of the men's basketball team since 1994,^[14] retired for health reasons.^[15]
• October 2 – The Northeast Conference adopted its longstanding abbreviation of NEC as its official name.^[16]
• October 9 – Loyola Chicago announced that Sister Jean had died at the age of 106.^[17]
• October 10 – Little Rock announced that it would join the United Athletic Conference (UAC) from the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in 2026–27.^[18]
• October 21 – The Associated Press named its preseason All-America team. The leading vote-getters were UCLA center Lauren Betts and Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo. The other honorees were Texas forward Madison Booker, UConn forward Sarah Strong, and South Carolina guard Ta'Niya Latson.^[19]
• October 31 – The WCC announced that Denver would join from the Summit League in 2026–27.^[20]
• January 14, 2026 – At the annual NCAA convention, the Division I Cabinet approved changes to the transfer portal for several sports, including men's and women's basketball. Effective immediately:^[21]
  • A single 15-day portal was adopted for all D-I teams, opening the day after the final game of the NCAA tournament.
  • For players on teams undergoing a head coaching change, the portal will open for 15 days, starting 5 days after a new head coach is hired or publicly announced. If 30 days pass without the announcement of a new head coach, the portal will open for those players on the 31st day, as long as it falls after the championship game. This additional window is available only after the start of the standard portal.
  • Mid-year transfers will not be eligible to play for their new school during that season if they were enrolled at another NCAA member institution during the first academic term, regardless of whether or not they competed.

• November 12 – Hannah Hidalgo set a single-game Division I record with 16 steals, as well as a school record of 44 points, in Notre Dame's 85–58 win over Akron.^[22]
• December 3 – Mikayla Blakes became the 9th player to score 1,000 career points in 42 or fewer games after dropping 28 points in Vanderbilt's 81–68 win over Virginia.^[23]
• January 22 – Hannah Hidalgo became the fastest women's basketball player in ACC history to reach 2,000 points, doing so in 86 games (the previous record was 89), after scoring 27 points in Notre Dame's 74–66 win over Miami (FL).^[24]
• February 14 – South Carolina coach Dawn Staley earned her 500th win as head coach of the Gamecocks following their 79–72 road win over LSU.^[25]

A total of 6 schools joined new conferences for the 2025–26 season. Of these, 5 moved within Division I, 1 began reclassification from NCAA Division II.

School	Former conference	Current conference
Delaware	CAA	CUSA
Grand Canyon	Western Athletic	Mountain West
Missouri State	Missouri Valley	CUSA
New Haven	Northeast-10 (D–II)	Northeast
Seattle	Western Athletic	West Coast
UMass	A-10	MAC

The 2025–26 will be the last season in their respective conferences for at least 28 Division I schools.

School	2025–26 conference	Future conference
Austin Peay	Atlantic Sun	United Athletic
Boise State	Mountain West	Pac-12
California Baptist	Western Athletic	Big West
Central Arkansas	Atlantic Sun	United Athletic
Colorado State	Mountain West	Pac-12
Denver	Summit	West Coast
Eastern Kentucky	Atlantic Sun	United Athletic
Fresno State	Mountain West	Pac-12
Gonzaga	West Coast	Pac-12
Hawaii	Big West	Mountain West
Little Rock	Ohio Valley	United Athletic
North Alabama	Atlantic Sun	United Athletic
Northern Illinois	MAC	Horizon
Oregon State	West Coast	Pac-12
Sacramento State	Big Sky	Big West
Saint Francis	NEC	PAC (D–III)
San Diego State	Mountain West	Pac-12
Southern Utah	Western Athletic	Big Sky
Tennessee Tech	Ohio Valley	Southern
Texas State	Sun Belt	Pac-12
UC Davis	Big West	Mountain West
UTEP	CUSA	Mountain West
Utah State	Mountain West	Pac-12
Utah Tech	Western Athletic	Big Sky
Utah Valley	Western Athletic	Big West
Washington State	West Coast	Pac-12
West Georgia	Atlantic Sun	United Athletic

• St. Thomas left Schoenecker Arena after 44 seasons for the new Lee & Penny Anderson Arena. In the first half of a men's and women's doubleheader that officially opened the new arena on November 8, 2025, the Tommies women lost 67–61 to Army.^[26]
• Tarleton State left Wisdom Gym after 55 seasons for the new EECU Center. The Texans defeated NCAA Division III school Schreiner 90–35 in the new arena's first official basketball game on November 3, 2025.^[27]

• New Haven played its first Division I home game at the Jeffrey P. Hazell Athletics Center on November 9, losing 57–45 to Iona.^[28]

• The XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, one of the home arenas of the UConn Huskies, was renamed to the PeoplesBank Arena on June 2, 2025.

The Top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaching polls

AP Ranking Team 1 UConn (27) 2 South Carolina (4) 3 UCLA 4 Texas 5 LSU 6 Oklahoma 7 Duke 8 Tennessee 9 NC State 10 Maryland 11 North Carolina 12 Ole Miss 13 Michigan 14 Iowa State 15 Notre Dame 16 Baylor 17 TCU 18 USC 19 Vanderbilt 20 Louisville 21 Iowa 22 Oklahoma State 23 Michigan State 24 Kentucky т Richmond т

USA Today Coaches Ranking Team 1 UConn (28) 2 South Carolina (3) 3 Texas 4 UCLA 5 LSU 6 Duke 7 Oklahoma 8 NC State 9 Tennessee 10 Maryland 11 North Carolina 12 TCU 13 Notre Dame 14 Ole Miss 15 Michigan 16 USC 17 Iowa State 18 Baylor 19 Louisville 20 Kentucky 21 Vanderbilt 22 Oklahoma State 23 Iowa 24 Ohio State 25 Kansas State

Rankings reflect the AP poll Top 25.

• Nov. 4, 2025
  • No. 9 NC State defeated No. 8 Tennessee, 80–77 (Ro Greensboro Invitational – First Horizon Coliseum, Greensboro, NC)
• Nov. 10
  • No. 3 UCLA defeated No. 6 Oklahoma, 73–59 (Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA)
• Nov. 15
  • No. 2 South Carolina defeated No. 8 USC, 69–52 (Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA)
• Nov. 21
  • No. 1 UConn defeated No. 6 Michigan, 72–69 (Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT)
• Nov. 26
  • No. 4 Texas defeated No. 3 UCLA, 76–65 (Players Era Festival – Michelob Ultra Arena, Paradise, NV)
• Nov. 27
  • No. 4 Texas defeated No. 2 South Carolina, 66–64 (Players Era Festival – Michelob Ultra Arena, Paradise, NV)
• Jan. 11, 2026
  • No. 6 Kentucky defeated No. 5 Oklahoma, 63–57 (Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, KY)
• Jan. 15
  • No. 2 South Carolina defeated No. 4 Texas, 68–65 (Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, SC)
• Jan. 19
  • No. 5 Vanderbilt defeated No. 7 Michigan, 72–69 (Coretta Scott King Classic – Prudential Center, Newark, NJ)
• Jan. 25
  • No. 2 South Carolina defeated No. 5 Vanderbilt, 103–74 (Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, SC)
• Feb. 1
  • No. 4 Texas defeated No. 10 Oklahoma, 78–70 (College GameDay – Moody Center, Austin, TX)
  • No. 2 UCLA defeated No. 8 Iowa, 88–65 (Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA)
• Feb. 5
  • No. 4 Texas defeated No. 5 LSU, 77–64 (Moody Center, Austin, TX)
• Feb. 8
  • No. 2 UCLA defeated No. 8 Michigan, 69–66 (Crisler Center, Ann Arbor, MI)
• Feb. 9
  • No. 5 Vanderbilt defeated No. 10 Oklahoma, 102–86 (Memorial Gymnasium, Nashville, TN)
• Feb. 12
  • No. 5 Vanderbilt defeated No. 4 Texas, 86–70 (Memorial Gymnasium, Nashville, TN)
• Feb. 14
  • No. 3 South Carolina defeated No. 6 LSU, 79–72 (College GameDay – Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, LA)

• Mar. 6
  • No. 6 LSU defeated No. 7 Oklahoma 112–78 (SEC tournament – Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, SC)
• Mar. 7
  • No. 3 South Carolina defeated No. 6 LSU 83–77 (SEC tournament – Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, SC)
  • No. 9 Iowa defeated No. 8 Michigan 59–42 (Big Ten tournament – Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN)
• Mar. 8
  • No. 2 UCLA defeated No. 9 Iowa 96–45 (Big Ten tournament – Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN)
  • No. 4 Texas defeated No. 3 South Carolina 78–61 (SEC tournament – Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, SC)

Names	Dates	Location	Teams	Champion	Runner-up	3rd-place winner
Raising the B.A.R. Invitational	November 15–16, 2025	Haas Pavilion (Berkeley, CA)	4	California	Harvard	Charlotte
DePaul MTE	November 21–22, 2025	Wintrust Arena (Chicago, IL)	4	Northern Colorado	DePaul	Campbell
Great Alaska Shootout	November 21–22, 2025	Alaska Airlines Center (Anchorage, AK)	4	UC Irvine	St. Thomas (MN)	Bowling Green
Emerald Coast Classic	November 24–25, 2025	Raider Arena (Niceville, FL)	8	Mississippi State (Bay) Nebraska (Beach)	Middle Tennessee (Bay) Virginia (Beach)	Providence (Bay) Purdue Fort Wayne (Beach)
Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship	November 24–26, 2025	Baha Mar Convention Center (Nassau, Bahamas)	8	Ohio State (Goombay) Alabama (Junkanoo)	West Virginia (Goombay) Minnesota (Junkanoo)	McNeese (Goombay) South Florida (Junkanoo)
Players Era Championship	November 26–27, 2025	Michelob Ultra Arena (Paradise, NV)	4	Texas	South Carolina	UCLA
Paradise Jam	November 27–29, 2025	Sports and Fitness Center (Charlotte Amalie West, VI)	12	Boise State (Harbor) Vanderbilt (Island) LSU (Reef)	Tulane (Harbor) BYU (Island) Washington State (Reef)	Elon (Harbor) Virginia Tech (Island) Miami (OH) (Reef)
CBU Classic	November 28–29, 2025	Fowler Events Center (Riverside, CA)	4	UC Santa Barbara	Chattanooga	California Baptist
Iona Turkey Tip-Off	November 28–29, 2025	Hynes Athletic Center (New Rochelle, NY)	4	Iona	UIC	Maine
FIU Thanksgiving Classic	November 28–30, 2025	Ocean Bank Convocation Center (University Park, FL)	4	FIU	Seattle	UMBC
Coconut Hoops	November 28–30, 2025	Alico Arena (Fort Myers, FL)	8	Iowa State (Blue Heron) Oklahoma (Great Egret)	Indiana (Blue Heron) Florida State (Great Egret)	Gonzaga (Blue Heron) Missouri State (Great Egret)
Baha Mar Nassau Championship	November 28–30, 2025	Baha Mar Convention Center (Nassau, Bahamas)	8	Arkansas State (Goombay) Michigan State (Junkanoo)	Kent State (Goombay) Clemson (Junkanoo)	Houston (Goombay) Temple (Junkanoo)
HBCU Hoops Invitational	December 5–6, 2025	ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex (Bay Lake, FL)	4	Hampton	Edward Waters	Bethune–Cookman
Big 5 Classic	November 12–December 7, 2025	Finneran Pavilion (Villanova, PA)	6	Villanova	Saint Joseph's	Drexel
Tulane Holiday Tournament	December 20–21, 2025	Devlin Fieldhouse (New Orleans, LA)	4	Mercer	Tulane	Detroit Mercy
Hawk Classic	December 20–21, 2025	Hagan Arena (Philadelphia, PA)	4	Saint Joseph's	Delaware	Akron
Cherokee Invitational	December 21–22, 2025	Harrah's Cherokee (Cherokee, NC)	4	Michigan State	Ole Miss	Old Dominion
FDU Christmas Classic	December 29–30, 2025	Bogota Savings Bank Center (Hackensack, NJ)	4	Penn	Binghamton	Fairleigh Dickinson

Conference matchup	Dates	Conference winner	Conference loser	Record
ACC–SEC Challenge	December 3–4	SEC	ACC	13–3
Big Sky–Summit Challenge	December 3–6	Big Sky	Summit	10–8
MAC–SBC Challenge	November 3, 2025 – February 8, 2026	Tied		13–13

An upset is a victory by an underdog team. In the context of NCAA Division I women's basketball, this generally constitutes an unranked team defeating a team currently ranked in the top 25. This list will highlight those upsets of ranked teams by unranked teams as well as upsets of No. 1 teams. Rankings are from the AP poll. Bold type indicates winning teams in "true road games"—i.e., those played on an opponent's home court (including secondary homes). Italics type indicates winning teams in an early season tournament (or event). Early season tournaments are tournaments played in the early season. Events are the tournaments with the same teams in it every year (even rivalry games).

Winner	Score	Loser	Date	Tournament/event	Notes
West Virginia	57–47	No. 15 Duke	November 14, 2025	Greenbrier Tip-Off
St. John's	74–67	No. 18 Oklahoma State	November 19, 2025
Rhode Island	68–63	No. 16 NC State	November 23, 2025
Ohio State	83–81	No. 21 West Virginia	November 26, 2025	Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship
Villanova	81–59	No. 25 West Virginia	December 1, 2025
Kansas State	61–60	No. 13 Ole Miss	December 7, 2025	Bill Snyder Classic	Game played in St. Joseph, MO
Wisconsin	78–64	No. 20 Michigan State
Stanford	67–62	No. 22 Washington	December 19, 2025
Texas Tech	61–60	No. 15 Baylor	December 21, 2025
Georgia Tech	95–902OT	No. 18 Notre Dame	January 1, 2026
Illinois	73–70	No. 7 Maryland
Washington	64–52	No. 6 Michigan
Utah	87–77OT	No. 8 TCU	January 3, 2026
Duke	82–68	No. 18 Notre Dame	January 4, 2026
Stanford	77–71OT	No. 16 North Carolina
Oregon	71–66	No. 21 USC	January 7, 2026
Cincinnati	71–63	No. 11 Iowa State	January 8, 2026
Alabama	64–51	No. 6 Kentucky	January 9, 2026
Notre Dame	73–50	No. 22 North Carolina	January 11, 2026
Purdue	78–72OT	No. 23 Washington
West Virginia	83–70	No. 11 Iowa State
Minnesota	63–62	No. 21 USC
Colorado	68–62	No. 19 Iowa State	January 14, 2026
Auburn	58–54	No. 21 Alabama	January 15, 2026	We Back Pat
Kansas State	65–59	No. 17 Texas Tech	January 17, 2026
Georgia	82–59	No. 16 Ole Miss	January 18, 2026	We Back Pat
Oklahoma State	86–58	No. 19 Iowa State
Mississippi State	71–59	No. 7 Kentucky
Wisconsin	63–60	No. 24 Nebraska	January 21, 2026
BYU	73–61	No. 19 Texas Tech
Georgia	72–67	No. 11 Kentucky	January 24, 2026
Utah	71–64	No. 22 West Virginia	January 27, 2026
Iowa State	84–70	No. 21 Texas Tech	January 28, 2026
Mississippi State	77–62	No. 15 Tennessee	January 29, 2026
USC	81–69	No. 8 Iowa
Columbia	73–67	No. 19 Princeton	January 30, 2026
Oregon	68–61	No. 16 Maryland	January 31, 2026
Illinois	75–66	No. 25 Washington	February 1, 2026
Minnesota	91–85	No. 10 Iowa	February 5, 2026
Colorado	80–79	No. 14 TCU	February 8, 2026
Texas A&M	72–69	No. 21 Alabama		Play4Kay
Columbia	70–56	No. 24 Princeton	February 13, 2026
Oklahoma State	75–65	No. 16 Texas Tech	February 14, 2026
Georgia	76–74	No. 5 Vanderbilt	February 15, 2026
Texas A&M	82–74	No. 21 Tennessee	February 19, 2026
Colorado	75–68	No. 20 Texas Tech	February 21, 2026
Virginia	74–72	No. 8 Louisville	February 22, 2026
Clemson	53–51	No. 9 Duke
Kansas	68–59	No. 20 Texas Tech	February 25, 2026
Florida	74–67	No. 19 Ole Miss	February 26, 2026
Texas A&M	66–58		March 1, 2026
Notre Dame	65–62	No. 10 Louisville
Kansas State	58–51	No. 21 Texas Tech	March 5, 2026	Big 12 tournament
Illinois	71–69	No. 18 Michigan State		Big 10 tournament
Oregon	73–68	No. 14 Maryland
Colorado	62–53	No. 20 Baylor	March 6, 2026	Big 12 tournament

In addition to the above listed upsets in which an unranked team defeated a ranked team, there have been ten non-Division I teams that defeated a Division I team so far this season. Bold type indicates winning teams in "true road games"—i.e., those played on an opponent's home court (including secondary homes). Italics type indicates winning teams in an early season tournament (or event). Early season tournaments are tournaments played in the early season. Events are the tournaments with the same teams in it every year (even rivalry games).

Winner	Score	Loser	Date	Tournament/event	Notes
West Alabama (Division II)	62–59	UAB	November 3, 2025[29]
Delta State (Division II)	76–68	Louisiana	November 7, 2025[30]
Scranton (Division III)	69–63	Pittsburgh	November 16, 2025[31]		First time ever that a Division III team beat a power conference school in women's basketball[32]
Faulkner (NAIA)	77–71	Alabama State	November 16, 2025[33]
Carnegie Mellon (Division III)	55–53	Saint Francis	November 18, 2025[34]
Johns Hopkins (Division III)	75–59	Morgan State	November 18, 2025[35]
Loyola New Orleans (NAIA)	73–65	New Orleans	November 19, 2025[36]
Roosevelt (Division II)	82–70OT	Western Michigan	November 25, 2025[37]
Edward Waters (Division II)	55–46	Bethune–Cookman	December 5, 2025[38]	HBCU Hoops Invitational
Rochester Christian (NAIA)	86–80	Detroit Mercy	December 29, 2025[39]

Each of the 31 Division I athletic conferences will end its regular season with a single-elimination tournament. The team with the best regular-season record in each conference receives the number one seed in each tournament, with tiebreakers used as needed in the case of ties for the top seeding. Unless otherwise noted, the winners of these tournaments will receive automatic invitations to the 2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Conference	Regular season first place	Conference player of the year	Conference coach of the year	Conference tournament	Tournament venue (city)	Tournament winner
America East Conference	Vermont	Adrianna Smith, Maine[40]	Alisa Kresge, Vermont[40]	2026 America East women's basketball tournament	Campus sites	Vermont
American Conference	Rice	Victoria Flores, Rice[41]	Lindsay Edmonds, Rice[41]	2026 American Conference women's basketball tournament	Legacy Arena Birmingham, AL	UTSA
Atlantic Sun Conference	Eastern Kentucky	Priscilla Williams, Jacksonville[42]	Greg Todd, Eastern Kentucky[42]	2026 ASUN women's basketball tournament	VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena (Jacksonville, FL)	Jacksonville
Atlantic 10 Conference	George Mason & Rhode Island[a]	Maggie Doogan, Richmond[43]	Tammi Reiss, Rhode Island[43]	2026 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament	Henrico Sports & Events Center (Henrico, VA)	Rhode Island
Atlantic Coast Conference	Duke	Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame[44]	Kara Lawson, Duke[44]	2026 ACC women's basketball tournament	Gas South Arena (Duluth, GA)	Duke
Big 12 Conference	TCU	Olivia Miles, TCU[45]	Krista Gerlich, Texas Tech[45]	2026 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament	T-Mobile Center (Kansas City, MO)	West Virginia
Big East Conference	UConn	Sarah Strong, UConn[46]	Geno Auriemma, UConn[46]	2026 Big East women's basketball tournament	Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, CT)	UConn
Big Sky Conference	Idaho	Taylee Chirrick, Montana State[47]	Arthur Moreira, Idaho[47]	2026 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament	Idaho Central Arena (Boise, ID)	Idaho
Big South Conference	High Point	Macy Spencer, High Point[48]	Mike McGuire, Radford & Terri Williams, Gardner–Webb[48]	2026 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament	Freedom Hall Civic Center (Johnson City, TN)	High Point
Big Ten Conference	UCLA	Lauren Betts, UCLA[49]	Cori Close, UCLA[49]	2026 Big Ten women's basketball tournament	Gainbridge Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, IN)	UCLA
Big West Conference	UC Irvine[a] & UC San Diego	Hunter Hernandez, UC Irvine[50]	Tamara Inoue, UC Irvine[50]	2026 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament	Lee's Family Forum (Henderson, NV)	UC San Diego
Coastal Athletic Association	Charleston	Taryn Barbot, Charleston[51]	Robin Harmony, Charleston[51]	2026 CAA women's basketball tournament	CareFirst Arena (Washington, D.C.)	Charleston
Conference USA	Louisiana Tech	Rhema Collins, FIU[52]	Brooke Stoehr, Louisiana Tech[52]	2026 Conference USA women's basketball tournament	Von Braun Center (Huntsville, AL)	Missouri State
Horizon League	Green Bay	Jenna Guyer, Green Bay[53]	Kayla Karius, Green Bay[53]	2026 Horizon League women's basketball tournament	Quarterfinals: Campus sites Semifinals and final: Corteva Coliseum (Indianapolis, IN)	Green Bay
Ivy League	Princeton	Riley Weiss, Columbia[54]	Princeton (head coach: Carla Berube)[54][b]	2026 Ivy League women's basketball tournament	Newman Arena (Ithaca, NY)	Princeton
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Fairfield & Quinnipiac[a]	Kaety L’Amoreaux, Fairfield[55]	Kelly Morrone, Merrimack[55]	2026 MAAC women's basketball tournament	Boardwalk Hall (Atlantic City, NJ)	Fairfield
Mid-American Conference	Miami (OH)	Madi Morson, Central Michigan[56]	Glenn Box, Miami (OH)[56]	2026 Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament	Rocket Arena (Cleveland, OH)	Miami (OH)
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	Howard	Zennia Thomas, Howard[57]	Ty Grace, Howard[57]	2026 MEAC women's basketball tournament	Norfolk Scope (Norfolk, VA)	Howard
Missouri Valley Conference	Murray State	Halli Poock, Murray State[58]	Rechelle Turner, Murray State[58]	2026 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament	Xtream Arena (Coralville, IA)	Murray State
Mountain West Conference	San Diego State	Nala Williams, San Diego State[59]	Stacie Terry-Hutson, San Diego State[59]	2026 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament	Thomas & Mack Center (Paradise, NV)	Colorado State
NEC	Fairleigh Dickinson	Kadidia Toure, LIU[60]	Stephanie Gaitley, Fairleigh Dickinson[60]	2026 NEC women's basketball tournament	Campus sites	Fairleigh Dickinson
Ohio Valley Conference	Lindenwood & Western Illinois[a]	Mia Nicastro, Western Illinois[61]	J. D. Gravina, Western Illinois[61]	2026 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament	Ford Center (Evansville, IN)	Western Illinois
Patriot League	Navy	Zanai Barnett-Gay, Navy[62]	Navy staff (head coach: Tim Taylor)[62][b]	2026 Patriot League women's basketball tournament	Campus sites	Holy Cross
Southeastern Conference	South Carolina	Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt[63]	Shea Ralph, Vanderbilt[63]	2026 SEC women's basketball tournament	Bon Secours Wellness Arena (Greenville, SC)	Texas
Southern Conference	Chattanooga,[a] East Tennessee State, & Wofford	Caia Elisaldez, Chattanooga[64]	Brenda Mock Brown, ETSU[64]	2026 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament	Harrah's Cherokee Center (Asheville, NC)	Samford
Southland Conference	McNeese	Vernell Atamah, Northwestern State[65]	Ayla Guzzardo, McNeese[65]	2026 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament	Townsley Law Arena (Lake Charles, LA)	Stephen F. Austin
Southwestern Athletic Conference	Alabama A&M	Kalia Walker, Alabama A&M[66]	Dawn Thornton, Alabama A&M[66]	2026 SWAC women's basketball tournament	Gateway Center Arena (College Park, GA)	Southern
Summit League	North Dakota State	Avery Koenen, North Dakota State[67]	Jory Collins, North Dakota State[67]	2026 Summit League women's basketball tournament	Denny Sanford Premier Center (Sioux Falls, SD)	South Dakota State
Sun Belt Conference	Georgia Southern	Kishyah Anderson, Georgia Southern[68]	Hana Haden, Georgia Southern[68]	2026 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament	Pensacola Bay Center (Pensacola, FL)	James Madison
West Coast Conference	Loyola Marymount	Lauren Whittaker, Gonzaga[69]	Aarika Hughes, Loyola Marymount[69]	2026 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament	Orleans Arena (Paradise, NV)	Gonzaga
Western Athletic Conference	California Baptist	Payton Hull, Abilene Christian[70]	Jarrod Olson, California Baptist[70]	2026 WAC women's basketball tournament		California Baptist

2025–26 America East Conference women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Vermont † 13 – 3   .813 27 – 8   .771 Maine 12 – 4   .750 19 – 13   .594 Binghamton 10 – 6   .625 20 – 12   .625 UMBC 10 – 6   .625 17 – 14   .548 NJIT 9 – 7   .563 19 – 12   .613 Bryant 8 – 8   .500 18 – 12   .600 New Hampshire 4 – 12   .250 10 – 20   .333 Albany 4 – 12   .250 14 – 16   .467 UMass Lowell 2 – 14   .125 8 – 21   .276 † 2026 AmEast tournament winner As of March 21, 2026	2025–26 American Conference women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Rice 17 – 1   .944 29 – 5   .853 East Carolina 14 – 4   .778 22 – 10   .688 South Florida 13 – 5   .722 20 – 12   .625 Tulsa 11 – 7   .611 19 – 12   .613 North Texas 11 – 7   .611 19 – 14   .576 UTSA † 9 – 9   .500 18 – 16   .529 Temple 8 – 10   .444 15 – 17   .469 Charlotte 8 – 10   .444 14 – 18   .438 Florida Atlantic 7 – 11   .389 14 – 18   .438 Tulane 6 – 12   .333 11 – 20   .355 Wichita State 5 – 13   .278 8 – 23   .258 UAB 4 – 14   .222 11 – 19   .367 Memphis 4 – 14   .222 10 – 21   .323 † 2026 American tournament winner As of March 21, 2026	2025–26 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Rhode Island † 16 – 2   .889 28 – 5   .848 George Mason 16 – 2   .889 23 – 10   .697 Richmond 15 – 3   .833 26 – 8   .765 Davidson 12 – 6   .667 21 – 12   .636 Saint Joseph's 10 – 8   .556 20 – 11   .645 La Salle 10 – 8   .556 18 – 13   .581 Dayton 9 – 9   .500 17 – 14   .548 Loyola Chicago 9 – 9   .500 15 – 17   .469 St. Bonaventure 7 – 11   .389 17 – 15   .531 George Washington 7 – 11   .389 16 – 17   .485 Saint Louis 5 – 13   .278 12 – 21   .364 Duquesne 4 – 14   .222 12 – 19   .387 VCU 4 – 14   .222 8 – 23   .258 Fordham 2 – 16   .111 10 – 20   .333 † 2026 A10 tournament winner As of March 21, 2026
2025–26 ACC women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 8 Duke † 16 – 2   .889 25 – 8   .758 No. 13 Louisville 15 – 3   .833 28 – 7   .800 No. 15 North Carolina 14 – 4   .778 27 – 7   .794 NC State 13 – 5   .722 21 – 10   .677 No. 22 Notre Dame 12 – 6   .667 23 – 10   .697 Virginia Tech 12 – 6   .667 23 – 10   .697 Syracuse 12 – 6   .667 24 – 8   .750 Virginia 11 – 7   .611 21 – 11   .656 Clemson 11 – 7   .611 21 – 12   .636 California 9 – 9   .500 20 – 14   .588 Georgia Tech 8 – 10   .444 14 – 19   .424 Miami (FL) 8 – 10   .444 18 – 14   .563 Stanford 8 – 10   .444 20 – 13   .606 Florida State 5 – 13   .278 10 – 21   .323 Wake Forest 4 – 14   .222 14 – 18   .438 SMU 2 – 16   .111 9 – 21   .300 Pittsburgh 1 – 17   .056 8 – 23   .258 Boston College 1 – 17   .056 5 – 26   .161 † 2026 ACC tournament winner As of March 21, 2026 Rankings from AP Poll	2025–26 ASUN women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Eastern Kentucky 15 – 3   .833 25 – 8   .758 Jacksonville † 13 – 5   .722 24 – 9   .727 Central Arkansas 13 – 5   .722 21 – 11   .656 Stetson 12 – 6   .667 20 – 12   .625 Florida Gulf Coast 11 – 7   .611 16 – 15   .516 North Alabama 11 – 7   .611 17 – 14   .548 West Georgia* 10 – 8   .556 18 – 13   .581 Austin Peay 8 – 10   .444 19 – 14   .576 Lipscomb 7 – 11   .389 10 – 20   .333 North Florida 4 – 14   .222 9 – 21   .300 Queens 4 – 14   .222 10 – 20   .333 Bellarmine 0 – 18   .000 2 – 30   .063 † 2026 ASUN tournament winner * ineligible for the 2026 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II As of March 20, 2026	2025–26 Big 12 women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 14 TCU 15 – 3   .833 30 – 5   .857 No. 11 West Virginia † 14 – 4   .778 28 – 6   .824 No. 21 Baylor 13 – 5   .722 25 – 8   .758 Oklahoma State 12 – 6   .667 24 – 9   .727 No. 25 Texas Tech 12 – 6   .667 26 – 7   .788 Colorado 11 – 7   .611 22 – 12   .647 Iowa State 10 – 8   .556 22 – 10   .688 Utah 10 – 8   .556 19 – 13   .594 BYU 9 – 9   .500 23 – 11   .676 Arizona State 9 – 9   .500 24 – 11   .686 Kansas 8 – 10   .444 20 – 13   .606 Kansas State 8 – 10   .444 19 – 17   .528 Cincinnati 6 – 12   .333 11 – 20   .355 UCF 3 – 15   .167 11 – 19   .367 Arizona 3 – 15   .167 12 – 18   .400 Houston 1 – 17   .056 7 – 23   .233 † 2026 Big 12 tournament winner As of March 21, 2026 Rankings from AP poll
2025–26 Big East women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 1 UConn † 20 – 0   1.000 35 – 0   1.000 Villanova 16 – 4   .800 25 – 8   .758 Seton Hall 12 – 8   .600 19 – 13   .594 Marquette 12 – 8   .600 18 – 12   .600 Creighton 11 – 9   .550 16 – 15   .516 St. John's 11 – 9   .550 22 – 12   .647 Providence 7 – 13   .350 15 – 18   .455 Butler 6 – 14   .300 12 – 19   .387 Georgetown 6 – 14   .300 14 – 17   .452 DePaul 5 – 15   .250 8 – 24   .250 Xavier 4 – 16   .200 11 – 19   .367 † 2026 Big East tournament winner As of March 21, 2026 Rankings from AP poll	2025–26 Big Sky women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Idaho † 17 – 1   .944 29 – 6   .829 Montana State 16 – 2   .889 25 – 7   .781 Northern Colorado 13 – 5   .722 23 – 10   .697 Idaho State 12 – 6   .667 19 – 11   .633 Sacramento State 8 – 10   .444 15 – 18   .455 Eastern Washington 7 – 11   .389 15 – 18   .455 Northern Arizona 6 – 12   .333 10 – 22   .313 Montana 5 – 13   .278 9 – 22   .290 Weber State 4 – 14   .222 11 – 22   .333 Portland State 2 – 16   .111 6 – 25   .194 † 2026 Big Sky tournament winner As of March 20, 2026	2025–26 Big South women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT High Point † 13 – 3   .813 27 – 6   .818 Radford 12 – 4   .750 23 – 12   .657 Longwood 11 – 5   .688 21 – 10   .677 Gardner–Webb 9 – 7   .563 12 – 19   .387 Winthrop 7 – 9   .438 15 – 17   .469 UNC Asheville 7 – 9   .438 12 – 18   .400 Charleston Southern 6 – 10   .375 8 – 22   .267 USC Upstate 6 – 10   .375 12 – 20   .375 Presbyterian 1 – 15   .063 3 – 27   .100 † 2026 Big South tournament winner As of March 21, 2026
2025–26 Big Ten women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 2 UCLA † 18 – 0   1.000 32 – 1   .970 No. 7 Iowa 15 – 3   .833 27 – 6   .818 No. 9 Michigan 15 – 3   .833 26 – 6   .813 No. 18 Minnesota 13 – 5   .722 23 – 8   .742 No. 12 Ohio State 13 – 5   .722 27 – 7   .794 No. 17 Maryland 11 – 7   .611 24 – 8   .750 No. 20 Michigan State 11 – 7   .611 23 – 8   .742 Washington 10 – 8   .556 22 – 10   .688 USC 9 – 9   .500 18 – 13   .581 Illinois 9 – 9   .500 22 – 11   .667 Oregon 8 – 10   .444 23 – 12   .657 Nebraska 7 – 11   .389 19 – 13   .594 Indiana 6 – 12   .333 18 – 14   .563 Purdue 5 – 13   .278 13 – 17   .433 Wisconsin 5 – 13   .278 14 – 17   .452 Penn State 4 – 14   .222 11 – 18   .379 Northwestern 2 – 16   .111 8 – 21   .276 Rutgers 1 – 17   .056 9 – 20   .310 † 2026 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 21, 2026 Rankings from AP Poll	2025–26 Big West women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT UC Irvine 17 – 3   .850 26 – 7   .788 UC San Diego † 17 – 3   .850 24 – 9   .727 UC Davis 15 – 5   .750 23 – 11   .676 Hawai'i 14 – 6   .700 22 – 11   .667 Cal State Fullerton 13 – 7   .650 18 – 14   .563 UC Santa Barbara 12 – 8   .600 20 – 10   .667 UC Riverside 8 – 12   .400 11 – 21   .344 Cal State Northridge 6 – 14   .300 10 – 20   .333 Long Beach State 4 – 16   .200 5 – 25   .167 Cal State Bakersfield 2 – 18   .100 7 – 23   .233 Cal Poly 2 – 18   .100 4 – 26   .133 † 2026 Big West tournament winner	2025–26 CAA women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Charleston † 16 – 2   .889 27 – 6   .818 Campbell 13 – 5   .722 20 – 12   .625 Drexel 13 – 5   .722 21 – 11   .656 Stony Brook 12 – 6   .667 18 – 15   .545 Monmouth 12 – 6   .667 21 – 11   .656 Elon 10 – 8   .556 16 – 16   .500 Towson 10 – 8   .556 17 – 14   .548 William & Mary 9 – 9   .500 17 – 14   .548 North Carolina A&T 7 – 11   .389 12 – 18   .400 Hofstra 6 – 12   .333 11 – 22   .333 Hampton 4 – 14   .222 10 – 21   .323 Northeastern 3 – 15   .167 7 – 22   .241 UNC Wilmington 2 – 16   .111 7 – 24   .226 † 2026 CAA tournament winner As of March 20, 2026
2025–26 Conference USA women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Louisiana Tech 17 – 1   .944 26 – 7   .788 FIU 12 – 6   .667 21 – 11   .656 Middle Tennessee 11 – 7   .611 16 – 15   .516 Sam Houston 11 – 7   .611 18 – 13   .581 Liberty 11 – 7   .611 18 – 13   .581 Missouri State † 11 – 7   .611 23 – 13   .639 Jacksonville State 9 – 9   .500 16 – 16   .500 Delaware 6 – 12   .333 13 – 19   .406 Kennesaw State 6 – 12   .333 13 – 17   .433 UTEP 5 – 13   .278 13 – 17   .433 New Mexico State 5 – 13   .278 9 – 21   .300 Western Kentucky 4 – 14   .222 8 – 21   .276 † 2026 CUSA tournament winner As of March 20, 2026	2025–26 Horizon League women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Green Bay † 17 – 3   .850 25 – 9   .735 Youngstown State 15 – 5   .750 24 – 9   .727 Cleveland State 13 – 7   .650 24 – 9   .727 Northern Kentucky 12 – 8   .600 15 – 17   .469 Purdue Fort Wayne 12 – 8   .600 20 – 13   .606 Robert Morris 11 – 9   .550 18 – 12   .600 IU Indy 9 – 11   .450 14 – 17   .452 Oakland 7 – 13   .350 10 – 21   .323 Wright State 6 – 14   .300 10 – 22   .313 Milwaukee 4 – 16   .200 8 – 24   .250 Detroit Mercy 4 – 16   .200 7 – 24   .226 † 2026 Horizon League tournament winner As of March 20, 2026	2025–26 Ivy League women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 23 Princeton † 12 – 2   .857 26 – 4   .867 Columbia 11 – 3   .786 21 – 8   .724 Harvard 10 – 4   .714 19 – 11   .633 Brown 8 – 6   .571 16 – 11   .593 Penn 7 – 7   .500 17 – 10   .630 Cornell 4 – 10   .286 9 – 18   .333 Yale 3 – 11   .214 7 – 20   .259 Dartmouth 1 – 13   .071 10 – 17   .370 † 2026 Ivy League tournament winner As of March 21, 2026 Rankings from AP Poll
2025–26 MAAC women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Quinnipiac 19 – 1   .950 27 – 6   .818 Fairfield † 19 – 1   .950 28 – 5   .848 Merrimack 15 – 5   .750 19 – 13   .594 Iona 12 – 8   .600 20 – 12   .625 Siena 11 – 9   .550 13 – 17   .433 Mount St. Mary's 11 – 9   .550 15 – 15   .500 Sacred Heart 10 – 10   .500 13 – 18   .419 Manhattan 10 – 10   .500 11 – 20   .355 Marist 8 – 12   .400 11 – 20   .355 Saint Peter's 6 – 14   .300 7 – 23   .233 Rider 5 – 15   .250 7 – 22   .241 Canisius 3 – 17   .150 5 – 24   .172 Niagara 1 – 19   .050 1 – 28   .034 † 2026 MAAC tournament winner As of March 21, 2026 Rankings from AP Poll	2025–26 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Miami (OH) † 16 – 2   .889 28 – 7   .800 Ball State 16 – 2   .889 26 – 7   .788 UMass 15 – 3   .833 23 – 7   .767 Central Michigan 12 – 6   .667 18 – 12   .600 Ohio 11 – 7   .611 18 – 14   .563 Toledo 9 – 9   .500 17 – 15   .531 Bowling Green 9 – 9   .500 17 – 14   .548 Kent State 9 – 9   .500 15 – 16   .484 Eastern Michigan 6 – 12   .333 13 – 16   .448 Western Michigan 5 – 13   .278 9 – 20   .310 Akron 4 – 14   .222 7 – 24   .226 Northern Illinois 4 – 14   .222 7 – 23   .233 Buffalo 1 – 17   .056 3 – 27   .100 † 2026 MAC tournament winner	2025–26 MEAC women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Howard † 13 – 1   .929 26 – 8   .765 Maryland Eastern Shore 11 – 3   .786 20 – 14   .588 Norfolk State 11 – 3   .786 18 – 15   .545 Coppin State 6 – 8   .429 10 – 23   .303 North Carolina Central 5 – 9   .357 9 – 20   .310 Morgan State 4 – 10   .286 5 – 26   .161 Delaware State 4 – 10   .286 7 – 23   .233 South Carolina State 2 – 12   .143 5 – 25   .167 † 2026 MEAC tournament winner As of March 21, 2026
2025–26 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Murray State † 19 – 1   .950 31 – 4   .886 Belmont 16 – 4   .800 20 – 12   .625 Illinois State 13 – 7   .650 20 – 13   .606 Northern Iowa 13 – 7   .650 18 – 14   .563 Bradley 13 – 7   .650 20 – 13   .606 Drake 10 – 10   .500 12 – 20   .375 UIC 9 – 11   .450 14 – 18   .438 Southern Illinois 7 – 13   .350 10 – 20   .333 Indiana State 5 – 15   .250 10 – 22   .313 Evansville 5 – 15   .250 10 – 25   .286 Valparaiso 0 – 20   .000 0 – 32   .000 † 2026 MVC tournament winner As of March 20, 2026	2025–26 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT San Diego State 19 – 1   .950 26 – 5   .839 UNLV 15 – 5   .750 21 – 11   .656 Colorado State † 15 – 5   .750 27 – 8   .771 New Mexico 14 – 6   .700 22 – 10   .688 Boise State 14 – 6   .700 25 – 9   .735 Grand Canyon 11 – 9   .550 13 – 19   .406 Fresno State 8 – 12   .400 15 – 18   .455 Wyoming 7 – 13   .350 10 – 20   .333 Air Force 7 – 13   .350 16 – 19   .457 Nevada 6 – 14   .300 10 – 21   .323 Utah State 2 – 18   .100 6 – 24   .200 San Jose State 2 – 18   .100 4 – 28   .125 † 2026 Mountain West tournament winner As of March 20, 2026	2025–26 Northeast Conference women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Fairleigh Dickinson † 18 – 0   1.000 30 – 5   .857 Mercyhurst* 14 – 4   .778 15 – 17   .469 LIU 14 – 4   .778 21 – 11   .656 Wagner 9 – 9   .500 13 – 17   .433 Le Moyne* 9 – 9   .500 12 – 21   .364 Chicago State 8 – 10   .444 9 – 23   .281 Stonehill 8 – 10   .444 12 – 18   .400 New Haven** 5 – 13   .278 7 – 22   .241 Saint Francis 3 – 15   .167 3 – 27   .100 Central Connecticut 2 – 16   .111 2 – 27   .069 † 2026 NEC tournament winner * ineligible for the 2026 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II ** ineligible for both the 2026 NEC tournament and the 2026 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II
2025–26 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Western Illinois † 16 – 4   .800 26 – 6   .813 Lindenwood 16 – 4   .800 25 – 8   .758 Southern Indiana 14 – 6   .700 21 – 10   .677 Morehead State 13 – 7   .650 18 – 15   .545 Little Rock 11 – 9   .550 15 – 15   .500 UT Martin 9 – 11   .450 13 – 17   .433 SIU Edwardsville 8 – 12   .400 16 – 16   .500 Southeast Missouri State 8 – 12   .400 14 – 18   .438 Tennessee Tech 8 – 12   .400 15 – 14   .517 Tennessee State 4 – 16   .200 5 – 24   .172 Eastern Illinois 3 – 17   .150 4 – 27   .129 † 2026 OVC tournament winner As of March 20, 2026	2025–26 Patriot League women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Navy 16 – 2   .889 22 – 8   .733 Holy Cross † 14 – 4   .778 23 – 10   .697 Army 14 – 4   .778 24 – 7   .774 Lehigh 11 – 7   .611 17 – 14   .548 Loyola 8 – 10   .444 12 – 18   .400 Lafayette 7 – 11   .389 11 – 19   .367 Bucknell 7 – 11   .389 11 – 19   .367 Boston University 6 – 12   .333 11 – 20   .355 American 5 – 13   .278 7 – 23   .233 Colgate 2 – 16   .111 7 – 24   .226 † 2026 Patriot League tournament winner As of March 20, 2026	2025–26 SEC women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT No. 4 South Carolina 15 – 1   .938 32 – 3   .914 No. 6 Vanderbilt 13 – 3   .813 28 – 4   .875 No. 3 Texas † 13 – 3   .813 32 – 3   .914 No. 5 LSU 12 – 4   .750 28 – 5   .848 No. 10 Oklahoma 11 – 5   .688 25 – 7   .781 Tennessee 8 – 8   .500 16 – 14   .533 No. 19 Ole Miss 8 – 8   .500 24 – 11   .686 No. 24 Georgia 8 – 8   .500 22 – 10   .688 No. 16 Kentucky 8 – 8   .500 24 – 10   .706 Texas A&M 7 – 9   .438 14 – 13   .519 Alabama 7 – 9   .438 24 – 10   .706 Florida 5 – 11   .313 18 – 15   .545 Mississippi State 5 – 11   .313 18 – 13   .581 Missouri 4 – 12   .250 17 – 16   .515 Auburn 3 – 13   .188 15 – 17   .469 Arkansas 1 – 15   .063 12 – 20   .375 † 2026 SEC tournament winner As of March 21, 2026 Rankings from AP poll
2025–26 Southern Conference women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Chattanooga 10 – 4   .714 20 – 11   .645 East Tennessee State 10 – 4   .714 18 – 13   .581 Wofford 10 – 4   .714 16 – 13   .552 Furman 9 – 5   .643 18 – 13   .581 Mercer 7 – 7   .500 17 – 13   .567 Samford † 6 – 8   .429 16 – 19   .457 UNC Greensboro 4 – 10   .286 14 – 16   .467 Western Carolina 0 – 14   .000 3 – 26   .103 † 2026 SoCon tournament winner	2025–26 Southland Conference women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT McNeese 21 – 1   .955 29 – 5   .853 Lamar 17 – 5   .773 20 – 10   .667 Stephen F. Austin † 16 – 6   .727 25 – 10   .714 UT Rio Grande Valley 16 – 6   .727 21 – 13   .618 Northwestern State 14 – 8   .636 18 – 14   .563 Incarnate Word 11 – 11   .500 13 – 17   .433 Nicholls 10 – 12   .455 15 – 16   .484 East Texas A&M 9 – 13   .409 13 – 17   .433 Houston Christian 6 – 16   .273 8 – 21   .276 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 5 – 17   .227 6 – 23   .207 Southeastern Louisiana 4 – 18   .182 5 – 24   .172 New Orleans 3 – 19   .136 3 – 27   .100 † 2026 Southland tournament winner As of March 19, 2026	2025–26 SWAC women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Alabama A&M 17 – 1   .944 22 – 11   .667 Alcorn State 14 – 4   .778 17 – 14   .548 Alabama State 12 – 6   .667 17 – 15   .531 Southern † 12 – 6   .667 20 – 14   .588 Jackson State 10 – 8   .556 12 – 19   .387 Grambling State 10 – 8   .556 13 – 19   .406 Arkansas–Pine Bluff 10 – 8   .556 15 – 16   .484 Florida A&M 7 – 11   .389 9 – 22   .290 Mississippi Valley State 6 – 12   .333 8 – 23   .258 Texas Southern 6 – 12   .333 10 – 21   .323 Bethune–Cookman 4 – 14   .222 7 – 26   .212 Prairie View A&M 0 – 18   .000 2 – 28   .067 † 2026 SWAC tournament winner
2025–26 Summit League women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT North Dakota State 15 – 1   .938 29 – 4   .879 South Dakota State † 14 – 2   .875 27 – 7   .794 South Dakota 12 – 4   .750 23 – 9   .719 Oral Roberts 8 – 8   .500 15 – 15   .500 St. Thomas 8 – 8   .500 16 – 16   .500 Denver 5 – 11   .313 11 – 19   .367 Kansas City 4 – 12   .250 7 – 23   .233 Omaha 3 – 13   .188 6 – 27   .182 North Dakota 3 – 13   .188 7 – 24   .226 † 2026 Summit League tournament winner As of March 20, 2026	2025–26 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Georgia Southern 16 – 2   .889 23 – 8   .742 Troy 15 – 3   .833 25 – 8   .758 Arkansas State 14 – 4   .778 24 – 9   .727 James Madison † 14 – 4   .778 25 – 9   .735 Marshall 13 – 5   .722 23 – 9   .719 Old Dominion 9 – 9   .500 18 – 14   .563 Southern Miss 8 – 10   .444 15 – 16   .484 Texas State 7 – 11   .389 11 – 19   .367 Coastal Carolina 7 – 11   .389 14 – 18   .438 Louisiana–Monroe 7 – 11   .389 17 – 16   .515 Georgia State 5 – 13   .278 10 – 21   .323 South Alabama 5 – 13   .278 17 – 18   .486 Appalachian State 4 – 14   .222 11 – 19   .367 Louisiana 2 – 16   .111 5 – 26   .161 † 2026 Sun Belt tournament winner As of March 21, 2026	2025–26 WAC women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT California Baptist † 15 – 3   .833 23 – 11   .676 Abilene Christian 13 – 5   .722 23 – 10   .697 Southern Utah 11 – 7   .611 19 – 12   .613 Utah Valley 9 – 9   .500 16 – 15   .516 Tarleton 7 – 11   .389 14 – 17   .452 UT Arlington 4 – 14   .222 12 – 21   .364 Utah Tech 4 – 14   .222 9 – 20   .310 † 2026 WAC tournament winner As of March 21, 2026
2025–26 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings Conf. Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT Loyola Marymount 15 – 3   .833 21 – 10   .677 Gonzaga † 14 – 4   .778 24 – 10   .706 Santa Clara 13 – 5   .722 24 – 10   .706 Oregon State 13 – 5   .722 23 – 12   .657 Portland 11 – 7   .611 19 – 14   .576 Pepperdine 10 – 8   .556 20 – 12   .625 San Francisco 9 – 9   .500 19 – 14   .576 Pacific 6 – 12   .333 11 – 19   .367 Washington State 6 – 12   .333 9 – 25   .265 Saint Mary's 6 – 12   .333 15 – 17   .469 San Diego 4 – 14   .222 11 – 22   .333 Seattle 1 – 17   .056 5 – 25   .167 † 2026 WCC tournament winner As of March 20, 2026

The NCAA tournament tipped off on March 18, 2026, with the First Four, and will conclude on April 5 at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Arizona. A total of 68 teams entered the tournament. Thirty-one of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conferences tournaments. The remaining 37 teams were granted "at-large" bids, which were extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.

	Semifinals					Finals
	1
	4
	3
	2

Per the NCAA, an upset occurs when the losing team in an NCAA tournament game was seeded at least two seed lines better than the winning team."^[71]

Upsets in the 2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

Round	Fort Worth Regional 1	Sacramento Regional 2	Fort Worth Regional 3	Sacramento Regional 4
First Four	None
Round of 64	None
Round of 32	None
Sweet 16	None
Elite 8	None
Final 4	None
National Championship	None

After the NCAA tournament field is announced, the NCAA invites 32 teams to the Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament. The teams determined by the NCAA tournament selection committee to be the "first four out" of the NCAA tournament receive the top four seeds in the WBIT. Also, teams that won regular-season conference titles but did not receive NCAA tournament invitations, if otherwise eligible for NCAA-sponsored postseason play, receive automatic bids. All WBIT games through the quarterfinals are held at campus sites, with the semifinals and finals taking place in Wichita, Kansas at Charles Koch Arena.

After the NCAA tournament and WBIT fields are announced, the Women's National Invitation Tournament will invite 48 teams to participate. WNIT participants and sites will be announced when the field is set on March 16.

The NCAA has never recognized a consensus All-America team in women's basketball. This differs from the practice in men's basketball, in which the NCAA uses a combination of selections by the Associated Press (AP), the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), The Sporting News and the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) to determine a consensus All-America team. The selection of a consensus team is possible because all four organizations select at least a first and second team, with only the USBWA not selecting a third team.

Consensus First Team

Player	Position	Class	Team

Consensus Second Team

Player	Position	Class	Team

• Wooden Award:
• Naismith Award:
• Associated Press Player of the Year:
• Wade Trophy:
• Ann Meyers Drysdale Women's Player of the Year (USBWA):
• Honda Sports Award:

• Tamika Catchings Award (USBWA):
• WBCA Freshman of the Year:

• Associated Press Coach of the Year:
• Naismith College Coach of the Year:
• Geno Auriemma Award (USBWA):
• WBCA National Coach of the Year:
• WBCA Assistant Coach of the Year:

• Naismith Starting Five:
  • Nancy Lieberman Award (top point guard):
  • Ann Meyers Drysdale Award (top shooting guard):
  • Cheryl Miller Award (top small forward):
  • Katrina McClain Award (top power forward):
  • Lisa Leslie Award (top center):
• WBCA Defensive Player of the Year:
• Naismith Women's Defensive Player of the Year:
• Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award:
• Kathy Delaney-Smith Mid-Major Coach of the Year Award:
• Maggie Dixon Award (top rookie head coach):
• Academic All-American of the Year (top scholar-athlete):
• Elite Scholar-Athlete Award (top GPA among upperclass players at Final Four):
• Pat Summitt Most Courageous Award:

Many teams will change coaches during the season and after it ends.

Team	Former	Interim	New	Reason
Bethune–Cookman	Janell Crayton			Bethune–Cookman parted ways with Crayton on March 14, 2026, after a 48–101 record in five seasons.[72]
Boston College	Joanna Bernabei-McNamee			BC announced on March 1, 2026, that Bernabei-McNamee's contract will not be renewed, ending her 8-year tenure with a 113–132 record.[73]
Cal State Fullerton	John Bonner			Bonner left Fullerton on March 19, 2026, after one season for the Seattle job.[74]
Denver	Doshia Woods			Woods and Denver mutually agreed to part ways on March 10, 2026, after six seasons.[75]
Florida	Kelly Rae Finley			Florida parted ways with Finley on March 9, 2026, after five seasons.[76]
Fordham	Bridgette Mitchell			Fordham parted ways with Mitchell on March 16, 2026, after three seasons.[77]
Georgia State	Gene Hill			Hill resigned from Georgia State on March 12, 2026, after eight seasons.[78]
Jacksonville State	Rick Pietri			Pietri announced his retirement on March 12, 2026, after 13 seasons at Jacksonville State and 26 years overall.[79]
Kansas City	Dionnah Jackson-Durrett	—N/a	Candi Whitaker	Kansas City announced on March 6, 2026, that Jackson-Durrett will not return next season, ending her 4-year tenure.[80] North Alabama head coach Whitaker, who previously served as head coach of the Roos from 2006–2012, was rehired on March 11.[81]
Kennesaw State	Octavia Blue			KSU announced on March 11, 2026, that Blue will not return after five seasons as head coach.[82]
Kent State	Todd Starkey	—N/a	Fran Recchia	Starkey left Kent State on March 16, 2026, after 10 seasons to become associate head coach at Arizona and was replaced by Golden Flashes associate head coach Recchia.[83]
Memphis	Alex Simmons			Memphis fired Simmons on March 9, 2026, after a 30–61 record in three seasons.[84]
Middle Tennessee	Rick Insell	—N/a	Matt Insell	Rick Insell announced his retirement, effective after the season, on March 19, 2026, after 21 seasons at MTSU, with his son and Blue Raiders associate head coach Matt named as his successor.[85]
New Mexico State	Jody Adams	—N/a	Adeniyi Amadou	New Mexico State fired Adams on March 8, 2026, after four seasons and a 57–71 record.[86] Rhode Island associate head coach was hired by the Aggies on March 11.[87]
Nevada	Amanda Levens			Nevada announced on March 9, 2026, that Levins will not return after nine seasons as head coach.[88]
New Mexico	Mike Bradbury			Ahead of their move to the Pac-12 Conference for next season, New Mexico and Bradbury mutually agreed to part ways on March 21, 2026, after ten seasons.[89]
North Alabama	Candi Whitaker			Whitaker left UNA on March 11, 2026, after two seasons to return to Kansas City, where she previously served as head coach from 2006–2012.[81]
North Carolina Central	Terrence Baxter			NC Central announced on March 16, 2026, that Baxter will not return after three seasons.[90]
Northwestern	Joe McKeown	—N/a		McKeown announced on March 24, 2025, that he will retire at the end of the 2025–26 season, his 18th at Northwestern.[91]
Penn State	Carolyn Kieger		Tanisha Wright	Kieger was fired by Penn State on March 5, 2026, after an 84–123 record and no NCAA tournament appearances in seven seasons.[92] Former Lady Lion star player Wright, who was serving as assistant coach for the WNBA's Chicago Sky, was hired on March 19.[93]
Pittsburgh	Tory Verdi			Pitt fired Verdi, who had been accused by former players of Title IX violations,[94] on March 3, 2026, after three seasons.[95]
Quinnipiac	Tricia Fabbri			Fabbri announced her retirement, effective after the season, on March 16, 2026, after 31 seasons at Quinnipiac.[96]
Rutgers	Coquese Washington	—N/a	Gary Redus II	Rutgers fired Washington on March 2, 2026, after a 42–84 record in four seasons.[97] LSU assistant coach Redus was hired by the Scarlet Knights exactly one week later.[98]
Seattle	Skyler Young	—N/a	John Bonner	Young's contract with Seattle was not renewed on March 2, 2026, after three seasons.[99] Cal State Fullerton head coach Bonner was hired by the Redhawks on March 19.[74]
South Florida	Jose Fernandez	Michele Woods-Baxter		Fernandez left USF on October 23, 2025, just 11 days before beginning his 26th season as head coach, to become head coach of the WNBA's Dallas Wings, which became official 4 days later.[100] Bulls associate head coach Woods-Baxter was named interim head coach for the 2025–26 season.[101]
St. Thomas	Ruth Sinn			Sinn, currently in her 21st season as head coach of her alma mater, announced on February 10, 2026, that she will retire at the end of the season.[102]
Stetson	Lynn Bria			Bria announced her departure from her head coaching role at the end of the season on March 16, 2026, after 18 seasons at Stetson.[103]
Texas State	Zenarae Antoine			Antoine, Texas State's winningest head coach with 225 wins, announced on March 9, 2026, that she was stepping down after 15 seasons.[104]
UMass Lowell	Jon Plefka			After an 8–21 record in his lone season, Plefka and UMass Lowell mutually agreed to part ways on March 13, 2026.[105]
VCU	Beth O'Boyle	Kirk Crawford		VCU announced on February 2, 2026, that O'Boyle, who was in her 12th season as head coach of the program, will not have her contract renewed and that she would be relieved of her duties effective immediately. Rams assistant coach Crawford was named interim head coach for the rest of the season.[106]

The top 30 NCAA Division I women's basketball teams by average home attendance:

Rank	Game	Date and time (ET)	Matchup			Network	Viewers (millions)	TV rating
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Rank	Tournament	Date and time (ET)	Matchup			Network	Viewers (millions)	TV rating
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(#) Tournament seedings and region in parentheses.

Rank	Round	Date and time (ET)	Matchup			Network	Viewers (millions)	TV rating
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• 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season