Women's Bracketology: 2025 NCAA tournament
The final NCAA tournament automatic qualifying bids are now locked up, and our final Bracketology is in as we wait for Sunday night's Selection Show.
Bracket Watch
Champ Week is a wrap, and now it's up to the committee to give us the final bracket. But first: One final look at what we think will happen in tonight's Selection Special (8 ET, ESPN). The bubble remains the biggest question: Who will be the last team in and first team out? It might be the most difficult decision for the committee. Bracketology still gives the nod to Princeton over Virginia Tech. The Tigers and Hokies have just one Quad 1 win apiece, with the Tigers having a slightly better nonconference strength of schedule and a better record against the NET top 100. The Hokies have wins over NCAA tournament teams Cal, Georgia Tech and Louisville, but they also lost four of their past six and had losses to four teams not in the discussion for the field of 68. If Princeton and Columbia get at-large bids to go with Harvard as the conference's automatic qualifier, the Ivy League would put three teams in the NCAA tournament for the first time.
On the Bubble
Last Four Byes
Last Four In
First Four Out
Next Four Out
68-Team Bracket
Region 1 Birmingham
Columbia
Columbus
- 5 Alabama
Durham
- 6 Iowa
Fort Worth
Region 4 Birmingham
Austin
Chapel Hill
- 5 Maryland
Lexington
- 3 Kentucky
- 14 Liberty - aq
Storrs
- 10 Oregon
- 15 Vermont - aq
Region 2 Spokane
Los Angeles
- 8 Utah
Waco
- 4 Baylor
Baton Rouge
- 3 LSU
South Bend
- 10 Nebraska
Region 3 Spokane
Los Angeles
- 1 USC
Oxford
- 4 Ole Miss
Norman
- 3 Oklahoma
Raleigh
Conference Breakdown
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