2025 March Madness women’s bracket predictions for Feb. 18Conferences with multiple teams in the bracketAutumn Johnson’s automatic qualifiersUConn women’s basketball earns team of the week honors after beating South CarolinaNotre Dame tops women’s basketball Power 10 as UCLA and South Carolina slideNo. 3 Texas rallies, No. 7 UConn stuns No. 4 South Carolina in wild day of women’s college hoops
Another chaotic week of women’s hoops leads to changes in my latest bracket predictions. TCU climbs back to a No. 2 seed, and NC State bumps down to a No. 3 seed after a close loss to North Carolina.
Let’s break down my latest predictions since the selection committee’s first top-16 was revealed on Sunday, Feb. 16.
2025 March Madness women’s bracket predictions for Feb. 18
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| SEED | Spokane 1 | Birmingham 2 | Spokane 4 | Birmingham 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCLA | Texas | South Carolina | Notre Dame |
| 16 | Longwood / Tennessee Tech | Fairleigh Dickinson / Texas Southern | UNC Greensboro | North Carolina A&T |
| 8 | Cal | Creighton | Oklahoma State | Florida State |
| 9 | South Dakota State | Iowa | Nebraska | Mississippi State |
| 5 | West Virginia | Michigan State | Baylor | Alabama |
| 12 | UTSA | Florida Gulf Coast | UNLV | Ball State |
| 4 | Tennessee | Kansas State | Oklahoma | Ohio State |
| 13 | Montana State | Fairfield | Hawaii | James Madison |
| 6 | Maryland | Michigan | Utah | Ole Miss |
| 11 | Harvard / Virginia Tech | Princeton / Iowa State | Minnesota | Middle Tennessee |
| 3 | Duke | North Carolina | NC State | Kentucky |
| 14 | Grand Canyon | Norfolk State | Gonzaga | Missouri State |
| 7 | Louisville | Georgia Tech | Vanderbilt | Illinois |
| 10 | Oregon | Indiana | Columbia | Richmond |
| 2 | LSU | UConn | Southern California | TCU |
| 15 | UAlbany | Southeastern Louisiana | Green Bay | Lehigh |
Last four in: Iowa State, Harvard, Virginia Tech, Washington
First four out: Princeton, Florida, Arizona, Stanford
📊 POWER RANKINGS: Texas climbs into the top three of latest women’s basketball Power 10
Conferences with multiple teams in the bracket
| CONFERENCE | TOTAL TEAMS | TEAMS |
|---|---|---|
| Big Ten | 12 | Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oregon, Southern California, UCLA |
| SEC | 10 | Alabama, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vanderbilt |
| ACC | 9 | California, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, NC State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech |
| Big 12 | 7 | Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Utah, West Virginia |
| Ivy | 3 | Columbia, Harvard, Princeton |
| Big East | 2 | Creighton, UConn |
CINDERELLAS: Lowest seeds to advance to each round in NCAA women’s basketball tournament history
Autumn Johnson’s automatic qualifiers
| AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS | Teams |
|---|---|
| America East | UAlbany |
| American Athletic | UTSA |
| Atlantic 10 | Richmond |
| ACC | Notre Dame |
| ASUN | FGCU |
| Big 12 | Kansas State |
| Big East | UConn |
| Big Sky | Montana State |
| Big South | Longwood |
| Big Ten | UCLA |
| Big West | Hawaii |
| CAA | North Carolina A&T |
| Conference USA | Middle Tennessee |
| Horizon | Green Bay |
| Ivy | Columbia |
| MAAC | Fairfield |
| MAC | Ball State |
| MEAC | Norfolk State |
| Missouri Valley | Missouri State |
| Mountain West | UNLV |
| Northeast | Fairleigh Dickinson |
| Ohio Valley | Tennessee Tech |
| Patriot | Lehigh |
| SEC | South Carolina |
| Southern | UNC Greensboro |
| Southland | Southeastern Louisiana |
| SWAC | Texas Southern |
| Summit League | South Dakota State |
| Sun Belt | James Madison |
| WCC | Gonzaga |
| WAC | Grand Canyon |
