- South Carolina, UCLA, Texas, and USC are projected to be the top seeds in the 2025 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.
- Iowa State, Princeton, Harvard, and Washington are projected as the last four teams to reach Women’s March Madness.
- Virginia Tech, Saint Joseph’s, Arizona, and Minnesota are the first four teams projected to be left out of the NCAA bracket.
Editor’s note: Follow Women’s March Madness bracket reveal live updates to see who makes the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
March Madness continues this evening with Selection Sunday, when the brackets for the women’s NCAA Tournament will be unveiled.
While the brackets will be set in stone, predictions and projections on who will help make up the field of 68 teams are already being decided. Several teams had already qualified for the tournament after earning an automatic bid after winning their conference tournament championship.
Here’s what experts are projecting for the 2025 bracket:
Projected top seeds
- USA Today staff (as of Saturday evening): South Carolina, UCLA, Texas, USC
- ESPN’s Charlie Creme (as of Saturday evening): South Carolina, UCLA, USC, Texas
- NCAA’s Autumn Johnson (as of Tuesday): UCLA, South Carolina, USC, Texas
- CBS’ Connor Groel (as of Tuesday): UCLA, South Carolina, Texas, USC
Projected last teams in
- USA Today staff (as of Saturday evening): Iowa State, Princeton, Columbia, Washington
- ESPN’s Charlie Creme (as of Saturday evening): Iowa State, Washington, Columbia, Princeton
- NCAA’s Autumn Johnson (as of Tuesday): Iowa State, Princeton, Harvard, Richmond
- CBS’ Connor Groel (as of Tuesday): Iowa State, Harvard, Washington, Princeton
First four out
- USA Today staff (as of Saturday evening): Virginia Tech, Saint Joseph’s, Arizona, Minnesota
- ESPN’s Charlie Creme (as of Saturday evening): Virginia Tech, Saint Joseph’s, James Madison, UNLV
- NCAA’s Autumn Johnson (as of Tuesday): Virginia Tech, Colorado, James Madison, Minnesota
- CBS’ Connor Groel (as of Tuesday): Colorado, James Madison, Virginia Tech, Seton Hall
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