Here are the top three teams from each region of Selection Sunday for the 2025 women’s NCAA basketball tournament.
It's the most exciting time of the year for college basketball fans across the country.
The first round of the NCAA women's basketball tournament tips off on Friday, one day after the men's tournament gets underway in full.
The women's tournament will begin at the home courts for the No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 seeds in each regional. From there, the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight will be held in Spokane, Washington, (Regionals 1 and 4) and Birmingham, Alabama (Regionals 2 and 3) before the tournament concludes with the Final Four in Tampa, Florida.
How far is the road to Tampa for the 68 teams in this year's tournament? Let's break down where each school is located and which states have the most teams in Women's March Madness.
How many states have teams in 2025 Women's March Madness?
Thirty-six states are represented in the 2025 NCAA women's basketball tournament.
Which state has the most teams in 2025 Women's March Madness?
California, North Carolina and Virginia are tied at the top with five teams apiece.
California has two No. 1 seeds in UCLA and USC, while North Carolina has a pair of No. 2 seeds in Duke and NC State. Richmond is the highest seed out of Virginia as a No. 8.
Texas is next on the list with four teams in the tournament. Florida, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee each have three teams in the bracket.
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2025 Women's March Madness teams by state
Here is the full state-by-state breakdown for this year’s Women's March Madness:
Alabama
- Alabama (No. 5, Regional 2)
Arizona
- Grand Canyon (No. 13, Regional 1)
Arkansas
- Arkansas State (No. 15, Regional 4)
California
- California (No. 8, Regional 4)
- San Diego State (No. 14, Regional 1)
- UCLA (No. 1, Regional 1)
- UC San Diego (No. 16, Regional 1, First Four)
- USC (No. 1, Regional 4)
Connecticut
- Fairfield (No. 12, Regional 4)
- UConn (No. 2, Regional 4)
Florida
- Florida Gulf Coast (No. 14, Regional 4)
- Florida State (No. 6, Regional 1)
- South Florida (No. 12, Regional 3)
Georgia
- Georgia Tech (No. 9, Regional 1)
Illinois
- Illinois (No. 8, Regional 3)
Indiana
- Ball State (No. 12, Regional 1)
- Indiana (No. 9, Regional 2)
- Notre Dame (No. 3, Regional 3)
Iowa
- Iowa (No. 6, Regional 4)
- Iowa State (No. 11, Regional 3, First Four)
Kansas
- Kansas State (No. 5, Regional 4)
Kentucky
- Kentucky (No. 4, Regional 4)
- Louisville (No. 7, Regional 3)
- Murray State (No. 11, Regional 4)
Louisiana
- LSU (No. 3, Regional 1)
- Southern (No. 16, Regional 1, First Four)
Maryland
- Maryland (No. 4, Regional 2)
Massachusetts
- Harvard (No. 10, Regional 1)
Michigan
- Michigan (No. 6, Regional 3)
- Michigan State (No. 7, Regional 1)
Mississippi
- Mississippi State (No. 9, Regional 4)
- Ole Miss (No. 5, Regional 1)
Montana
- Montana State (No. 13, Regional 3)
Nebraska
- Creighton (No. 9, Regional 3)
- Nebraska (No. 10, Regional 3)
New Jersey
- Fairleigh Dickinson (No. 15, Regional 3)
- Princeton (No. 11, Regional 3, First Four)
New York
- Columbia (No. 11, Regional 2, First Four)
North Carolina
- Duke (No. 2, Regional 2)
- High Point (No. 16, Regional 3, First Four)
- NC State (No. 2, Regional 1)
- North Carolina (No. 3, Regional 2)
- UNC Greensboro (No. 16, Regional 4)
Ohio
- Ohio State (No. 4, Regional 3)
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma (No. 3, Regional 4)
- Oklahoma State (No. 7, Regional 4)
Oregon
- Oregon (No. 10, Regional 2)
- Oregon State (No. 14, Regional 2)
Pennsylvania
- Lehigh (No. 15, Regional 2)
South Carolina
- South Carolina (No. 1, Regional 2)
South Dakota
- South Dakota State (No. 10, Regional 4)
Tennessee
- Tennessee (No. 5, Regional 3)
- Tennessee Tech (No. 16, Regional 2)
- Vanderbilt (No. 7, Regional 2)
Texas
- Baylor (No. 4, Regional 1)
- Stephen F. Austin (No. 14, Regional 3)
- TCU (No. 2, Regional 3)
- Texas (No. 1, Regional 3)
Utah
- Utah (No. 8, Regional 2)
Vermont
- Vermont (No. 15, Regional 1)
Virginia
- George Mason (No. 11, Regional 1)
- Liberty (No. 13, Regional 4)
- Norfolk State (No. 13, Regional 2)
- Richmond (No. 8, Regional 1)
- William & Mary (No. 16, Regional 3, First Four)
Washington
- Washington (No. 11, Regional 2, First Four)
West Virginia
- West Virginia (No. 6, Regional 2)
Wisconsin
- Green Bay (No. 12, Regional 2)
Which states do not have a team in 2025 Women's March Madness?
Alaska, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island and Wyoming do not have schools in the 2025 NCAA women's basketball tournament.
