NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament bids by school

This is a list of NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament bids by school, ^[1] at the conclusion of the 2025 conference tournaments. Schools whose names are italicized are no longer in Division I and can no longer be included in the tournament. The 2020 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was never played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

There are a total of 68 bids possible (31 automatic qualifiers, 37 at-large) since the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Vacated appearances are not included in the totals.

The table is current through the 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. Conference affiliations reflect those in the upcoming 2025–26 season.

Bids

(#) – Vacated appearance

Bids	School	Conference	Last...
			Years	Bid	Win	Sweet 16	Elite 8	Final 4	Final	Title (No.)
43	Tennessee	SEC	1982–2019, 2021–25	2025	2025	2025	2016	2008	2008	2008 (8)
37	Stanford	ACC	1982, 1988–2019, 2021–24	2024	2024	2024	2022	2022	2021	2021 (3)
37	Texas	SEC	1983–94, 1996–97, 1999–2005, 2008–12, 2014–19, 2021–25	2025	2025	2025	2025	2025	1986	1986 (1)
36	Georgia	SEC	1982–91, 1993, 1995–2014, 2016, 2018, 2021–23	2023	2023	2013	2013	1999	1996
36 [a]	UConn	Big East	1989–2019, 2021–25	2025	2025	2025	2025	2025	2025	2025 (12)
32 [a]	Maryland	Big Ten	1982–84, 1986, 1988–93, 1997, 2001, 2004–09, 2011–19, 2021–25	2025	2025	2025	2023	2015	2006	2006 (1)
32	North Carolina	ACC	1983–87, 1992–95, 1997–2000, 2002–11, 2013–15, 2019, 2021–25	2025	2025	2025	2014	2007	1994	1994 (1)
31	Iowa	Big Ten	1986–94, 1996–98, 2001–02, 2004, 2006, 2008–15, 2018–19, 2021–25	2025	2025	2024	2024	2024	2024
30	LSU	SEC	1984, 1986–91, 1997, 1999–2010, 2012–15, 2017–18, 2022–25	2025	2025	2025	2025	2023	2023	2023 (1)
30 [a]	NC State	ACC	1982–87, 1989–91, 1995–2001, 2004–07, 2010, 2014, 2017–19, 2021–25	2025	2025	2025	2024	2024
30	Notre Dame	ACC	1992, 1994, 1996–2019, 2022–25	2025	2025	2025	2019	2019	2019	2018 (2)
29	Vanderbilt	SEC	1986–87, 1989–98, 2000–14, 2024-25	2025	2013	2009	2002	1993
27	Duke	ACC	1987, 1995–2015, 2017–18, 2023–25	2025	2025	2025	2025	2006	2006
27	Louisville	ACC	1983–84, 1993, 1995, 1997–99, 2001, 2005–09, 2011–19, 2021–25	2025	2025	2023	2023	2022	2013
27	Louisiana Tech	CUSA	1982–2006, 2010–11	2011	2004	2004	2001	1999	1998	1988 (2)
27 #	Ohio State	Big Ten	1982, 1984–90, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003–12, 2015–16, 2022–25	2025	2025	2023	2023	1993	1993
27	Purdue	Big Ten	1989–92, 1995–2009, 2011–14, 2016–17, 2023	2023	2017	2009	2009	2001	2001	1999 (1)
26	Rutgers	Big Ten	1986–94, 1998–2001, 2003–12, 2015, 2019, 2021	2021	2015	2009	2008	2007	2007
25 [a]	DePaul	Big East	1990–93, 1995–97, 2003–19, 2022	2022	2018	2016
25	Oklahoma	SEC	1986, 1995, 2000–18, 2022–25	2025	2025	2025	2010	2010	2002
25	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	1982–85, 1987–90, 1992–2008	2008	2008	2008	2002	1997	1997	1985 (1)
25	Penn State	Big Ten	1982–88, 1990–96, 1999–2005, 2011–14	2014	2014	2014	2004	2000
25	Virginia	ACC	1984–2003, 2005, 2008–10, 2018	2018	2018	2000	1996	1992	1991
23	Baylor	Big 12	2001–02, 2004–19, 2021–25	2025	2025	2024	2021	2019	2019	2019 (3)
23	Florida State	ACC	1983, 1990–91, 2001, 2005–11, 2013–19, 2021–25	2025	2025	2017	2017
23	Iowa State	Big 12	1997–2002, 2005, 2007–15, 2017, 2019, 2021–25	2025	2024	2022	2009
22	Auburn	SEC	1982–83, 1985–91, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2004, 2008–09, 2016–17, 2019, 2024	2024	2016	1996	1996	1990	1990
21	Middle Tennessee	CUSA	1983–86, 1988, 1996, 1998, 2004–07, 2009–14, 2016, 2021, 2023–24	2024	2024
21	Montana	Big Sky	1983–84, 1986, 1988–92, 1994–98, 2000, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2011, 2013, 2015	2015	1995	1986
21	Ole Miss	SEC	1982–92, 1994–96, 2004–05, 2007, 2022–25	2025	2025	2025	2007
21 [a]	South Carolina	SEC	1982, 1986, 1988–91, 2002–03, 2012–19, 2021–25	2025	2025	2025	2025	2025	2025	2024 (3)
21	Stephen F. Austin	Southland	1982–83, 1988–2002, 2006, 2021–22, 2025	2025	2000	1996
21	Utah	Big 12	1983, 1986, 1989–91, 1995–98, 2000–01, 2003, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2011, 2022–25	2025	2024	2023	2006
20	Green Bay	Horizon	1994, 1998–2000, 2002–05, 2007, 2009–13, 2015–18, 2024-25	2025	2012	2011
20	Michigan State	Big Ten	1991, 1996–97, 2003–07, 2009–14, 2016–17, 2019, 2021, 2024-25	2025	2025	2009	2005	2005	2005
20	Texas Tech	Big 12	1984, 1986, 1990–2005, 2011, 2013	2013	2005	2005	2003	1993	1993	1993 (1)
20	UCLA	Big Ten	1983, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1998–2000, 2004, 2006, 2010–11, 2013, 2016–19, 2021, 2023–25	2025	2025	2025	2025	2025
20	Washington	Big Ten	1985–91, 1993–95, 1997–98, 2001, 2003, 2006–07, 2015–17, 2025	2025	2017	2017	2016	2016
20	Western Kentucky	CUSA	1985–95, 1997–98, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2014–15, 2017–18	2018	2000	1995	1992	1992	1992
19	Kansas State	Big 12	1982–84, 1987, 1997, 2002–05, 2008–09, 2011, 2012, 2016–17, 2019, 2022, 2024-25	2025	2025	2025	1982
19	USC	Big Ten	1982–88, 1991–95, 1997, 2005–06, 2014, 2023–25	2025	2025	2025	2025	1986	1986	1984 (2)
18	George Washington	Atlantic 10	1991–92, 1994–98, 2000–01, 2003–08, 2015–16, 2017–18	2018	2008	2008	1997
18	Kentucky	SEC	1982–83, 1986, 1991, 1999, 2006, 2010–17, 2019, 2021–22, 2025	2025	2025	2016	2013
18	Liberty	CUSA	1997–2006, 2008–10, 2012–13, 2015, 2018, 2025	2025	2005	2005
18	Oklahoma State	Big 12	1989–91, 1993–96, 2007–08, 2010, 2013–16, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2025	2025	2021	2014
18 [a]	Oregon	Big Ten	1982, 1984, 1987, 1994–2001, 2005, 2017–19, 2021–22, 2025	2025	2025	2021	2019	2019
18	Texas A&M	SEC	1994, 1996, 2006–19, 2021, 2024	2024	2021	2021	2014	2011	2011	2011 (1)
17	Arizona State	Big 12	1982–83, 1992, 2001–02, 2005–09, 2011, 2014–19	2019	2019	2019	2009
17	Chattanooga	Southern	1989, 1992, 2001–04, 2006–08, 2010, 2013–17, 2023–24	2024	2004
17	Missouri State	CUSA	1991–96, 1998–2001, 2003–04, 2006, 2016, 2019, 2021–22	2022	2022	2021	2001	2001
17	Nebraska	Big Ten	1988, 1993, 1996, 1998–2000, 2007–08, 2010, 2012–15, 2018, 2022, 2024-25	2025	2024	2013
16	Clemson	ACC	1982, 1988–94, 1996–2002, 2019	2019	2019	1999	1991
16	Colorado	Big 12	1988–89, 1992–97, 2001–04, 2013, 2022–24	2024	2024	2024	2002
16	Florida	SEC	1993–99, 2001–02, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2022	2022	2014	1998	1997
16	Miami (FL)	ACC	1989, 1992–93, 1998, 2003–04, 2011–13, 2015–19, 2022–23	2023	2023	2023	2023
16	West Virginia	Big 12	1989, 1992, 2004, 2007–08, 2010–14, 2016–17, 2021, 2023–25	2025	2025	1992
15	BYU	Big 12	1984–85, 1993, 2000, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2012, 2014–16, 2019, 2021–22	2022	2021	2014
15	California	ACC	1990, 1992–93, 2006–09, 2012–15, 2017–19, 2025	2025	2019	2013	2013	2013
15	Drake	Missouri Valley	1982, 1984, 1986, 1995, 1997–98, 2000–02, 2007, 2017–19, 2023–24	2024	2002	2002	1982
15	Gonzaga	WCC	2007, 2009–15, 2017–19, 2021–24	2024	2024	2024	2011
15	Kansas	Big 12	1987–88, 1992–2000, 2012–13, 2022, 2024	2024	2024	2013
15	Marquette	Big East	1994–95, 1997–2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2017–19, 2021, 2023–24	2024	2019
14	Alabama	SEC	1984, 1988, 1992–99, 2021, 2023–25	2025	2025	1998	1994	1994
14	Holy Cross	Patriot	1985, 1989, 1991, 1995–96, 1998–2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2023–24	2024	1991
14	Oregon State	WCC [b]	1983–84, 1994–96, 2014–19, 2021, 2024-25	2025	2024	2024	2024	2016
14	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	1992–93, 1997–2005, 2008–09, 2012	2012	2004	2004
13	Arkansas	SEC	1986, 1989–91, 1995, 1998, 2001–03, 2012, 2015, 2021–22	2022	2015	1998	1998	1998
13	James Madison	Sun Belt	1986–89, 1991, 1996, 2007, 2010–11, 2014–16, 2023	2023	2014	1991
13	Michigan	Big Ten	1990, 1998, 2000–01, 2012–13, 2018–19, 2021–25	2025	2025	2022	2022
13	Mississippi State	SEC	1999–2000, 2002–03, 2009–10, 2015–19, 2023, 2025	2025	2025	2019	2019	2018	2018
13	Missouri	SEC	1982–86, 1994, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2016–19	2019	2019	2001
13	Saint Joseph's	Atlantic 10	1985–90, 1994–95, 1997, 1999–2000, 2013–14	2014	2014
13	South Dakota State	Summit	2009–13, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2021, 2023–25	2025	2025	2019
13	Syracuse	ACC	1985, 1988, 2002, 2008, 2013–19, 2021, 2024	2024	2024	2016	2016	2016	2016
13	Villanova	Big East	1986–89, 2001–04, 2009, 2013, 2018, 2022–23	2023	2023	2023	2003
13	Virginia Tech	ACC	1994–95, 1998–99, 2001, 2003–06, 2021–24	2024	2024	2023	2023	2023
12	Georgia Tech	ACC	1993, 2003, 2007–12, 2014, 2021–22, 2025	2025	2021	2021
12	Long Beach State	Big West	1982–92, 2017	2017	1991	1991	1989	1988
12 [c]	Princeton	Ivy	2010–13, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2022–25	2025	2023
12	Saint Francis (PA)	Northeast	1996–2000, 2002–05, 2010–11, 2018	2018
12	Tennessee Tech	Ohio Valley	1982, 1985, 1987, 1989–93, 1999–2000, 2023, 2025	2025	1990
11	Arizona	Big 12	1997–2000, 2003–05, 2021–24	2024	2023	2021	2021	2021	2021
11	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1987–90, 1993–94, 2005–07, 2010–11	2011	2007	2007
11	Creighton	Big East	1992, 1994, 2002, 2012–13, 2017–18, 2022–25	2025	2024	2022	2022
11	Florida Gulf Coast	ASUN	2012, 2014–15, 2017–19, 2021–25	2025	2023
11	Indiana	Big Ten	1983, 1994–95, 2002, 2016, 2019, 2021–25	2025	2025	2024	2021
11	Marist	MAAC	2004, 2006–14, 2021	2021	2012	2007
11	St. John's	Big East	1983–84, 1988, 2006, 2010–14, 2016, 2023	2023	2014	2012
11	Temple	American	1989, 2002, 2004–11, 2017	2017	2011
11	Tulane	American	1995–2003, 2010, 2015	2015	2002
11	UNLV	Mountain West	1984–86, 1989–91, 1994, 2002, 2022–24	2024	1991	1989
10	Illinois	Big Ten	1982, 1986–87, 1997–2000, 2003, 2023, 2025	2025	2025	1997
10	Maine	America East	1995–2000, 2004, 2018–19, 2024	2024	1999
10	Minnesota	Big Ten	1994, 2002–06, 2008–09, 2015, 2018	2018	2018	2005	2004	2004
10	San Diego State	Mountain West	1984–85, 1993–95, 1997, 2009–10, 2012, 2025	2025	2010	2010
10	South Florida	American	2006, 2013, 2015–18, 2021–23, 2025	2025	2023
10	TCU	Big 12	2001–07, 2009–10, 2025	2025	2025	2025	2025
10	Xavier	Big East	1993, 1999–2001, 2003, 2007–11	2011	2011	2010	2010
9 [a]	Dayton	Atlantic 10	2010–15, 2017–18, 2022	2022	2022	2015	2015
9	Hampton	CAA	2000, 2003–04, 2010–14, 2017	2017
9	Toledo	Mid-American	1991–92, 1995–97, 1999, 2001, 2017, 2023	2023	2023
8	Hawaiʻi	Big West	1989–90, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2016, 2022–23	2023	1990
8	New Mexico	Mountain West	1998, 2002–08	2008	2006	2003
8	Northwestern	Big Ten	1982, 1987, 1990–91, 1993, 1997, 2015, 2021	2021	2021
8	Southern Mississippi	Sun Belt	1985, 1987, 1989–90, 1992, 1994–96	1996	1996	1994
8	Vermont	America East	1992–94, 2000, 2009–10, 2023, 2025	2025	2010
7	Albany	America East	2012–17, 2022	2022	2016
7	Austin Peay	ASUN	1996, 2001–04, 2009–10	2010
7	Belmont	Missouri Valley	2007, 2016–19, 2021–22	2022	2022
7	Boston College	ACC	1999–2000, 2002–06	2006	2006	2006
7	Dartmouth	Ivy	1983, 1995, 1999–2000, 2005–06, 2009	2009
7	Fairfield	MAAC	1988, 1991, 1998, 2001, 2022, 2024-25	2025
7	Fresno State	Mountain West	2008–14	2014
7	Harvard	Ivy	1996–98, 2002–03, 2007, 2025	2025	1998
7	Jackson State	SWAC	1982–83, 1995, 2008, 2021–22, 2024	2024
7	Saint Peter's	MAAC	1982, 1992–93, 1997, 1999–2000, 2002	2002
7	SMU	ACC	1994–96, 1998–2000, 2008	2008	2000
7	UCF	Big 12	1996, 1999, 2009, 2011, 2019, 2021–22	2022	2022
7	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1992, 1995–96, 1998, 2001–02, 2010	2010	1996
6 [a]	Boise State	Mountain West	1994, 2007, 2015, 2017–19	2019
6 [c]	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1983–84, 2013, 2018–19, 2021	2021	2018	2018
6	Colorado State	Mountain West	1996, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2016	2016	2001	1999
6	FIU	CUSA	1994–95, 1997–99, 2002	2002	2002
6	Grambling	SWAC	1994, 1996–99, 2018	2018
6	Hartford	Conference of New England (D-III)	2002, 2005–06, 2008, 2010–11	2011	2008
6	Howard	MEAC	1982, 1996–98, 2001, 2022	2022	2022
6	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	1983, 1985, 1989, 2005, 2008, 2022	2022	1989
6	Kent State	Mid-American	1982, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2024	2024	1996
6	Little Rock	Ohio Valley	2010–12, 2015, 2018–19	2019	2015
6 #	Memphis [d]	American	1982, 1985, 1987, 1995–98	1998	1995	1982
6	New Mexico State	CUSA	1987–88, 2015–17, 2019	2019
6	Oral Roberts	Summit	1999, 2001, 2005, 2007–08, 2013	2013
6 [a]	Portland	WCC	1994–97, 2023–24	2024
6	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	2007, 2009, 2011–14	2014
6 [c]	Robert Morris	Horizon	2007–08, 2014, 2016–17, 2019	2019
6	Santa Clara	WCC	1992, 1994, 1998–99, 2002, 2005	2005	1992
6 #	Southern [e]	SWAC	2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2019, 2023, 2025	2025
5	Delaware	CUSA	2001, 2007, 2012–13, 2022	2022	2013	2013
5	Houston	Big 12	1988, 1992, 2004–05, 2011	2011	2004
5	Lehigh	Patriot	1997, 2009–10, 2021, 2025	2025
5	North Carolina A&T	CAA	1994, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2021	2021
5	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1990, 1992–95	1995	1992
5	Penn	Ivy	2001, 2004, 2014, 2016–17	2017
5	Providence	Big East	1986, 1989–92	1992	1991	1990
5	Quinnipiac	MAAC	2013, 2015, 2017–19	2019	2018	2017
5	Richmond	Atlantic 10	1990–91, 2005, 2024-25	2025	2025
5	Sacred Heart	MAAC	2006, 2009, 2012, 2023–24	2024
5 [f]	Tennessee–Martin	Ohio Valley	2011–14, 2024	2024
4	Appalachian State	Sun Belt	1990–91, 1996, 1999	1999
4	Bucknell	Patriot	2002, 2008, 2017, 2019	2019
4	Buffalo	Mid-American	2016, 2018–19, 2022	2022	2019	2018
4	Cal State Northridge	Big West	1999, 2014–15, 2018	2018
4	Cincinnati	Big 12	1989, 1999, 2002–03	2003	2002
4	Georgetown	Big East	1993, 2010–12	2012	2012	2011
4	Idaho	Big Sky	1985, 2013–14, 2016	2016
4	Idaho State	Big Sky	2001, 2007, 2012, 2021	2021
4	La Salle	Atlantic 10	1983, 1986, 1988–89	1989	1989
4	Louisiana-Monroe	Sun Belt	1983–85, 1987	1987	1985	1985	1985	1985
4	Manhattan	MAAC	1987, 1990, 1996, 2003	2003
4	Mercer	Southern	2018–19, 2021–22	2022
4	Montana State	Big Sky	1993, 2017, 2022, 2025	2025
4	Mount St. Mary's	MAAC	1994–95, 2021–22	2022
4	Norfolk State	MEAC	2002, 2023–25	2025
4	Northwestern State	Southland	1989, 2004, 2014–15	2015
4	Pepperdine	WCC	2000, 2002–03, 2006	2006
4	Pittsburgh	ACC	2007–09, 2015	2015	2015	2009
4	Radford	Big South	1994–96, 2019	2019
4	Rice	American	2000, 2005, 2019, 2024	2024	2000
4	San Francisco	WCC	1995–97, 2016	2016	1996	1996
4	Seton Hall	Big East	1994–95, 2015–16	2016	1995	1994
4 [a]	South Dakota	Summit	2014, 2019, 2021–22	2022	2022	2022
4	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	1986–87, 1990, 1992	1992	1992	1987
4 [c]	Troy	Sun Belt	1997, 2016–17, 2021	2021
4	Washington State	WCC [b]	1991, 2021–23	2023
3	Alabama State	SWAC	2003, 2015–16	2016
3	Alcorn State	SWAC	2000–01, 2005	2005
3	American	Patriot	2015, 2018, 2022	2022
3	Army	Patriot	2006, 2014, 2016	2016
3	Charlotte	American	2003, 2009, 2022	2022
3	Cheyney	Independent (No affiliation)	1982–84	1984	1984	1984	1984	1982	1982
3	Cleveland State	Horizon	2008, 2010, 2023	2023
3	Coppin State	MEAC	2005–06, 2008	2008
3	Drexel	CAA	2009, 2021, 2024	2024
3	East Carolina	American	1982, 2007, 2023	2023
3	East Tennessee State	Southern	2008–10	2010
3	Fordham	Atlantic 10	1994, 2014, 2019	2019
3	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2001–03	2003
3	Massachusetts	Mid-American	1996, 1998, 2022	2022
3	Navy	Patriot	2011–13	2013
3	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	2010–11, 2017	2017
3	Ohio	Mid-American	1986, 1995, 2015	2015
3	San Diego	WCC	1993, 2000, 2008	2008
3	Stetson	ASUN	2005, 2011, 2013	2013
3	Tennessee State	Ohio Valley	1994–95, 2015	2015
3	UC Davis	Big West	2011, 2019, 2021	2021
3	UC Riverside	Big West	2006–07, 2010	2010
3	UNC Asheville	Big South	2007, 2016–17	2017
3	UT Arlington	WAC	2005, 2007, 2022	2022
3	Wichita State	American	2013–15	2015
3	Wright State	Horizon	2014, 2019, 2021	2021	2021
3	Youngstown State	Horizon	1996, 1998, 2000	2000	1998
2	Ball State	Mid-American	2009, 2025	2025	2009
2	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	1989, 1991	1991	1991
2	Central Arkansas	ASUN	2016–17	2017
2	Columbia	Ivy	2024-25	2025
2	Eastern Kentucky	ASUN	1997, 2005	2005
2	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2004, 2012	2012
2	Eastern Washington	Big Sky	1987, 2024	2024
2	Elon	CAA	2017–18	2018
2	Evansville	Missouri Valley	1999, 2009	2009
2	Florida A&M	SWAC	1995, 1999	1999
2	Furman	Southern	1995, 2000	2000
2	Gardner–Webb	Big South	2011, 2023	2023
2	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1993–94	1994
2	High Point	Big South	2021, 2025	2025
2	Iona	MAAC	2016, 2023	2023
2	Lamar	Southland	1991, 2010	2010	1991	1991	1991
2	Loyola (MD)	Patriot	1994–95	1995
2	Marshall	Sun Belt	1997, 2024	2024
2	McNeese	Southland	2011–12	2012
2	Milwaukee	Horizon	2001, 2006	2006
2	Monmouth	CAA	1983, 2023	2023	1983
2	Murray State	Missouri Valley	2008, 2025	2025
2	Oakland	Horizon	2002, 2006	2006
2	Portland State	Big Sky	2010, 2019	2019
2	Saint Mary's	WCC	1999, 2001	2001	2001
2 [a]	Samford	Southern	2011–12	2012
2 [a]	Southeast Missouri State	Ohio Valley	2006–07	2007
2	St. Bonaventure	Atlantic 10	2012, 2016	2016	2016	2012
2	Texas State	Sun Belt	1997, 2003	2003
2	Tulsa	American	2006, 2013	2013	2006
2	UAB	American	1994, 2000	2000	2000	2000
2	UC Irvine	Big West	1995, 2024	2024
2	UNC Greensboro	Southern	1998, 2025	2025
2	UTEP	CUSA	2008, 2012	2012	2008
2	UTSA	American	2008–09	2009
2	Valparaiso	Missouri Valley	2003–04	2004
2	VCU	Atlantic 10	2009, 2021	2021
2	Wake Forest	ACC	1988, 2021	2021	1988
2	Weber State	Big Sky	2002–03	2003
2	Western Carolina	Southern	2005, 2009	2009
2	Western Illinois	Ohio Valley	1995, 2017	2017
2	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1985, 2003	2003
2	Wyoming	Mountain West	2008, 2021	2021
1	Abilene Christian	WAC	2019	2019
1	Akron	Mid-American	2014	2014
1	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2025	2025
1	Bethune–Cookman	SWAC	2019	2019
1	Boston University	Patriot	2003	2003
1	Bradley	Missouri Valley	2021	2021
1	Brown	Ivy	1994	1994
1	Butler	Big East	1996	1996
1	Cal Poly	Big West	2013	2013
1 [g]	California Baptist	WAC	2024	2024
1 [c]	Campbell	CAA	2000	2000
1	Canisius	MAAC	2005	2005
1	Colgate	Patriot	2004	2004
1	Cornell	Ivy	2008	2008
1	Delaware State	MEAC	2007	2007
1	Denver	Summit	2001	2001
1	Detroit Mercy	Horizon	1997	1997
1	Duquesne	Atlantic 10	2016	2016	2016
1	Eastern Illinois	Ohio Valley	1988	1988
1	Fairleigh Dickinson	Northeast	2025	2025
1	Florida Atlantic	American	2006	2006
1	George Mason	Atlantic 10	2025	2025
1	Grand Canyon	WAC	2025	2025
1	Incarnate Word	Southland	2022	2022
1 [a]	IU Indy [h]	Horizon	2022	2022
1	Jacksonville	ASUN	2016	2016
1	Lipscomb	ASUN	2004	2004
1	LIU [i]	Northeast	2001	2001
1	Longwood	Big South	2022	2022	2022
1	Louisiana	Sun Belt	2007	2007
1	Loyola Marymount	WCC	2004	2004
1	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2008	2008
1	New Orleans	Southland	1987	1987
1	Nicholls	Southland	2018	2018
1	North Dakota	Summit	2014	2014
1	North Texas	American	1986	1986
1	Northeastern	CAA	1999	1999
1	Northern Arizona	Big Sky	2006	2006
1	Northern Colorado	Big Sky	2018	2018
1	Presbyterian	Big South	2024	2024
1	Rhode Island	Atlantic 10	1996	1996
1	Sacramento State	Big Sky	2023	2023
1	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	2023	2023
1	Savannah State	SIAC (D-II)	2015	2015
1	Seattle	WCC	2018	2018
1	Siena	MAAC	2001	2001
1	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1987	1987
1	South Carolina St.	MEAC	1983	1983	1983
1	Southern Utah	WAC	2023	2023
1	Southeastern Louisiana	Southland	2023	2023
1	St. Francis Brooklyn	None [j]	2015	2015
1 [c]	Stony Brook	CAA	2021	2021
1	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Southland	2024	2024
1	Texas Southern	SWAC	2017	2017
1	Towson	CAA	2019	2019
1	UC San Diego	Big West	2025	2025
1	UMBC	America East	2007	2007
1 [k]	Utah Valley	WAC	2021	2021
1	William & Mary	CAA	2025	2025
1	Winthrop	Big South	2014	2014

Notes

1. Received an automatic bid in 2020 for winning its conference tournament but is not reflected in the totals when the NCAA cancelled the 2020 Tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. Oregon State and Washington State, the only remaining members of the Pac-12 Conference in 2024–25, will play most sports, including women's basketball, in the West Coast Conference through 2025–26, after which the Pac-12 will resume play with at least six new members.
3. Was awarded the 2020 conference championship when the conference tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, prior to the NCAA cancelling the 2020 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. It has not been reflected in the totals.
4. Memphis, then known as Memphis State University, vacated its participation in the 1985 tournament.
5. Southern vacated its participation in the 2010 tournament.
6. Received the 2024 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament automatic bid because tournament champion, Southern Indiana, is ineligible due to its transition from Division II to Division I.
7. California Baptist won the 2021 WAC women's basketball tournament final but was ineligible because it was still within its transition period from Division II to Division I athletics.
8. Competed as IUPUI, which was dissolved after the 2023–24 academic year and replaced by separate institutions affiliated with the Indiana University and Purdue University systems. The athletic program transferred to the new IU Indianapolis.
9. LIU's only tournament bid to date was claimed by the team representing Long Island University's Brooklyn campus. At the time, the university operated two athletic programs, with the other being the Division II program of its Post campus. After the 2018–19 school year, LIU merged its two athletic programs. The unified program inherited the athletic history of the Brooklyn campus, as well as Brooklyn's memberships in Division I and the Northeast Conference.
10. St. Francis College shut down its entire athletic program after the 2022–23 season.
11. Received the automatic bid as conference regular season runner-up in 2021 when California Baptist defeated Grand Canyon in the 2021 WAC women's basketball tournament final but was ineligible because California Baptist was still within its transition period from Division II to Division I athletics.

Schools vacating NCAA tournament appearances

Three schools have vacated NCAA Tournament appearances in women's basketball. ^[2]

School	Year(s)
Memphis	1985
Southern	2010
Ohio State	2017, 2018

Schools yet to receive bids

There are 63 schools that have never reached the NCAA Division I Tournament.

School	Current conference	First season	Notes
Air Force	Mountain West Conference	1996–97
Alabama A&M	Southwestern Athletic Conference	1998–99
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Southwestern Athletic Conference	1996–97
Bellarmine	Atlantic Sun Conference	2020–21
Binghamton	America East Conference	1999–2000
Bryant	America East Conference	2008–09
Cal State Bakersfield	Big West Conference	2013–14
Central Connecticut	Northeast Conference	1986–87
Chicago State	Northeast Conference	1984-85
Charleston	Coastal Athletic Association	1990–91
Charleston Southern	Big South Conference	1976–77
Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt Conference	1974–75
Davidson	Atlantic 10 Conference	1973–74
East Texas A&M	Southland Conference	2022–23	Eligible for an NCAA tournament bid for the first time in 2026. [3] Changed its name from Texas A&M–Commerce early in the 2024–25 season.
Hofstra	Coastal Athletic Association	1973–74
Houston Christian	Southland Conference	1999–2000	Changed its name from Houston Baptist shortly before the 2022–23 season.
Indiana State	Missouri Valley Conference	1971–72
Jacksonville State	Conference USA	1993–94
Kansas City [a]	Summit League	1994–95
Kennesaw State	Conference USA	2005–06
Lafayette	Patriot League	1972–73
Le Moyne	Northeast Conference	2023–24	Eligible for an NCAA tournament bid for the first time in 2028. [4]
Loyola Chicago	Atlantic 10 Conference	1979–80
Lindenwood	Ohio Valley Conference	2022–23	Eligible for an NCAA tournament bid for the first time in 2026. [5]
Maryland Eastern Shore	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	1981–82
Mercyhurst	Northeast Conference	2024–25	Eligible for an NCAA tournament bid for the first time in 2029. [6]
Merrimack	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	2019–20
Mississippi Valley State	Southwestern Athletic Conference	1981–82
Morehead State	Ohio Valley Conference	1970–71
Morgan State	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	1984–85
Nevada	Mountain West Conference	1981–82
New Hampshire	America East Conference	1981–82
New Haven	Northeast Conference	2025–26	Eligible for an NCAA tournament bid for the first time in 2029. [7]
Niagara	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	1989–90
NJIT	America East Conference	2006–07
Northern Kentucky	Horizon League	2012–13
North Alabama	Atlantic Sun Conference	2018–19
North Carolina Central	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	2011–12
North Dakota State	Summit League	2007–08
North Florida	Atlantic Sun Conference	2005–06
Omaha	Summit League	2011–12
Pacific	West Coast Conference	1984–85
Purdue Fort Wayne	Horizon League	2001–02
Queens (NC)	Atlantic Sun Conference	2022–23	Eligible for an NCAA tournament bid for the first time in 2026. [8]
Rider [a]	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	1974–75
St. Thomas (MN)	Summit League	2021–22	Eligible for an NCAA tournament bid for the first time in 2026. [9]
Sam Houston	Conference USA	1987–88
San Jose State	Mountain West Conference	1982–83
SIU Edwardsville	Ohio Valley Conference	2007–08
Southern Indiana	Ohio Valley Conference	2022–23	Eligible for an NCAA tournament bid for the first time in 2026. Won the 2024 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament automatic bid but was ineligible due to its transition from Division II to Division I. [10]
South Carolina Upstate	Big South Conference	2007–08
Stonehill	Northeast Conference	2022–23	Eligible for an NCAA tournament bid for the first time in 2026. [11]
Tarleton State	Western Athletic Conference	2020–21
UIC	Missouri Valley Conference	1971–72
UMass Lowell	America East Conference	2013–14
UNC Wilmington	Coastal Athletic Association	1984–85
Utah State	Mountain West Conference	1972–73
Utah Tech	Western Athletic Conference	2020–21	Changed its name from Dixie State also in 2022.
UTRGV	Southland Conference	1982–83
Wagner	Northeast Conference	1970–71
West Georgia	Atlantic Sun Conference	2024–25	Eligible for an NCAA tournament bid for the first time in 2028. [12]
Wofford	Southern Conference	1993–94
Yale	Ivy League	1973–74

Notes

1. Was awarded the conference championship when the conference tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, prior to the NCAA cancelling the 2020 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

See also

• NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament bids by school

References

1. "2025 Women's Final Four Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
2. "2025 Women's Final Four Records Book, page 147" (PDF). NCAA.
3. "East Texas A&M to pursue accelerated NCAA reclassification process" (Press release). East Texas A&M University. February 21, 2025. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
4. "Le Moyne College Accepts Invitation to Join Northeast Conference" (Press release). Northeast Conference. May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
5. "Division I Announces New Reclassification Criteria" (Press release). Lindenwood University. January 16, 2025. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
6. "Welcome To The Lake Show: Mercyhurst University Accepts Northeast Conference Membership Invite" (Press release). Northeast Conference. April 4, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
7. "Charging Up! University of New Haven Accepts Northeast Conference Membership Invite" (Press release). Northeast Conference. May 6, 2025. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
8. "ASUN Conference Welcomes Queens University of Charlotte as Its Newest Member" (Press release). ASUN Conference. May 10, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
9. "St. Thomas statement regarding the NCAA reclassification vote". Tommie Sports (Press release). January 15, 2025. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
10. "USI Athletics accelerates transition to Division I" (Press release). Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles. February 13, 2025. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
11. "Stonehill Announces Transition to NCAA Division I for 2022-23 Academic Year". Stonehill College Skyhawks. April 5, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
12. "UWG Athletics to Transition to NCAA Division I". West Georgia Athletics. September 8, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.