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The 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season will begin on November 4, 2024. The regular season will end on March 16, 2025, with the 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament beginning with the first four on March 19 and ending with championship game at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 6.

Rule changes[edit]

TBD

Season headlines[edit]

Milestones and records[edit]

TBD

Conference membership changes[edit]

A total of 23 schools joined new conferences for the 2024–25 season. Of these, 20 moved within Division I, two began reclassification from NCAA Division II, and Chicago State ended its two-year stint as an all-sports independent to join the Northeast Conference.

School Former conference New Conference
Arizona Pac–12 Big 12
Arizona State Pac–12 Big 12
California Pac–12 ACC
Chicago State Independent NEC
Colorado Pac–12 Big 12
Kennesaw State ASUN CUSA
Mercyhurst PSAC (D-II) NEC
Merrimack NEC MAAC
Oklahoma Big 12 SEC
Oregon Pac–12 Big Ten
Oregon State Pac–12 WCC
Sacred Heart NEC MAAC
SMU AAC ACC
Stanford Pac–12 ACC
Stephen F. Austin WAC Southland
Texas Big 12 SEC
UCLA Pac–12 Big Ten
USC Pac–12 Big Ten
Utah Pac–12 Big 12
UTRGV WAC Southland
Washington Pac–12 Big Ten
Washington State Pac–12 WCC
West Georgia Gulf South (D–II) ASUN

The 2024–25 will be the last season in their respective conferences for five Division I schools.

School 2024–25 conference Future conference
Delaware CAA CUSA
UMass Atlantic 10 MAC
Missouri State Missouri Valley CUSA
Grand Canyon WAC WCC
Seattle WAC WCC

Arenas[edit]

New arenas[edit]

Seasonal outlook[edit]

The Top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaching Polls.

Pre-season polls[edit]

AP
Ranking Team
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5
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7
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9
10
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25
USA Today Coaches
Ranking Team
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2
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5
6
7
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10
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12
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17
18
19
20
21
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25

Final polls[edit]

AP
Ranking Team
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2
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4
5
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7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
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25
USA Today Coaches
Ranking Team
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
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23
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25

Top 10 matchups[edit]

Rankings reflect the AP poll Top 25.

Regular season[edit]

Postseason[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Early season tournaments[edit]

Head-to-head conference challenges[edit]

Conference Match Up Dates Conference Winner Conference Loser Record

Upsets[edit]

Winner Score Loser Date Tournamnet/Event Notes

Conference winners and tournaments[edit]

Each of the 31 Division I athletic conferences will end its regular season with a single-elimination tournament. The team with the best regular-season record in each conference receives the number one seed in each tournament, with tiebreakers used as needed in the case of ties for the top seeding. Unless otherwise noted, the winners of these tournaments will receive automatic invitations to the 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Conference Regular
season first place
Conference player of the year Conference Coach of the year Conference
tournament
Tournament
venue (city)
Tournament
winner
America East Conference 2025 America East women's basketball Tournament Campus Sites
American Athletic Conference 2025 American Athletic Conference women's basketball Tournament Dickies Arena
(Fort Worth, TX)
Atlantic Sun Conference 2025 ASUN women's basketball Tournament Campus Sites
Atlantic 10 Conference 2025 Atlantic 10 Conference women's basketball Tournament Barclays Center
(Brooklyn, NY)
Atlantic Coast Conference 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball Tournament Spectrum Center
(Charlotte, NC)
Big 12 Conference 2025 Big 12 Conference women's basketball Tournament T-Mobile Center
(Kansas City, MO)
Big East Conference 2025 Big East Conference women's basketball Tournament Madison Square Garden
(New York, NY)
Big Sky Conference 2025 Big Sky Conference women's basketball Tournament Idaho Central Arena
(Boise, ID)
Big South Conference 2025 Big South Conference women's basketball Tournament Quebin Center
(High Point, NC)
Big Ten Conference 2025 Big Ten Conference women's basketball Tournament United Center
(Chicago, IL)
Big West Conference 2025 Big West Conference women's basketball Tournament Dollar Loan Center
(Henderson, NV)
Coastal Athletic Association 2025 Coastal Athletic Association women's basketball Tournament Entertainment and Sports Arena
(Washington, DC)
Conference USA 2025 Conference USA women's basketball Tournament Propst Arena
(Huntsville, AL)
Horizon League 2025 Horizon League women's basketball Tournament Quarterfinals: Campus sites
Semifinals and final:
Indiana Farmers Coliseum (Indianapolis, IN)
Ivy League 2025 Ivy League women's basketball Tournament Levien Gymnasium
(New York, NY)
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 2025 MAAC women's basketball Tournament Boardwalk Hall
(Atlantic City, NJ)
Mid-American Conference 2025 Mid-American Conference women's basketball Tournament Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
(Cleveland, OH)
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 2025 MEAC women's basketball Tournament Norfolk Scope
(Norfolk, VA)
Missouri Valley Conference 2025 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball Tournament Enterprise Center
(St. Louis, MO)
Mountain West Conference 2025 Mountain West Conference women's basketball Tournament Thomas and Mack Center
(Paradise, NV)
Northeast Conference 2025 Northeast Conference women's basketball Tournament Campus Sites
Ohio Valley Conference 2025 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball Tournament Ford Center
(Evansville, IN)
Patriot League 2025 Patriot League women's basketball Tournament Campus Sites
Southeastern Conference 2025 Southeastern Conference women's basketball Tournament Bridgestone Arena
(Nashville, TN)
Southern Conference 2025 Southern Conference women's basketball Tournament Harrah's Cherokee Center
(Ashville, NC)
Southland Conference 2025 Southland Conference women's basketball Tournament The Legacy Center
(Lake Charles, LA)
Southwestern Athletic Conference 2025 SWAC women's basketball Tournament Bartow Arena
(Birmingham, AL)
Summit League 2025 Summit League women's basketball Tournament Denny Sanford Premier Center
(Sioux Falls, SD)
Sun Belt Conference 2025 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball Tournament Pensacola Bay Center
(Pensacola, FL)
West Coast Conference 2025 West Coast Conference women's basketball Tournament Orleans Arena
(Paradise, NV)
Western Athletic Conference 2025 WAC women's basketball Tournament


Tournament upsets[edit]

Per the NCAA, an upset occurs "when the losing team in an NCAA Tournament game was seeded at least two seed lines better than the winning team.


Upsets in the 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
Round TBD (#1) TBD (#2) TBD (#3) TBD (#4)
Round of 64
Round of 32 None None None None
Sweet 16 None None None
Elite 8 None None None
Final 4 None
National Championship None

Conference standings[edit]

{{2024–25 America East Conference women's basketball standings}} {{2024–25 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings}} {{2024–25 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings}}
{{2024–25 ACC women's basketball standings}} {{2024–25 ASUN women's basketball standings}} {{2024–25 Big 12 women's basketball standings}}
{{2024–25 Big East women's basketball standings}} {{2024–25 Big Sky women's basketball standings}} {{2024–25 Big South women's basketball standings}}
{{2024–25 Big Ten Conference women's basketball standings}} {{2024–25 Big West women's basketball standings}} {{2024–25 CAA women's basketball standings}}
{{2024–25 Conference USA women's basketball standings}} {{2024–25 Horizon League women's basketball standings}} {{2024–25 Ivy League women's basketball standings}}
{{2024–25 MAAC women's basketball standings}}
2024–25 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Akron 0 0   0 0  
Ball State 0 0   0 0  
Bowling Green 0 0   0 0  
Buffalo 0 0   0 0  
Central Michigan 0 0   0 0  
Eastern Michigan 0 0   0 0  
Kent State 0 0   0 0  
Miami (OH) 0 0   0 0  
Northern Illinois 0 0   0 0  
Ohio 0 0   0 0  
Toledo 0 0   0 0  
Western Michigan 0 0   0 0  
2025 MAC tournament winner
{{2024–25 MEAC women's basketball standings}}
{{2024–25 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings}} {{2024–25 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings}} {{2024–25 Northeast Conference women's basketball standings}}
{{2024–25 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings}} {{2024–25 Patriot League women's basketball standings}} {{2024–25 SEC women's basketball standings}}
{{2024–25 SWAC women's basketball standings}} {{2024–25 Southern Conference women's basketball standings}} {{2024–25 Southland Conference women's basketball standings}}
{{2024–25 Summit League women's basketball standings}} {{2024–25 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings}} {{2024–25 WAC women's basketball standings}}
{{2024–25 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings}}

Award winners[edit]

2025 Consensus All-Americans[edit]

Coaching changes[edit]

Many teams will change coaches during the season and after it ends.

Team Former
Interim
New
Reason

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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