2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament qualifying teams
2022 qualifying teams Total teams 68 Automatic bids 32 At-large bids 36 Top seed South Carolina National champion South Carolina
This is a list of qualifying teams in the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament . A total of 68 teams entered the tournament . 32 of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments, while remaining 36 teams were granted "at-large" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the selection committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 68.
Automatic bids
A total of 32 automatic bids to the tournament are granted to the below listed conferences, normally to the team that wins the conference's championship tournament. Seeds listed reflect seeding within the conference tournaments. Runners-up in boldface later received at-large berths.
Automatic bids
Qualifying school
Record (Conf.)
Seed
Last app.
Tournament
Runner-up
Record (Conf.)
Seed
Belmont
22–7 (16–2)
1
2021
Ohio Valley
Tennessee Tech
20–10 (14–4)
2
Kentucky
19–11 (8–8)
7
2021
SEC
South Carolina
29–2 (15–1)
1
Stanford
28–3 (16–0)
1
2021
Pac-12
Utah
20–11 (8–7)
6
Iowa
23–7 (14–4)
2
2021
Big Ten
Indiana
22–8 (11–5)
5
NC State
29–3 (17–1)
1
2021
ACC
Miami
20–12 (10–8)
7
Mercer
23–6 (13–1)
1
2021
Southern
Furman
19–12 (10–4)
3
UMass
26–6 (11–4)
3
1998
Atlantic 10
Dayton
25–5 (14–1)
1
Longwood
21–11 (15–3)
2
Never
Big South
Campbell
23–7 (15–3)
1
UT Arlington
20–7 (11–4)
2
2007
Sun Belt
Troy
24–8 (13–2)
1
UConn
25–5 (16–1)
1
2021
Big East
Villanova
23–8 (15–4)
2
IUPUI
24–4 (18–4)
1
Never
Horizon
Cleveland State
19–8 (14–6)
4
South Dakota
27–5 (17–1)
1
2021
Summit
South Dakota State
23–9 (17–1)
2
Gonzaga
26–6 (15–2)
2
2021
WCC
BYU
26–3 (15–1)
1
Montana State
22–12 (14–6)
2
2017
Big Sky
Northern Arizona
17–14 (12–8)
4
UCF
25–3 (14–1)
1
2021
AAC
South Florida
24–8 (12–3)
2
UNLV
26–6 (15–3)
1
2002
MWC
Colorado State
21–11 (9–9)
6
Albany
23–9 (13–5)
3
2017
America East
Maine
20–11 (15–3)
1
Howard
20–9 (11–3)
1
2001
MEAC
Norfolk State
17–11 (11–3)
2
Fairfield
25–6 (19–1)
1
2001
MAAC
Manhattan
21–11 (14–6)
3
Buffalo
25–8 (16–4)
2
2019
MAC
Ball State
20–12 (11–8)
5
Florida Gulf Coast
29–2 (15–1)
1E
2021
ASUN
Jacksonville State
24–7 (13–3)
1W
Charlotte
22–9 (15–3)
1E
2009
CUSA
Louisiana Tech
21–12 (11–7)
1W
Jackson State
23–6 (18–0)
1
2021
SWAC
Alabama State
21–11 (12–6)
3
Princeton
24–4 (14–0)
1
2019
Ivy League
Columbia
22–6 (12–2)
2
Hawaii
20–9 (13–3)
1
2016
Big West
UC Irvine
21–11 (14–4)
2
Stephen F. Austin
28–4 (17–1)
1
2021
WAC
Grand Canyon
22–9 (14–4)
2
Mount St. Mary's
16–12 (11–7)
3
2021
NEC
Bryant
10–22 (6–12)
7
American
23–8 (13–5)
2
2021
Patriot
Bucknell
23–9 (12–6)
4
Delaware
24–7 (15–3)
2
2013
CAA
Drexel
26–5 (16–2)
1
Illinois State
19–13 (12–6)
4
2008
Missouri Valley
Northern Iowa
22–10 (13–5)
3
Texas
26–6 (13–5)
3
2021
Big 12
Baylor
27–6 (15–3)
1
Incarnate Word
13–16 (5–9)
5
Never
Southland
Southeastern Louisiana
16–11 (10–4)
3
At-large bids
36 at-large teams were determined through the NCAA basketball tournament selection process .
Tournament seeds (list by region and grouping)
*See First Four
Conferences with multiple bids
Bids
Conference
Schools
8
ACC
Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami (FL), North Carolina, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech
8
SEC
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee
6
Big 12
Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas
6
Big Ten
Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio State
6
Pac-12
Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, Stanford, Utah, Washington State
4
Big East
Creighton, DePaul, UConn, Villanova
2
West Coast
BYU, Gonzaga
2
Missouri Valley
Illinois State, Missouri State
2
American
UCF, USF
2
Atlantic 10
Dayton, UMass
Bids by state
Bids
State(s)
Schools
1
Arizona
Arizona
1
Arkansas
Arkansas
1
California
Stanford
1
Colorado
Colorado
2
Connecticut
UConn, Fairfield
1
Delaware
Delaware
5
Florida
Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Miami, UCF, USF
3
Georgia
Georgia, Georgia Tech, Mercer
1
Hawaii
Hawaii
2
Illinois
DePaul, Illinois State
3
Indiana
Indiana, IUPUI, Notre Dame
2
Iowa
Iowa, Iowa State
2
Kansas
Kansas, Kansas State
2
Kentucky
Kentucky, Louisville
1
Louisiana
LSU
1
Massachusetts
UMass
1
Maryland
Maryland, Mount St. Mary's
1
Michigan
Michigan
2
Mississippi
Jackson State, Ole Miss
1
Missouri
Missouri State
1
Montana
Montana State
2
Nebraska
Creighton, Nebraska
1
Nevada
UNLV
1
New Jersey
Princeton
2
New York
Albany, Buffalo
3
North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina, NC State
2
Ohio
Dayton, Ohio State
1
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
1
Oregon
Oregon
1
Pennsylvania
Villanova
1
South Carolina
South Carolina
1
South Dakota
South Dakota
2
Tennessee
Belmont, Tennessee
5
Texas
Baylor, Incarnate Wood, Stephen F. Austin, Texas, UT Arlington
2
Utah
BYU, Utah
2
Virginia
Longwood, Virginia Tech
2
Washington
Gonzaga, Washington State
2
Washington, D.C.
American, Howard
See also
References
NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament qualifying teams