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.
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
36 at-large teams were determined through the NCAA basketball tournament selection process .
Tournament seeds (list by region and grouping)[ edit ] *See First Four
Conferences with multiple bids [ edit ] 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 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
NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament qualifying teams