# 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, 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 2024–25 season.

## Bids

(#) – Vacated appearance
| Bids | School | Conference | Last... | Last... | Last... | Last... | Last... | Last... | Last... | Last... |
| Bids | School | Conference | Years | Bid | Win | Sweet 16 | Elite 8 | Final 4 | Final | Title (No.) |
| 43 | Tennessee | SEC | 1982–2019, 2021–25 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 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 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2003 | 1986 | 1986 (1) |
| 36 | Georgia | SEC | 1982–91, 1993, 1995–2014, 2016, 2018, 2021–23 | 2023 | 2023 | 2013 | 2013 | 1999 | 1996 | |
| 36 | UConn | Big East | 1989–2019, 2021–25 | 2025 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2022 | 2016 (11) |
| 32 | Maryland | Big Ten | 1982–84, 1986, 1988–93, 1997, 2001, 2004–09, 2011–19, 2021–25 | 2025 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2015 | 2006 | 2006 (1) |
| 32 | North Carolina | ACC | 1983–87, 1992–95, 1997–2000, 2002–11, 2013–15, 2019, 2021–25 | 2025 | 2024 | 2022 | 2014 | 2007 | 1994 | 1994 (1) |
| 31 | Iowa | Big Ten | 1986–94, 1996–98, 2001–02, 2004, 2006, 2008–15, 2018–19, 2021–25 | 2025 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | |
| 30 | LSU | SEC | 1984, 1986–91, 1997, 1999–2010, 2012–15, 2017–18, 2022–25 | 2025 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 (1) |
| 30 | NC State | ACC | 1982–87, 1989–91, 1995–2001, 2004–07, 2010, 2014, 2017–19, 2021–25 | 2025 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | | |
| 30 | Notre Dame | ACC | 1992, 1994, 1996–2019, 2022–25 | 2025 | 2024 | 2024 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2018 (2) |
| 29 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 1982, 1984–90, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003–12, 2015–18, 2022–25 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 | 1993 | 1993 | |
| 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 | 2024 | 2024 | 2013 | 2006 | 2006 | |
| 27 | Louisville | ACC | 1983–84, 1993, 1995, 1997–99, 2001, 2005–09, 2011–19, 2021–25 | 2025 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2013 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech | CUSA | 1982–2006, 2010–11 | 2011 | 2004 | 2004 | 2001 | 1999 | 1998 | 1988 (2) |
| 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 | DePaul | Big East | 1990–93, 1995–97, 2003–19, 2022 | 2022 | 2018 | 2016 | | | | |
| 25 | Oklahoma | SEC | 1986, 1995, 2000–18, 2022–25 | 2025 | 2024 | 2013 | 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 | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 (3) |
| 23 | Florida State | ACC | 1983, 1990–91, 2001, 2005–11, 2013–19, 2021–25 | 2025 | 2019 | 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 | 2024 | 2023 | 2007 | | | |
| 21 | South Carolina | SEC | 1982, 1986, 1988–91, 2002–03, 2012–19, 2021–25 | 2025 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 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 | 2019 | 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 | 2024 | 2024 | 2018 | | | |
| 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 | 2024 | 2002 | 1982 | | | |
| 19 | USC | Big Ten | 1982–88, 1991–95, 1997, 2005–06, 2014, 2023–25 | 2025 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 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 | 2021 | 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 | Oregon | Big Ten | 1982, 1984, 1987, 1994–2001, 2005, 2017–19, 2021–22, 2025 | 2025 | 2021 | 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 | Missouri Valley | 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 | 2024 | 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 | 2024 | 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 | 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 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | | | |
| 13 | Mississippi State | SEC | 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2009–10, 2015–19, 2023, 2025 | 2025 | 2023 | 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 | 2023 | 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 | 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 | 2024 | 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 | 2000 | 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 | 2006 | | | | | |
| 10 | Xavier | Big East | 1993, 1999–2001, 2003, 2007–11 | 2011 | 2011 | 2010 | 2010 | | | |
| 9 | 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 | Boise State | Mountain West | 1994, 2007, 2015, 2017–19 | 2019 | | | | | | |
| 6 | 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 | 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 | Portland | WCC | 1994–97, 2023–24 | 2024 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Prairie View A&M | SWAC | 2007, 2009, 2011–14 | 2014 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Robert Morris | Horizon | 2007–08, 2014, 2016–17, 2019 | 2019 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Santa Clara | WCC | 1992, 1994, 1998–99, 2002, 2005 | 2005 | 1992 | | | | | |
| 6 # | Southern | SWAC | 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2019, 2023, 2025 | 2025 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Delaware | CAA | 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 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Sacred Heart | MAAC | 2006, 2009, 2012, 2023–24 | 2024 | | | | | | |
| 5 | 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 | South Dakota | Summit | 2014, 2019, 2021–22 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | | | | |
| 4 | Southern Illinois | Missouri Valley | 1986–87, 1990, 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1987 | | | | |
| 4 | Troy | Sun Belt | 1997, 2016–17, 2021 | 2021 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Washington State | WCC | 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 | Atlantic 10 | 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 | Samford | Southern | 2011–12 | 2012 | | | | | | |
| 2 | 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 | California Baptist | WAC | 2024 | 2024 | | | | | | |
| 1 | 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 | IU Indy | Horizon | 2022 | 2022 | | | | | | |
| 1 | Jacksonville | ASUN | 2016 | 2016 | | | | | | |
| 1 | Lipscomb | ASUN | 2004 | 2004 | | | | | | |
| 1 | LIU | 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 | WAC | 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 | 2015 | 2015 | | | | | | |
| 1 | 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 | Utah Valley | WAC | 2021 | 2021 | | | | | | |
| 1 | William & Mary | CAA | 2025 | 2025 | | | | | | |
| 1 | Winthrop | Big South | 2014 | 2014 | | | | | | |

### Notes

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 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.
* 1 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 for at least 2024–25 and 2025–26.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.
* ↑ Memphis, then known as Memphis State University, vacated its participation in the 1985 tournament.
* ↑ Southern vacated its participation in the 2010 tournament.
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ St. Francis College shut down its entire athletic program after the 2022–23 season.
* ↑ 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

Two schools have vacated NCAA Tournament appearances in women's basketball.
| School | Year(s) |
| Memphis | 1985 |
| Southern | 2010 |

## Schools yet to receive bids

There are 62 schools who 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. 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 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 | |
| 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 2027. |
| Rider | 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. |
| 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. |
| South Carolina Upstate | Big South Conference | 2007–08 | |
| Stonehill | Northeast Conference | 2022–23 | Eligible for an NCAA tournament bid for the first time in 2027. |
| Tarleton | 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 2029. |
| Wofford | Southern Conference | 1993–94 | |
| Yale | Ivy League | 1973–74 | |

### Notes

* 1 2 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.