2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament qualifying teams

2022 qualifying teams
2022 qualifying teams
Total teams	68
Automatic bids	32
At-large bids	36
Top seed	South Carolina
National champion	South Carolina
NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
	«2021 2023»

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.

At-large bids
Team	Conference	Last appearance	# of appearances
South Florida	American	2021	8th
Dayton	Atlantic 10	2018	9th
Florida State	ACC	2021	20th
Miami (FL)		2021	11th
Louisville		2021	24th
Miami (FL)		2019	15th
North Carolina		2021	29th
Notre Dame		2019	27th
Baylor	Big 12	2021	14th
Iowa State		2021	20th
Kansas		2013	17th
Kansas State		2019	17th
Oklahoma		2018	22nd
Creighton	Big East	2018	8th
DePaul		2019	21st
Villanova		2018	12th
Indiana	Big Ten	2021	8th
Maryland		2021	29th
Michigan		2021	10th
Nebraska		2021	15th
Ohio State		2018	25th
Missouri State	Missouri Valley	2021	17th
Arizona	Pac-12	2021	9th
Colorado		2013	14th
Oregon		2021	17th
Utah		2011	18th
Washington State		2021	3rd
Arkansas	SEC	2021	13th
Florida		2016	16th
Georgia		2021	35th
LSU		2018	27th
Ole Miss		2007	18th
South Carolina		2021	18th
Tennessee		2021	40th
BYU	West Coast	2021	15th

Tournament seeds (list by region and grouping)

Greensboro regional – Greensboro Coliseum,
Greensboro, North Carolina
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Overall seed	Berth type
1	South Carolina	SEC	29–2	1	At-Large
2	Iowa	Big Ten	23–7		Automatic
3	Iowa State	Big 12	26–6		At-Large
4	Arizona	Pac–12	20–7		At-Large
5	North Carolina	ACC	23–6		At-Large
6	Georgia	SEC	20–9		At-Large
7	Colorado	Pac–12	22–8		At-Large
8	Miami (FL)	ACC	20–12		At-Large
9	South Florida	AAC	24–8		At-Large
10	Creighton	Big East	20–9		At-Large
11*	Dayton	A10	25–5		At-Large
11*	DePaul	Big East	22–10		At-Large
12	Stephen F. Austin	WAC	28–4		Automatic
13	UNLV	MWC	26–6		Automatic
14	UT Arlington	Sun Belt	20–7		Automatic
15	Illinois State	MVC	19–13		Automatic
16*	Howard	MEAC	20–9		Automatic
16*	Incarnate Word	Southland	13–16		Automatic

Wichita regional – Intrust Bank Arena,
Wichita, Kansas
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Overall seed	Berth type
1	Louisville	ACC	25–4	4	At-Large
2	Baylor	Big 12	27–6		At-Large
3	Michigan	Big Ten	22–6		At-Large
4	Tennessee	SEC	23–8		At-Large
5	Oregon	Pac–12	20–11		At-Large
6	BYU	West Coast	26–3		At-Large
7	Ole Miss	SEC	23–8		At-Large
8	Nebraska	Big Ten	24–8		At-Large
9	Gonzaga	West Coast	26–6		Automatic
10	South Dakota	Summit	27–5		Automatic
11	Villanova	Big East	23–8		At-Large
12	Belmont	Ohio Valley	22–7		Automatic
13	Buffalo	MAC	25–8		Automatic
14	American	Patriot	23–8		Automatic
15	Hawaiʻi	Big West	20–9		Automatic
16	Albany	America East	23–9		Automatic

Spokane regional – Spokane Arena,
Spokane, Washington
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Overall seed	Berth type
1	Stanford	Pac–12	28–3	2	Automatic
2	Texas	Big 12	26–6		Automatic
3	LSU	SEC	25–5		At-Large
4	Maryland	Big Ten	21–8		At-Large
5	Virginia Tech	ACC	23–9		At-Large
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	23–6		At-Large
7	Utah	Pac–12	20–11		At-Large
8	Kansas	Big 12	20–9		At-Large
9	Georgia Tech	ACC	21–10		At-Large
10	Arkansas	SEC	18–13		At-Large
11*	Missouri State	MVC	24–7		At-Large
11*	Florida State	ACC	17–13		At-Large
12	Florida Gulf Coast	ASUN	29–2		Automatic
13	Delaware	CAA	24–7		Automatic
14	Jackson State	SWAC	23–6		Automatic
15	Fairfield	MAAC	25–6		Automatic
16	Montana State	Big Sky	22–12		Automatic

Bridgeport regional – Times Union Center,
Albany, New York
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Overall seed	Berth type
1	NC State	ACC	29–3	3	Automatic
2	UConn	Big East	25–5		Automatic
3	Indiana	Big Ten	22–8		At-Large
4	Oklahoma	Big 12	24–8		At-Large
5	Notre Dame	ACC	22–8		At-Large
6	Kentucky	SEC	19–11		Automatic
7	UCF	American	25–3		Automatic
8	Washington State	Pac–12	19–10		At-Large
9	Kansas State	Big 12	19–12		At-Large
10	Florida	SEC	21–10		At-Large
11	Princeton	Ivy	24–4		Automatic
12	UMass	Atlantic 10	26–6		Automatic
13	IUPUI	Horizon	24–4		Automatic
14	Charlotte	C-USA	22–9		Automatic
15	Mercer	Southern	23–6		Automatic
16*	Mount St. Mary's	Northeast	16–12		Automatic
16*	Longwood	Big South	21–11		Automatic

*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

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