INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Committee announced today the field of 64 teams that will compete in the 2026 NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Championship.
Twenty-three conferences have been awarded automatic qualification. The remaining 41 teams were selected at large by the committee.
Eight regional tournaments, consisting of eight teams each, will be played at on-campus sites March 13, 14 and 16. The eight regional champions will advance to the quarterfinals in conjunction with the 2026 NCAA Division II Women’s Elite Eight. The eight regional champions advancing to the Women’s Elite Eight will be seeded by the Women's Basketball Committee after completion of the regionals. The 2026 NCAA Division II Women’s Elite Eight will be held at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh, March 24, 26 and 28. Pennsylvania Western University, Clarion, and SportsPITTSBURGH will serve as hosts.
Conferences that received automatic qualification are as follows:
California Collegiate Athletic Association | Cal State LA
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference | Felician
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Winston-Salem State
Conference Carolinas | Lees-McRae
East Coast Conference | Daemen
Great American Conference | Northwestern Oklahoma State
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Grand Valley State
Great Lakes Valley Conference | Maryville (Missouri)
Great Midwest Athletic Conference | Northwood
Great Northwest Athletic Conference | Montana State Billings
Gulf South Conference | Union (Tenneesse)
Lone Star Conference | Texas Woman’s University
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association | Washburn
Mountain East Conference | Charleston (West Virginia)
Northeast-10 Conference | Southern Connecticut State
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference | Concordia-St. Paul
Pacific West Conference | Vanguard
Peach Belt Conference | Augusta
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference | Indiana (Pennsylvania)
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Colorado Mesa
South Atlantic Conference | Coker
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Miles
Sunshine State Conference | Nova Southeastern
Those institutions receiving at-large berths are, in alphabetical order, as follows:
Adams State
Alabama Huntsville
Assumption
Azusa Pacific
Bentley
Cal Poly Pomona
Central Missouri
Carson-Newman
Central Washington
Colorado-Colorado Springs
Columbus State
Eastern New Mexico
Eckerd
Edinboro
Edward Waters
Embry-Riddle
Fayetteville State
Ferris State
Florida Southern
Fort Hays State
Francis Marion
Gannon
Glenville State
Harding
Holy Family
Lenoir-Rhyne
Lincoln Memorial
Lubbock Christian
Malone
Mercy
Minnesota Duluth
Minnesota State Mankato
Missouri St. Louis
Northern Michigan
Point Loma
Saint Michael’s
Seton Hill
The University of Texas at Tyler
Wayne State (Michigan)
West Texas A&M
Western Washington
