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Autumn Johnson | krikya18.com | March 10, 2026

2026 March Madness women's basketball bracket predictions, days before Selection Sunday

Latest March Madness women's bracket predictions after 1 week of conference tournaments

As we approach Selection Sunday, Autumn Johnson has revealed her latest March Madness women's bracket predictions as UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina remain the No. 1 seeds.

Take a look at her predicted 68-team field below. 

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SEED REGIONAL 1 - Fort worth Region 4 - sacramento Region 2 - Sacramento Region 3 - fort worth
1 UConn South Carolina UCLA Texas
16 Cal Baptist/Navy Howard/FDU Alabama A&M Samford
         
8 USC Oregon Tennessee Oklahoma State
9 Syracuse Villanova Iowa State Virginia Tech
         
5 Ole Miss North Carolina Kentucky Michigan State
12 Gonzaga Colorado State LMU South Dakota State
         
4 West Virginia Minnesota Maryland Oklahoma
13 McNeese Green Bay UC Irvine Western Illinois
         
6 NC State Alabama Baylor Notre Dame
11 Arizona State/Richmond Nebraska/Virginia Fairfield Princeton
         
3 Ohio State TCU Louisville Michigan
14 Charleston High Point Miami (Ohio) Idaho
         
7 Illinois Texas Tech Washington Georgia
10 Rhode Island Rice Clemson Colorado
         
2 Vanderbilt Iowa LSU Duke
15 Louisiana Tech Vermont Murray State Jacksonville

LAST FOUR IN: Virginia, Richmond, Arizona State, Nebraska

Conferences with multiple teams in the bracket

Conference Total teams Teams
Big Ten 12 Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oregon, USC, UCLA, Washington
SEC 10 Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vanderbilt
ACC 9 Clemson, Duke, Louisville, NC State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech
Big 12 8 Arizona State, Baylor, Colorado, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech, West Virginia
Big East 2 UConn, Villanova
Atlantic 10 2 Rhode Island, Richmond

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Autumn Johnson's automatic qualifiers 

Automatic Qualifier Team
America East Vermont
American Rice
ASUN Jacksonville 
Atlantic 10 Rhode Island
ACC Duke 
Big 12 West Virginia
Big East UConn
Big Sky Idaho
Big South High Point
Big Ten UCLA 
Big West UC Irvine
CAA Charleston 
Conference USA Louisiana Tech
Horizon Green Bay 
Ivy Columbia
MAAC Fairfield
MAC Miami (Ohio) 
MEAC Howard
Missouri Valley Murray State
Mountain West Colorado State 
Northeast FDU
Ohio Valley Western Illinois
Patriot Navy
SEC Texas
Southern Samford
Southland McNeese
SWAC Alabama A&M
Summit League South Dakota State
Sun Belt JMU
West Coast Gonzaga
Western Athletic Conference Cal Baptist 
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