NCAA Women’s Tournament Predictions: FOX Sports’ expert picks and analysis

Greg Auman

NFL Reporter

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The 68-team field for the 2025 NCAA Women’s Tournament has been revealed, and now comes the fun part: predicting who will advance and who will eventually win the national championship.

A No. 1 seed has won the women’s tournament 23 times, including last year, when the South Carolina Gamecocks capped off a perfect 38-0 season for the title. Dawn Staley’s squad is back as a 1-seed again, but the UCLA Bruins edged them out for the top overall seed this year.

[MORE: 2025 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament bracket here]

The Texas Longhorns and USC Trojans earned the other 1-seeds, holding off No. 2 seed UConn. The Huskies, who haven’t won a national championship since 2016, will try to end that drought in Paige Bueckers‘ final season.

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Ahead of the First Four games starting on March 19, we asked FOX Sports writer Greg Auman for his picks. Here’s a look at his entire bracket.

Biggest first-round upset: No. 12 South Florida over No. 5 Tennessee

First No. 1 seed(s) to lose: USC (to No. 2 UConn) and Texas (to No. 3 Notre Dame) in the Elite Eight

Final Four: UCLA, UConn, South Carolina, Notre Dame

National champion: South Carolina

Greg Auman is an NFL Reporter for FOX Sports. He previously spent a decade covering the Buccaneers for the Tampa Bay Times and The Athletic. You can follow him at @gregauman.

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