Sports analytics from Laura Albert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering

NCAA WBB rankings

Here is the full rank-ordered list of NCAA women’s Division I basketball rankings using Laura Albert’s composite Markov chain rankings on March 15, 2026 (Selection Sunday):

1 UCLA
2 Texas
3 Connecticut
4 South Carolina
5 LSU
6 Vanderbilt
7 Michigan
8 TCU
9 Iowa
10 West Virginia
11 Ohio St
12 Louisville
13 Oklahoma
14 Maryland
15 Kentucky
16 Duke
17 Minnesota
18 Mississippi
19 Michigan St
20 North Carolina
21 Texas Tech
22 Alabama
23 Baylor
24 Washington
25 Oregon
26 Villanova
27 Georgia
28 Princeton
29 Illinois
30 Notre Dame
31 Oklahoma St
32 Colorado
33 Iowa St
34 USC
35 S Dakota St
36 Nebraska
37 Rhode Island
38 Arizona St
39 NC State
40 Richmond
41 Tennessee
42 James Madison
43 Syracuse
44 BYU
45 Virginia Tech
46 Rice
47 Kansas
48 Kansas St
49 Florida
50 N Dakota St
51 Mississippi St
52 Virginia
53 Fairfield
54 Texas A&M
55 Stanford
56 George Mason
57 Utah
58 Gonzaga
59 Clemson
60 Murray St
61 Indiana
62 San Diego St
63 Colorado St
64 South Florida
65 Columbia
66 Seton Hall
67 Miami OH
68 California
69 St John’s
70 Troy
71 Montana St
72 Ga Southern
73 Ball St
74 Miami FL
75 Louisiana Tech
76 McNeese St
77 Marquette
78 Idaho
79 Missouri
80 Oregon St
81 Auburn
82 Davidson
83 Santa Clara
84 W Illinois
85 Creighton
86 Harvard
87 Arkansas St
88 UNLV
89 Wisconsin
90 UC Irvine
91 Vermont
92 Purdue
93 Penn St
94 WI Green Bay
95 Boise St
96 Lindenwood
97 St Joseph’s PA
98 Marshall
99 Col Charleston
100 New Mexico
101 Loy Marymount
102 Georgetown
103 Belmont
104 Massachusetts
105 Georgia Tech
106 Missouri St
107 East Carolina
108 Quinnipiac
109 Arkansas
110 UC San Diego
111 North Texas
112 Howard
113 South Dakota
114 E Kentucky
115 Cal Baptist
116 High Point
117 UT San Antonio
118 Cincinnati
119 Providence
120 Jacksonville
121 Abilene Chr
122 Youngstown St
123 Northern Iowa
124 Arizona
125 Butler
126 Tulsa
127 Hawaii
128 Northwestern
129 F Dickinson
130 Cent Arkansas
131 Navy
132 Penn
133 SF Austin
134 Holy Cross
135 UCF
136 Army
137 Rutgers
138 Cleveland St
139 Illinois St
140 Florida St
141 Bradley
142 Pepperdine
143 Liberty
144 Portland
145 San Francisco
146 UC Davis
147 Dayton
148 Temple
149 Southern Indiana
150 La Salle
151 Wake Forest
152 Florida Intl
153 Austin Peay
154 FGCU
155 N Colorado
156 Idaho St
157 Old Dominion
158 PFW
159 Stetson
160 Maine
161 UC Santa Barbara
162 Xavier
163 Ohio
164 Grand Canyon
165 C Michigan
166 Brown
167 Drexel
168 DePaul
169 MTSU
170 UTRGV
171 Toledo
172 G Washington
173 Sam Houston St
174 Charlotte
175 ULM
176 Lamar
177 Morehead St
178 Houston
179 South Alabama
180 Loyola-Chicago
181 Binghamton
182 Lehigh
183 Southern Utah
184 Alabama A&M
185 Air Force
186 Radford
187 NJIT
188 Fresno St
189 Utah Valley
190 IL Chicago
191 St Bonaventure
192 Tulane
193 Kent
194 Longwood
195 Monmouth NJ
196 Campbell
197 Coastal Car
198 CS Fullerton
199 St Mary’s CA
200 Southern Univ
201 Pacific
202 St Louis
203 Oral Roberts
204 UMBC
205 N Kentucky
206 Chattanooga
207 Bryant
208 Southern Miss
209 FL Atlantic
210 Northwestern LA
211 Washington St
212 Towson
213 Drake
214 Bowling Green
215 West Georgia
216 William & Mary
217 E Washington
218 St Thomas MN
219 CS Sacramento
220 SMU
221 UAB
222 North Alabama
223 SUNY Albany
224 Stony Brook
225 UT Arlington
226 Robert Morris
227 Merrimack
228 Memphis
229 MD E Shore
230 Ark Little Rock
231 E Michigan
232 Tarleton St
233 Tennessee Tech
234 Delaware
235 Elon
236 VCU
237 Jacksonville St
238 SIUE
239 ETSU
240 Duquesne
241 Furman
242 SE Missouri St
243 Boston College
244 Wyoming
245 Norfolk St
246 Appalachian St
247 Nevada
248 San Diego
249 Iona
250 Pittsburgh
251 IUPUI
252 Mercer
253 Nicholls St
254 Georgia St
255 LIU Brooklyn
256 UC Riverside
257 Wofford
258 Evansville
259 TN Martin
260 Kennesaw
261 UTEP
262 Wichita St
263 Fordham
264 Weber St
265 Incarnate Word
266 Mt St Mary’s
267 Oakland
268 Samford
269 Denver
270 Texas St
271 Cornell
272 Northern Arizona
273 Alabama St
274 Coppin St
275 Loyola MD
276 Montana
277 Hofstra
278 NC A&T
279 Utah Tech
280 East Texas A&M
281 WKU
282 Yale
283 Alcorn St
284 W Michigan
285 Lipscomb
286 Manhattan
287 Siena
288 S Illinois
289 Utah St
290 Indiana St
291 Missouri KC
292 Lafayette
293 Winthrop
294 Sacred Heart
295 Detroit
296 Boston Univ
297 CS Northridge
298 Marist
299 UNC Greensboro
300 Dartmouth
301 Ark Pine Bluff
302 Akron
303 New Hampshire
304 Wright St
305 Bucknell
306 New Mexico St
307 Jackson St
308 North Florida
309 Mercyhurst
310 San Jose St
311 Grambling
312 N Illinois
313 Northeastern
314 Gardner Webb
315 CS Bakersfield
316 Portland St
317 Hampton
318 Louisiana
319 Tennessee St
320 WI Milwaukee
321 E Illinois
322 Charleston So
323 Queens NC
324 North Dakota
325 NE Omaha
326 Buffalo
327 Houston Chr
328 SC Upstate
329 Long Beach St
330 American Univ
331 Wagner
332 UNC Asheville
333 Stonehill
334 NC Central
335 Colgate
336 New Orleans
337 UNC Wilmington
338 SE Louisiana
339 TAM C. Christi
340 Florida A&M
341 Le Moyne
342 Seattle
343 Rider
344 TX Southern
345 Chicago St
346 St Peter’s
347 Cal Poly
348 New Haven
349 Canisius
350 MA Lowell
351 MS Valley St
352 W Carolina
353 Morgan St
354 Delaware St
355 Bethune-Cookman
356 Bellarmine
357 S Carolina St
358 Valparaiso
359 St Francis PA
360 Niagara
361 Presbyterian
362 Central Conn
363 Prairie View