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Autumn Johnson | February 17, 2026

Autumn Johnson's latest March Madness women's bracket predictions one month from Selection Sunday

Michigan, Duke move into top 5 in latest women's basketball Power 10 rankings

Autumn Johnson has revealed her latest NCAA tournament bracket predictions as UConn, UCLA, South Carolina and Texas remain No. 1 seeds. 

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

RANKINGS: AP Top 25 Poll | Net Rankings

Seed REGIONAL 1 - FORT WORTH REGION 4 - SACRAMENTO REGION 2 - SACRAMENTO REGION 3 - Fort Worth
1 UConn Texas UCLA South Carolina
16 Cal Baptist/Navy Howard/FDU Alabama A&M Chattanooga
         
8 Illinois Oregon Oklahoma State Notre Dame
9 Mississippi State Iowa State Syracuse Nebraska
         
5 West Virginia Ole Miss Minnesota Baylor
12 GA Southern San Diego State Gonzaga North Dakota State
         
4 Oklahoma Maryland Kentucky Michigan State
13 McNeese Green Bay UC San Diego Western Illinois
         
6 North Carolina Alabama Georgia Tennessee
11 Columbia Clemson/Princeton Fairfield Utah/Virginia
         
3 Ohio State TCU Duke Iowa
14 Charleston High Point Miami(OH) Idaho
         
7 Texas Tech NC State Southern California Washington
10 Virginia Tech Rhode Island Villanova Rice
         
2 LSU Michigan Vanderbilt Louisville
15 LA Tech Vermont Murray State Eastern Kentucky

LAST FOUR IN: Princeton, Utah, Clemson, Virginia
FIRST FOUR OUT: Stanford, Arizona State, South Dakota State, Colorado ;

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 11 Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, 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 7 Baylor, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech, Utah, West Virginia
Big East 2 UConn, Villanova

MORE: What to know about the WAB metric in women's college basketball

Autumn Johnson's automatic qualifiers 

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