Notre Dame would be the No. 4 overall season in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament if the tournament started today. The Irish showed up at No. 4 overall behind (in order) UCLA, South Carolina and Texas in the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee’s top 16 rankings, which were unveiled Sunday on ESPN.

The Fighting Irish, winners of 17 consecutive games, were ranked behind Texas despite their head-to-head 80-70 overtime win over the Longhorns on Dec. 5. Texas is also ranked behind South Carolina despite a recent head-to-head win over the Gamecocks.

The Irish also have wins over current No. 6 ranked USC and current No. 7 UConn. Those teams were ranked No. 3 and No. 2, respectively, at the time Notre Dame beat them.

USC, LSU, UConn and NC State are the No. 2 seeds. The No. 3 seeds are TCU, Duke, North Carolina and Kansas State. Kentucky, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Tennessee are the No. 4 seeds in the first of two-pre-selection day seeding reveals. The next reveal will be on Feb. 26.

The official 68-team field for the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship will be announced during the NCAA Women’s Basketball Selection Show on Sunday, March 16 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN.

1) UCLA

2) South Carolina

3) Texas

 

5)Southern California

6) LSU

7) UConn

8) NC State

9) TCU

10) Duke

11) North Carolina

12) Kansas State

13) Kentucky

14) Ohio State

15) Oklahoma

16) Tennessee

1) UCLA

2) LSU

3) Duke

4) Tennessee

1) South Carolina

2) NC State

3) TCU

4) Oklahoma

1) Texas

2) UConn

3) North Carolina

4) Ohio State

SPOKANE 4

1) Notre Dame

2) Southern Cal

3) Kansas State

4) Kentucky