Charlie CremeOct 14, 2025, 12:07 PM ET
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Charlie Creme initiatives the ladies’s NCAA event bracket for ESPN.com.
The 2025-26 preseason ladies’s faculty basketball AP Prime 25 ballot outcomes are out!
The reigning champion UConn Huskies prime the record, with runner-up South Carolina Gamecocks and the remainder of final season’s Remaining 4 — the UCLA Bruins and Texas Longhorns — rounding out the highest 4.
Discover the complete outcomes of the rankings — full with projected beginning lineups and the largest early-season video games to look at for every staff — beneath. The season begins Nov. 3.
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2024-25 document: 37-3 (gained 2025 nationwide championship)
Season opener: Nov. 4 vs. Louisville (in Germany), 5:30 p.m., ESPN
Greatest early-season recreation: Nov. 21 vs. Michigan, 8 p.m., FOX
Projected beginning lineup:Sarah Sturdy (16.4 PPG)Azzi Fudd (13.6 PPG)Ashlynn Shade (7.7 PPG)Serah Williams (19.2 PPG at Wisconsin)Kayleigh Heckel (6.1 PPG at USC)
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2024-25 document: 35-4 (misplaced to 2-seed UConn in nationwide championship recreation)
Season opener: Nov. 3 vs. Grand Canyon, 7 p.m., SEC Community+
Greatest early-season recreation: Nov. 26 vs. Duke (in Las Vegas), 4:30p.m., truTV
Projected beginning lineup:Raven Johnson (4.9 PPG)Tessa Johnson (8.4 PPG)Joyce Edwards (12.7 PPG)Ta’Niya Latson (25.2 PPG at Florida State)Madina Okot (11.3 PPG at Mississippi State)
2024-25 document: 34-3 (misplaced to 2-seed UConn in Remaining 4)
Season opener: Nov. 3 vs. San Diego State, 10 p.m.
Greatest early-season recreation: Nov. 26 vs. Texas (in Las Vegas), 2 p.m., truTV
Projected beginning lineup:Lauren Betts (20.2 PPG)Kiki Rice (12.8 PPG)Gianna Kneepkens (19.3 PPG at Utah)Gabriela Jaquez (9.6 PPG)Charlisse Leger-Walker (13.2 PPG at Washington State in 2023-24)
2024-25 document: 35-4 (misplaced to 1-seed South Carolina in Remaining 4)
Season opener: Nov. 3 vs. Incarnate Phrase, 8 p.m., SEC Community+
Greatest early-season recreation: Nov. 26 vs. UCLA (in Las Vegas), 2 p.m., truTV
Projected beginning lineup:Madison Booker (16.3 PPG)Rori Harmon (9.3 PPG)Kyla Oldacre (8.8 PPG)Jordan Lee (5.8 PPG)Aaliyah Crump (No. 5 in ESPN 100)
2024-25 document: 31-6 (misplaced to 1-seed UCLA in Elite Eight)
Season opener: Nov. 4 vs. Houston Christian, 8 p.m., SEC Community+
Greatest early-season recreation: Dec. 4 at Duke, 9 p.m., ESPN
Projected beginning lineup:Flau’Jae Johnson (18.6 PPG)Mikaylah Williams (17.3 PPG)MiLaysia Fulwiley (11.7 PPG at South Carolina)Grace Knox (No. 6 in ESPN 100)Amiya Joyner (15.0 PPG at East Carolina)
2024-25 document: 27-8 (misplaced to 2-seed UConn in Candy 16)
Season opener: Nov. 3 vs. Belmont, 5:30 p.m., SEC Community+
Greatest early-season recreation: Nov. 10 vs. UCLA (in Sacramento, California), TBA
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Projected beginning lineup:Raegan Beers (17.3 PPG)Payton Verhulst (14.9 PPG)Sahara Williams (10.6 PPG)Aaliyah Chavez (No. 3 in ESPN 100)Zya Vann (9.9 PPG)
2024-25 document: 29-8 (misplaced to 1-seed South Carolina in Elite Eight)
Season opener: Nov. 3 vs. Baylor (in Paris), 12 p.m., ESPN
Greatest early-season recreation: Nov. 26 vs. South Carolina (in Las Vegas), 4:30p.m., truTV
Projected beginning lineup:Toby Fournier (13.2 PPG)Ashlon Jackson (12.4 PPG)Taina Mair (6.7 PPG)Delaney Thomas (7.1 PPG)Emilee Skinner (No. 4 in ESPN 100)
2024-25 document: 24-10 (misplaced to 1-seed Texas in Candy 16)
Season opener: Nov. 4 vs. NC State (in Greensboro, North Carolina), 4 p.m., ESPN2
Greatest early-season recreation: Nov. 30 at UCLA, 4:30 p.m., FS1
Projected beginning lineup:Talaysia Cooper (16.6 PPG)Zee Spearman (11.7 PPG)Ruby Whitehorn (11.6 PPG)Mia Pauldo (No. 9 in ESPN 100)Nya Robertson (18.5 PPG at SMU)
2024-25 document: 28-7 (misplaced to 3-seed LSU in Candy 16)
Season opener: Nov. 4 vs. Tennessee (in Greensboro, North Carolina), 4 p.m., ESPN2
Greatest early-season recreation: Dec. 3 at Oklahoma, 7 p.m., ESPN2
Projected beginning lineup:Zoe Brooks (14.2 PPG)Zamareya Jones (7.1 PPG)Khamil Pierre (20.4 PPG with Vanderbilt)Tilda Trygger (6.6 PPG)Future Lunan (No. 65 in ESPN 100)
2024-25 document: 25-8 (misplaced to 1-seed South Carolina in Candy 16)
Season opener: Nov. 3 vs. Loyola Maryland, B1G+
Greatest early-season recreation: Nov. 16 vs. Princeton, 1 p.m., B1G+
Projected beginning lineup:Kaylene Smikle (17.9 PPG)Yarden Garzon (1.4 PPG at Indiana)Bri McDaniel (10. 6 PPG in 17 video games)Saylor Poffenbarger (9.1 PPG)Oluchi Okananwa (10.1 PPG at Duke)
2024-25 document: 29-8 (misplaced to 2-seed Duke in Candy 16)
Season opener: Nov. 3 vs. NC Central, 11 a.m. ACCN
Greatest early-season recreation: Nov. 13 vs. UCLA (in Las Vegas), 9 p.m., ESPN2
Projected beginning lineup:Reniya Kelly (9.6 PPG)Indya Nivar (8.3 PPG)Blanca Thomas (2.4 PPG)Nyla Brooks (No. 13 in ESPN 100)Nyla Harris (8.6 PPG at Louisville)
2024-25 document: 22-11 (misplaced to 1-seed UCLA in Candy 16)
Season opener: Nov. 3 vs. Norfolk State, 12 p.m., SEC Community
Greatest early-season recreation: Dec. 4 vs. Notre Dame, 9 p.m., ESPN2
Projected beginning lineup:Cotie McMahon (16.4 PPG at Ohio State)Sira Thienou (10.5 PPG)Kaitlin Peterson (21.4 PPG at UCF)Denim DeShields (5.7 PPG at Mississippi State)Latasha Lattimore (14.3 PPG at Virginia)
2024-25 document: 23-11 (misplaced to 3-seed Notre Dame in second spherical)
Season opener: Nov. 4 vs. Canisius, 7 p.m., B1G+
Greatest early-season recreation: Nov. 15 vs. Notre Dame, 4 p.m., NBC
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Projected beginning lineup:Olivia Olson (16.3 PPG)Syla Swords (16.0 PPG)Mila Holloway (9.8 PPG)Ashley Sofilkanich (19.7 PPG at Bucknell)Brooke Quarles Daniels (4.4 PPG)
2024-25 document: 23-12 (misplaced to 6-seed Michigan in first spherical)
Season opener: Nov. 3 vs. St. Thomas-Minnesota, 12 p.m.
Greatest early-season recreation: Dec. 10 vs. Iowa, 7 p.m.
Projected beginning lineup:Addy Brown (15.2 PPG)Audi Crooks (23.4 PPG)Jada Williams (12.7 PPG at Arizona)Arianna Jackson (5.3 PPG)Kenzie Hare (8.3 PPG in 10 video games)
2024-25 document: 28-6 (misplaced to 2-seed TCU in Candy 16)
Season opener: Nov. 5 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson, 7 p.m., ACCN
Greatest early-season recreation: Nov. 21 vs. USC, 6 p.m. ESPN
Projected beginning lineup:Hannah Hidalgo (23.8 PPG)Malaya Cowles (8.8 PPG at Wake Forest)Cassandre Prosper (5.8 PPG)KK Bransford (6.8 PPG in 2023-24)Iyana Moore (12.4 PPG at Vanderbilt)
2024-25 document: 28-8 (misplaced to 5-seed Ole Miss in second spherical)
Season opener: Nov. 3 vs. Duke (in Paris), 12 p.m., ESPN
Greatest early-season recreation: Nov. 20 vs. Iowa (in Orlando, Florida), 9 p.m., ESPN
Projected beginning lineup:Darianna Littlepage-Buggs (13.8 PPG)Bella Fontleroy (9.0 PPG)Taliah Scott (20.3 PPG in three video games at Auburn)Yuting Deng (11.8 PPG at Auburn)Kiera Pemberton (16.4 PPG at North Dakota)
2024-25 document: 34-4 (misplaced to 1-seed Texas in Elite Eight)
Season opener: Nov. 6 vs. North Carolina A&T, 7:30 p.m.
Greatest early-season recreation: Nov. 16 at NC State, 1 p.m., ESPN
Projected beginning lineup:Olivia Miles (15.4 PPG)Marta Suarez (12.9 PPG at Cal)Taylor Bigby (5.9 PPG)Clara Silva (4.0 PPG at Kentucky)Donovyn Hunter (5.9 PPG)
2024-25 document: 31-4 (misplaced to 2-seed UConn in Elite Eight)
Season opener: Nov. 4 vs. New Mexico State, 10 p.m., B1G+
Greatest early-season recreation: Nov. 9 vs. NC State (in Charlotte, North Carolina), 3 p.m., ESPN
Projected beginning lineup:Jazzy Davidson (No. 1 in ESPN 100)Kara Dunn (15.5 PPG at Georgia Tech)Kennedy Smith (9.5 PPG)Londynn Jones (8.5 at UCLA)Malia Samuels (2.3 PPG)
2024-25 document: 22-11 (misplaced to 10-seed Oregon in first spherical)
Season opener: Nov. 3 vs. California (in Paris), 2:30 p.m., ESPNU
Greatest early-season recreation: Dec. 3 vs. Virginia, 5 p.m., SEC Community
Projected beginning lineup:Mikayla Blakes (23.3 PPG)Madison Greene (6.8 PPG)Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda (5.6 PPG at Texas)Aalyah Del Rosario (2.0 PPG at LSU)Sacha Washington (12.1 PPG in 2023-24)
2024-25 document: 22-11 (misplaced to 2-seed TCU in second spherical)
Season opener: Nov. 4 vs. UConn (in Germany), 5:30 p.m. ESPN
Greatest early-season recreation: Nov. 22 vs. Kentucky, 2 p.m., CW
Projected beginning lineup:Laura Ziegler (17.5 PPG at Saint Joseph’s)Tajianna Roberts (12.8 PPG)Skylar Jones (10.7 PPG at Arizona)Grace Mbugua (No. 78 in ESPN 100)Imari Berry (4.9 PPG)
2024-25 document: 23-11 (misplaced to 3-seed Oklahoma in second spherical)
Season opener: Nov. 3 vs. Southern, 7:30 p.m., B1G+
Greatest early-season recreation: Nov. 20 vs. Baylor (in Orlando, Florida), 9 p.m.
Projected beginning lineup:Hannah Stuelke (12.7 PPG)Ava Heiden (5.0 PPG)Kylie Feuerbach (6.7 PPG)Chazadi Wright (7.2 PPG at Georgia Tech)Taylor McCabe 6.7 PPG)
2024-25 document: 25-7 (misplaced to 10-seed South Dakota State in first spherical)
Season opener: Nov. 3 vs. vs. New Orleans, TBA
Greatest early-season recreation: Nov. 29 vs. Miami (in Grand Cayman), TBA
Projected beginning lineup:Stailee Heard (16.8 PPG)Micah Grey (13.7 PPG)Amari Whiting (10.3 PPG at BYU)Favour Ogechukwu Onoh (10.7 PPG at College of Philippines in 2023-24)Achol Akot (6.6 PPG at UCF)
2024-25 document: 22-10 (misplaced to 2-seed NC State in second spherical)
Season opener: Nov. 4 vs. Mercyhurst, 7:30 p.m., B1G+
Greatest early-season recreation: Nov. 28 vs. Temple (within the Bahamas), 6:30 p.m.
Projected beginning lineup:Grace VanSlooten (15.5 PPG)Theryn Hallock (13.3 PPG)Jalyn Brown (18.0 PPG at Arizona State)Rashunda Jones (9.8 PPG at Purdue)Marah Dykstra (12.4 PPG at Montana State)
2024-25 document: 23-8 (misplaced to 5-seed Kansas State the second spherical)
Season opener: Nov. 3 vs. Morehead State, 6:30 p.m., SEC Community+
Greatest early-season recreation: Nov. 22 at Louisville, 2 p.m., CW
Projected beginning lineup:Tonie Morgan (13.7 PPG at Georgia Tech)Teonni Key (11.4 PPG)Clara Strack (9.7 PPG)Amelia Hassett (8.6 PPG)Asia Boone (10.3 PPG at Liberty)
2024-25 document: 28-7 (misplaced to 1-seed UCLA in second spherical)
Season opener: Nov. 4 vs. Mount St. Mary’s, 6 p.m.
Greatest early-season recreation: Nov. 7 at Texas, 7 p.m., SEC Community+
Projected beginning lineup:Maggie Doogan (17.0 PPG)Tierra Simon (8.8 PPG at St. Louis)Rachel Ullstrom (15.3 PPG)Ally Sweeney (7.9 PPG)Skylah Travis (5.6 PPG at Louisiana)
