NCAA National Collegiate women’s hockey tournament

2025 bracket

2025 tournament

Locations, dates:

• Selection show: Sunday, March 9, 11:30 a.m. ET, ESPNU

• Regional semifinals: Campus sites of top three seeds, March 13/14

• Regional finals: Campus sites of top four seeds, March 15/16

• Frozen Four: Ridder Arena, Minneapolis, March 21 and 23

Qualifying teams: 11

Format: Five automatic qualifiers and the top six other teams from the PairWise Rankings are selected. The top four overall seeds are No. 1 seeds and will host regional finals. The next four overall seeds are No. 2 seeds. The remaining three teams are No. 3 seeds. The No. 4 overall seed will play the No. 5 overall seed. The bottom three No. 2 seeds will play the three No. 3 seeds in the regional semifinals. All rounds are single elimination. More: NCAA Division I women’s tournament selection process

Automatic qualifiers: Postseason tournament champions from Atlantic Hockey America, ECAC Hockey, Hockey East, NEWHA and WCHA.

NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey committee

• Jeremy Gibson, Merrimack athletic director (chair)

• Cara Morey, Princeton coach

• Dean O’Keefe, Stonehill athletic director

• Janine Oman, Ohio State senior deputy director

• Britni Smith, Syracuse coach

Future sites

2026

• Frozen Four: Pegula Ice Arena, State College, Pa.

2027

• Frozen Four: Amsoil Arena, Duluth, Minn.

2028

• Frozen Four: Martire Family Arena, Fairfield, Conn.

NCAA champions

NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Players