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The road to CPKC Stadium and Kansas City officially gets underway on Monday, Nov. 10 with the unveiling of the 2025 NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament bracket.
About half of the 64-team field for the 2025 Women’s Cup has already been filled through automatic qualifiers from conference tournaments, which included top-ranked Stanford beating No. 2 Notre Dame 5-4 in the ACC championship game.
The remaining field will be announced during the bracket reveal show on Nov. 10 at 4 p.m. ET.
USA TODAY Sports is bringing live updates of the 2025 NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament bracket reveal, including seedings, subs, first-round matchups and more:
This section was updated with new information.
Here’s a full breakdown of the schedule for the Women’s Cup, including first-round matchups:
Notre Dame Region
- UIC (8-7-6) at No. 1 Notre Dame (14-1-3)
- Ohio State (8-4-6) at No. 8 Georgia (10-4-6)
- Texas State (10-3-7) at No. 5 Baylor (12-4-4)
- Western Michigan (16-3-1) at No. 4 Wisconsin (13-5-2)
- Samford (13-2-5) at No. 3 Florida State (10-2-4)
- Lipscomb (14-5-2) at No. 6 Mississippi State (12-6-1)
- Wagner (12-2-6) at No. 7 West Virginia (13-3-3)
- Sacred Heart (11-8-2) at No. 2 Georgetown (15-3-2)
Vanderbilt Region
- Grambling (11-6-5) at No. 2 TCU (15-2-2)
- Illinois (13-5-2) at No. 7 Memphis (16-0-3)
- Texas-San Antonio (10-5-6) at No. 6 Texas Tech (13-2-4)
- North Carolina (12-6-0) at No. 3 Tennessee (12-3-3)
- Houston Christian (12-8-2) at No. 4 LSU (13-5-4)
- South Dakota State (13-2-6) at No. 5 Iowa (11-4-4)
- Liberty (14-3-4) at No. 8 Clemson (7-5-6)
- Tennessee Tech (7-6-8) at No. 1 Vanderbilt (15-3-2)
Stanford Region
- Cal Poly (10-2-9) at No. 1 Stanford (16-1-2)
- Northwestern (9-4-7) at No. 8 Alabama (11-8-1)
- Utah State (10-6-6) at No. 5 BYU (11-6-4)
- Pepperdine (11-6-2) at No. 4 UCLA (11-5-3)
- Utah Valley (14-4-3) at No. 3 Colorado (15-3-3)
- Dayton (15-3-3) at No. 6 Xavier (15-3-2)
- South Carolina (10-4-5) at No. 7 Wake Forest (10-4-4)
- Milwaukee (13-4-3) at No. 2 Michigan State (12-3-6)
Virginia Region
- Elon (11-2-7) at No. 2 Duke (13-4-1)
- Maine at No. 7 UCF (11-3-5)
- Kentucky (12-4-4) at No. 6 Louisville (13-4-2)
- California Baptist (10-8-4) at No. 3 Kansas (14-5-3)
- Montana at No. 4 Washington (13-2-6)
- Dartmouth (11-3-4) at No. 5 Arkansas (9-4-4)
- Army (14-5-2) at No. 8 Penn State (9-7-3)
- High Point (5-9-5) at No. 1 Virginia (12-3-4)
The final No. 1 seed of the NCAA women’s soccer tournament bracket goes to Virginia, the third team from the ACC to earn the feat. The Cavaliers will take on Big South champion High Point in Charlottesville, Virginia for their opening match of the NCAA tournament.
Fresh off its first ACC championship title since moving over from the Pac-12, Stanford is named the third No. 1 seed to be named to the NCAA women’s soccer tournament bracket. The Cardinal will open up postseason play against Cal Poly.
Following their SEC championship win over LSU, which went to penalty kicks, Vanderbilt was named as the second No. 1 seed to the NCAA women’s soccer tournament bracket.
Despite losing the ACC championship game to top-ranked Stanford, Notre Dame (14-1-3) is the first No. 1 seed announced to the NCAA women’s soccer tournament bracket. The Fighting Irish will face UIC (8-7-6) in the first round in South Bend, Indiana.
How to watch NCAA women’s soccer bracket reveal
The NCAA women’s soccer tournament selection show will be streamed exclusively on the NCAA’s website. Click here to watch it.
What time is NCAA women’s soccer tournament selection show today?
- Date: Monday, Nov. 10
- Time: 4 p.m. ET
The NCAA women’s soccer tournament selection show is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. ET on Monday, Nov. 10.
Here’s a list of teams that have already been selected to the NCAA women’s soccer tournament bracket through automatic qualifiers by winning their respective conference tournaments:
- American: UTSA
- America East: Maine
- ACC: Stanford
- Atlantic 10: Dayton
- ASUN: Lipscomb
- Big East: Xavier
- Big Sky: Montana
- Big South: High Point
- Big Ten: Washington
- Big 12: BYU
- Big West: Cal Poly
- CAA: Elon
- Conference USA: Liberty
- Horizon League: Milwaukee
- Ivy League: Dartmouth
- MAAC: Sacred Heart
- MAC: Western Michigan
- Missouri Valley: UIC
- Mountain West: Utah State
- NEC: Wagner
- Ohio Valley: Tennessee Tech
- Patriot League: Army
- SEC: Vanderbilt
- SoCon: Samford
- Southland: Houston Christian
- SWAC: Grambling State
- Summit League: South Dakota State
- Sun Belt: Texas State
- WAC: California Baptist
- WCC: Pepperdine
- Start date: Friday, Nov. 14
The first set of matches of the 2025 NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament are set to take place on Friday, Nov. 14. The entirety of the first round will be concluded by Sunday, Nov. 16.
- Women’s Cup dates: Friday, Dec. 5 and Monday, Dec. 8
The Women’s Cup of the 2025 NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament will take place on Friday, Dec. 5 with the national semifinals and Monday, Dec. 8 with the national championship game.
The Women’s Cup of the 2025 NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament will take place at CPKC Stadium, the home of the National Women’s Soccer League’s Kansas City, in Kansas City, Missouri. It is the time that the Women’s Cup will be held at CPKC Stadium, ending a three-year period of it taking place in Cary, North Carolina.
Here is the full schedule for the 2025 Women’s Soccer Tournament:
- First round: Friday, Nov. 14-Sunday, Nov. 16
- Second round: Thursday, Nov. 20
- Third-round: Sunday, Nov. 23
- Quarterfinals: Friday, Nov. 28-Saturday, Nov. 29
- Women’s College Cup
- Semifinals: Friday, Dec. 5
- Finals: Monday, Dec. 8
North Carolina is the defending national champion of the NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament, as the Tar Heels defeated Wake Forest 1-0 last season in the national championship game. Here’s a look at the 10 most recent national champions:
Here’s a look at the 10 most recent national champions:
- 2024: North Carolina
- 2023: Florida State
- 2022: UCLA
- 2021: Florida State
- 2020: Santa Clara
- 2019: Stanford
- 2018: Florida State
- 2017: Stanford
- 2016: Southern California
- 2015: Penn State
- 2014: Florida State
For a full list of champions, click here.
