2025 NCAA Volleyball Tournament: Bracketology Begins,Dates Set
TAMPA,FL – The road to the 2025 NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship officially begins with the selection show on Sunday,november 30th,setting the stage for a tournament culminating in the Final Four on December 18th and the National Championship on December 21st. While the full bracket remains to be seen, automatic bids are being secured and at-large contenders are solidifying their cases as conference tournaments conclude.
The 64-team tournament will unfold across multiple regional sites before converging on tampa, Florida, for the final rounds. This year’s championship schedule marks a slight shift from previous years, with the Final Four and Championship game taking place a few days later in December. The tournament impacts student-athletes nationwide, with implications for program prestige, recruiting, and the culmination of a season’s worth of effort.
Here’s a look at the automatic qualifiers secured so far (as of December 6, 2025):
* America East: Binghamton
* American Athletic: East Carolina
* ASUN: Jacksonville
* Atlantic 10: VCU
* Atlantic Coast: Louisville
* Big East: Creighton
* Big North: Northern Kentucky
* Big South: High Point
* Big Ten: Nebraska
* Big 12: Arizona State
* Big West: Cal Poly
* CAA: Campbell
* Conference USA: Western Kentucky
* Horizon: Wright state
* Ivy: Princeton
* MAAC: Fairfield
* MAC: Toledo
* MEAC: Coppin State
* Missouri Valley: Northern Iowa
* Mountain West: Utah State
* NEC: LIU
* Ohio Valley: Eastern Illinois
* Patriot: American
* SEC: Kentucky
* SoCon: Wofford
* Southland: Stephen F. Austin
* SWAC: Florida A&M
* Summit: St. Thomas
* Sun Belt: Arkansas State
* WAC: utah Valley
* WCC: San Diego
Final Four & Championship Dates:
* Semifinals: Thursday, December 18
* Championship: Sunday, December 21
Penn State enters the tournament as the reigning champion, having defeated Louisville in four sets in 2024 to claim their eighth national title since 1999.
Recent NCAA Volleyball Champions:
* 2024: Penn State
* 2023: Texas
* 2022: Texas
* 2021: Wisconsin
* 2020: Kentucky
* 2019: stanford
* 2018: Stanford
* 2017: Nebraska
* 2016: Stanford
* 2015: Nebraska
For a complete history of NCAA Women’s Volleyball Champions, visit https://www.ncaa.com/history/volleyball-women/d1.