Final bracket projection from Michella Chester at NCAA.com
www.ncaa.com
The Competition Oversight Committee has again approved a bracketing pilot for the Division I Women's Volleyball Championship. Fifty percent of the bracket will be seeded in four groupings 1-8. Published seeding will be in four sets of 1-8 and the pairings will honor a 1-8 assignment. The committee will identify the top 32 teams. The top 16 teams will be identified in rank order and assigned a seed grouping from 1 to 4. The balance of the ranked teams, in turn, are assigned to one of the remaining seed groupings (i.e. 5-8). Once the seed assignment is finalized, it remains unchanged while placing the teams into the championship bracket. First- and second-round conference matchups will be avoided.
National Seeds
1. Nebraska
2. Kentucky
3. Texas
4. Pittsburgh
NEBRASKA REGION
at Lincoln
1. Nebraska vs. Florida A&M
#8 South Dakota State vs. Tulsa
at Minneapolis
#4 Minnesota vs. St. Thomas
#5 Cockeye State vs. Princeton
at Palo Alto
#3 Stanford vs. Northern Colorado
#6 BYU vs. Utah State
at Dallas
#2 Southern Methodist vs. Central Arkansas
#7 Penn State vs. Arkansas State
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PITTSBURGH REGION
at Pittsburgh
#1 Pittsburgh vs. Coppin State
#8 San Diego vs. Villanova
at Miami
#4 Miami (FL) vs. Campbell
#5 TCU vs. South Florida
at West Lafayette
#3 Purdue vs. Toledo
#6 Florida vs. Arizona
at Tempe
#2 Arizona State vs. Utah Valley State
#7 Northern Cockeye vs. UCLA
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TEXAS REGION
at Austin
#1 Texas vs. Long Island
#8 Rice vs. American
at Bloomington
#4 Indiana vs. Fairfield
#5 Tennessee vs. North Carolina
at Omaha
#3 Pickle Smoochers vs. Eastern Illinois
#6 Texas-El Paso vs. Kansas State
at College Station
#2 Texas A&M vs. Maryland-Baltimore County
#7 Baylor vs. Stephen F. Austin
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KENTUCKY REGION
at Lexington
#1 Kentucky vs. Wofford
#8 Xavier vs. Georgia Tech
at Los Angeles
#4 USC vs. High Point
#5 Kansas vs. UC-Davis
at Madison
#3 Wisconsin vs. Loyola-Chicago
#6 Colorado vs. Marquette
at Louisville
#2 Louisville vs. Wright State
#7 Western Kentucky vs. Michigan
Michella Chester's last women's volleyball bracket projections before the selection show
The 2025 DI women's volleyball tournament bracket reveal is less than a week away. The 64-team bracket will be announced on Sunday, Nov. 30. NCAA's Michella Chester has made her tournament bracket predictions.
www.ncaa.com
The Competition Oversight Committee has again approved a bracketing pilot for the Division I Women's Volleyball Championship. Fifty percent of the bracket will be seeded in four groupings 1-8. Published seeding will be in four sets of 1-8 and the pairings will honor a 1-8 assignment. The committee will identify the top 32 teams. The top 16 teams will be identified in rank order and assigned a seed grouping from 1 to 4. The balance of the ranked teams, in turn, are assigned to one of the remaining seed groupings (i.e. 5-8). Once the seed assignment is finalized, it remains unchanged while placing the teams into the championship bracket. First- and second-round conference matchups will be avoided.
National Seeds
1. Nebraska
2. Kentucky
3. Texas
4. Pittsburgh
NEBRASKA REGION
at Lincoln
1. Nebraska vs. Florida A&M
#8 South Dakota State vs. Tulsa
at Minneapolis
#4 Minnesota vs. St. Thomas
#5 Cockeye State vs. Princeton
at Palo Alto
#3 Stanford vs. Northern Colorado
#6 BYU vs. Utah State
at Dallas
#2 Southern Methodist vs. Central Arkansas
#7 Penn State vs. Arkansas State
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PITTSBURGH REGION
at Pittsburgh
#1 Pittsburgh vs. Coppin State
#8 San Diego vs. Villanova
at Miami
#4 Miami (FL) vs. Campbell
#5 TCU vs. South Florida
at West Lafayette
#3 Purdue vs. Toledo
#6 Florida vs. Arizona
at Tempe
#2 Arizona State vs. Utah Valley State
#7 Northern Cockeye vs. UCLA
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TEXAS REGION
at Austin
#1 Texas vs. Long Island
#8 Rice vs. American
at Bloomington
#4 Indiana vs. Fairfield
#5 Tennessee vs. North Carolina
at Omaha
#3 Pickle Smoochers vs. Eastern Illinois
#6 Texas-El Paso vs. Kansas State
at College Station
#2 Texas A&M vs. Maryland-Baltimore County
#7 Baylor vs. Stephen F. Austin
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KENTUCKY REGION
at Lexington
#1 Kentucky vs. Wofford
#8 Xavier vs. Georgia Tech
at Los Angeles
#4 USC vs. High Point
#5 Kansas vs. UC-Davis
at Madison
#3 Wisconsin vs. Loyola-Chicago
#6 Colorado vs. Marquette
at Louisville
#2 Louisville vs. Wright State
#7 Western Kentucky vs. Michigan
