2025 NCAA WVB Selection Show
Dear Readers~
Last week, I covered the final regular season game for the 2025 NCAA Division 1 Women's Indoor Volleyball season. This game had Pittsburg hosting Louisville. Today I'll cover the Selection Show to see who is in the bracket for this year's national championship. 31 teams automatically qualified and a few others got chosen to join them. Just like with the NCAA beach game in the spring, some teams become conference champions and automatically make it to the national championships while others are chosen in the NCAA Selection Show. There are a total of 31 teams who win their conference and are automatically in the championships while that leaves 33 spots available for the other Division 1 teams. The bracket is made up of 64 teams divided into four quadrants of the bracket. This means in order to be the national champions, you have to win a total of 7 games once you play in your first game.
Let's start with the 31 teams who won the automatic bid by winning their conference and which conference they're in. The winner of the American East goes to UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), located in Baltimore, Maryland. The winner of the American Conference goes to Tulsa, located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The winner of the ACC (Atlantic Coast Conference) goes to Stanford, located in Stanford, California. The winner of ASUN (Atlantic Sun) goes to Central Arkansas, located in Conway, Arkansas. The winner of the Atlantic 10 goes to Loyola Chicago (not to be confused with Loyola Marymount, LMU, outside of Los Angeles). The winner of the Big East goes to Creighton, located in Omaha, Nebraska. The winner of the Big Sky goes to Northern Colorado, located in Greeley, Colorado. The winner of the Big South goes to High Point, located in High Point, North Carolina. The winner of the Big 10 goes to Nebraska, located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The winner of the Big 12 goes to Arizona State, located in Tempe, Arizona (just outside of Phoenix). The winner of the Big West goes to Cal Poly, located in San Luis Obispo, California. The winner of the CAA (Coastal Atlantic Association) goes to Campbell, located in Buies Creek, North Carolina. The winner of CUSA (Conference USA) goes to Western Kentucky, located in Bowling Green, Kentucky (the only school on this list of automatic qualifiers I've been to and the closest one to me). The winner of the Horizon League goes to Wright State, located in Dayton, Ohio. The winner of the Ivy League goes to Princeton, located in Princeton, New Jersey. The winner of the MAC (Mid-American Conference) goes to Toledo, located in Toledo, Ohio. The winner of MAAC (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) goes to Fairfield, located in Fairfield, Connecticut. The winner of MEAC (Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference) goes to Coppin State, located in West Baltimore, Maryland. The winner of the Missouri Valley is Northen Iowa, located in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The winner of the Mountain West is Utah State, located in Logan, Utah. The winner of the NEC (Northeast Conference) is LIU (Long Island University), located in Brooklyn, New York. The winner of the Ohio Valley is Eastern Illinois, located in Charleston, Illinois. The winner of the Patriot League is American University, located in Washington, DC. The winner of the SEC (Southeastern Conference) is Kentucky, located in Lexington, Kentucky. The winner of SOCON (Southeastern Conference) is Wofford, located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The winner of Southland is Stephen F. Austin, located in Nacogdoches, Texas. The winner of the Summit League is St. Thomas, located in St. Paul, Minnesota. The winner of the Sun Belt is Arkansas State, located in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The winner of the SWAC (Southwestern Atlantic Conference) is Florida A&M, located in Tallahassee, Florida. The winner of the WAC (Western Athletic Conference) is Utah Valley, located in Orem, Utah. The final conference is the WCC (West Coast Conference) with their winner San Diego, located in San Diego, California.
With our 31 automatic qualifiers (and conference champions) listed. Let's see who else made the bracket that I've previously covered this season. There is Miami (who played Stanford), Texas A&M (who played Texas and TCU), TCU (who played Texas A&M), Louisville (who I covered in my last game against Pittsburg), Texas (who played Kentucky and Texas A&M), Penn State (who played Pittsburg and UCLA), Wisconsin (who played Nebraska), Arizona (who played Arizona State), Utah (who played Arizona State), USC (who played UCLA), and UCLA (who played USC and Penn State).
Now that we know where each team is located, how do you think the bracket will look once the tournament concludes come December 21st? Will Penn State win it 2 years in a row? Will Texas win it like they did in 2023? Will Nebraska end the season undefeated and become the champions? Will schools like Tennessee, Creighton, UCLA, or TCU surprise everyone and come out on top? Only time will tell. The first-round game I will cover is currently undecided, so stay tuned for that game once it has been decided. If there's a team you want to win or want covered, let me know and until next time, Miller out
~J. Miller
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