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NCAA women's championship

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Every NCAA women's championship game from 1981-82, with the rest of the Final Four. The number after a champion is the program's running title count in these seasons. A season opens the Final Four and the tournament's leaders.

Season	Champion	Final	Runner-up	Final Four	Site
2025-26	UCLA (1)	79–51	South Carolina	Texas, UConn	Mortgage Matchup Center
2024-25	UConn (12)	82–59	South Carolina	UCLA, Texas	Amalie Arena
2023-24	South Carolina (3)	87–75	Iowa	UConn, NC State	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
2022-23	LSU (1)	102–85	Iowa	South Carolina, Virginia Tech	American Airlines Center
2021-22	South Carolina (2)	64–49	UConn	Stanford, Louisville	Target Center
2020-21	Stanford (3)	54–53	Arizona	UConn, South Carolina	Alamodome
2018-19	Baylor (3)	82–81	Notre Dame	UConn, Oregon	Amalie Arena
2017-18	Notre Dame (2)	61–58	Mississippi State	UConn, Louisville	Nationwide Arena
2016-17	South Carolina (1)	67–55	Mississippi State	UConn, Stanford	American Airlines Center
2015-16	UConn (11)	82–51	Syracuse	Washington, Oregon State	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
2014-15	UConn (10)	63–53	Notre Dame	Maryland, South Carolina	Amalie Arena
2013-14	UConn (9)	79–58	Notre Dame	Stanford, Maryland	Bridgestone Arena
2012-13	UConn (8)	93–60	Louisville	Notre Dame, California	Smoothie King Center
2011-12	Baylor (2)	80–61	Notre Dame	Stanford, UConn
2010-11	Texas A&M (1)	76–70	Notre Dame	UConn, Stanford	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
2009-10	UConn (7)	53–47	Stanford	Baylor, Oklahoma
2008-09	UConn (6)	76–54	Louisville	Stanford, Oklahoma
2007-08	Tennessee (8)	64–48	Stanford	LSU, UConn	Amalie Arena
2006-07	Tennessee (7)	59–46	Rutgers	North Carolina, LSU
2005-06	Maryland (1)	78–75	Duke	LSU, North Carolina	TD Garden
2004-05	Baylor (1)	84–62	Michigan State	Tennessee, LSU
2003-04	UConn (5)	70–61	Tennessee	Minnesota, LSU	Smoothie King Center
2002-03	UConn (4)	73–68	Tennessee	Texas, Duke	Georgia Dome
2001-02	UConn (3)	82–70	Oklahoma	Tennessee, Duke	XL Center
2000-01	Notre Dame (1)		Purdue	UConn, Missouri State
1999-00	UConn (2)		Tennessee	Rutgers, Penn State
1998-99	Purdue (1)		Duke	Louisiana Tech, Georgia
1997-98	Tennessee (6)		Louisiana Tech	NC State, Arkansas
1996-97	Tennessee (5)		Old Dominion	Notre Dame, Stanford
1995-96	Tennessee (4)		Georgia	UConn, Stanford
1994-95	UConn (1)		Tennessee	Stanford, Georgia
1993-94	North Carolina (1)		Louisiana Tech	Alabama, Purdue
1992-93	Texas Tech (1)		Ohio State	Iowa, Vanderbilt
1991-92	Stanford (2)		Western Kentucky	Missouri State, Virginia
1990-91	Tennessee (3)		Virginia	UConn, Stanford
1989-90	Stanford (1)		Auburn	Louisiana Tech, Virginia
1988-89	Tennessee (2)		Auburn	Louisiana Tech
1987-88	Louisiana Tech (2)		Auburn	Tennessee, California
1986-87	Tennessee (1)		Louisiana Tech	Texas, Long Beach State
1985-86	Texas (1)		USC	Tennessee, Western Kentucky
1984-85	Old Dominion (1)		Georgia	Western Kentucky, UL Monroe
1983-84	USC (2)		Tennessee	Louisiana Tech, Cheyney (PA)
1982-83	USC (1)		Louisiana Tech	Old Dominion, Georgia
1981-82	Louisiana Tech (1)		Cheyney (PA)	Tennessee, Maryland

Titles by program

Program	Titles	Latest
UConn Huskies	12	2024-25
Tennessee Lady Volunteers	8	2007-08
South Carolina Gamecocks	3	2023-24
Stanford Cardinal	3	2020-21
Baylor Bears	3	2018-19
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	2	2017-18
Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters	2	1987-88
USC Trojans	2	1983-84
UCLA Bruins	1	2025-26
LSU Tigers	1	2022-23
Texas A&M Aggies	1	2010-11
Maryland Terrapins	1	2005-06
Purdue Boilermakers	1	1998-99
North Carolina Tar Heels	1	1993-94
Texas Tech Lady Raiders	1	1992-93
Texas Longhorns	1	1985-86
Old Dominion Monarchs	1	1984-85

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