UConn holds the NCAA record for the most women's college basketball championships with 12, followed by Tennessee (8), Baylor (3), Stanford (3) and South Carolina (3). UCLA won its first title in 2026 after beating South Carolina in the championship game.
Let's take a look back at every national champion in the NCAA tournament era (since 1982):
2026 UCLA
2025 UConn
2024 South Carolina
2023 LSU
2022 South Carolina
2021 Stanford
2020 Canceled because of Covid-19
2019 Baylor
2018 Notre Dame
2017 South Carolina
2016 Connecticut
2015 Connecticut
2014 Connecticut
2013 Connecticut
2012 Baylor
2011 Texas A&M
2010 Connecticut
2009 Connecticut
2008 Tennessee
2007 Tennessee
2006 Maryland
2005 Baylor
2004 Connecticut
2003 Connecticut
2002 Connecticut
2001 Notre Dame
2000 Connecticut
1999 Purdue
1998 Tennessee
1997 Tennessee
1996 Tennessee
1995 Connecticut
1994 North Carolina
1993 Texas Tech
1992 Stanford
1991 Tennessee
1990 Stanford
1989 Tennessee
1988 Louisiana Tech
1987 Tennessee
1986 Texas
1985 Old Dominion
1984 Southern California
1983 Southern California
1982 Louisiana Tech
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