The madness is almost here. The 2026 women’s NCAA tournament features defending champ and undefeated UConn as the No. 1 overall seed with UCLA, Texas and South Carolina rounding out the rest of the one-seed line.
Now that the field of 68 is set, Sports Illustrated’s writers and editors make their picks for each round of the tourney, all the way to the Final Four in Phoenix. New this year, the SI College Hoops Bracket Challenge lets you compete against SI’s college basketball experts. Fill out your bracket now.
Here are SI’s picks.
Emma Baccellieri’s women’s March Madness bracket
Baccellieri’s Final Four: UConn, UCLA, Texas, South Carolina.
Baccellieri’s 2026 champion: UConn.
Clare Brennan’s women’s March Madness bracket
Brennan’s Final Four: UConn, UCLA, Texas, South Carolina.
Brennan’s 2026 champion: UConn.
Dan Falkenheim’s women’s March Madness bracket
Falkenheim’s Final Four: UConn, UCLA, Texas, South Carolina.
Falkenheim’s 2026 champion: UCLA.
Kristen Nelson’s women’s March Madness bracket
Nelson’s Final Four: UConn, LSU, Texas, South Carolina.
Nelson’s 2026 champion: UConn.
Michael Rosenberg’s women’s March Madness bracket
Rosenberg’s Final Four: UConn, UCLA, Michigan, South Carolina.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as March Madness Brackets: Expert Predictions for the 2026 Women’s NCAA Tournament.
