2025/26 Women's College Basketball Outright Odds: UConn, South Carolina the early favorites

The UConn Huskies cut down the nets as National Champions on Sunday, April 6th, 2025 in South Florida, and attention now turns to the 2025/26 season.

Read through the latest odds to win the 2025/26 women's college basketball tournament.

2025/26 Women's College Basketball Tournament odds

Connecticut	+400
South Carolina	+400
Texas	+600
UCLA	+600
LSU	+900
Notre Dame	+900
USC	+900
Duke	+2000
Tennessee	+2500

The UConn Huskies and South Carolina Gamecocks, the teams that played in the National Championship in 2024/25, are the +400 early co-favorites to win it all in 2025/26.

The reigning champion Huskies are bringing back star forward Sarah Strong and 2024/25 women's tournament Most Outstanding Player Azzi Fudd, along with Ashlynn Shade, KK Arnold, Jana El Alfy and Ice Brady. Paige Bueckers, the presumptive top pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft, will be a big loss, but Geno Auriemma's program has plenty of depth.

Dawn Staley's South Carolina program also has plenty of depth, with leading scorers MiLaysia Fulwiley, Joyce Edwards and Chloe Kitts all set to return along with Tessa Johnson, Raven Johnson and Ashlyn Watkins. Staley signed No. 4-ranked recruit Agot Makeer, and just two days after the 2024/25 season ended, Ta'Niya Latson — the leading scorer in all of Division I with 25.2 points per game for Florida State — committed to the Gamecocks.

The Texas Longhorns and UCLA Bruins, who each made the national semifinal in 2024/25, are next in the betting at +600 each.

Many of the Longhorns' key players — Madison Booker, Kyla Oldacre, Jordan Lee, Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda — are returning, and point guard Rori Harmon could join them for her fifth year. Coach Vic Schafer has also signed a top-five-ranked recruit, Aaliyah Crump.

UCLA will have 6-foot-7 center Lauren Betts back for next season, and her sister, second-ranked recruit Sienna Betts, will join her. The Bruins top six scorers are all slated to return next season: Betts, Kiki Rice, Gabriela Jaquez, Londynn Jones, Timea Gardiner, and Janiah Baker.

Tied at +900 are three teams who have been busy in the transfer portal already: The Notre Dame Fighting Irish, LSU Tigers and USC Trojans.

Notre Dame has already seen guard Olivia Miles and shot-blocking forward Kate Koval enter the transfer portal, but Niele Ivey's team will still have reigning ACC Player of the Year Hannah Hidalgo leading the team. Ivey will certainly look to add talent through the portal, and she landed one top-15 recruit.

LSU has benefitted from Notre Dame's losses, as Kim Mulkey's Tigers signed Koval. Forward Sa'Myah Smith is transferring out, but star guards Flau'jae Johnson, Mikaylah Williams and Kailyn Gilbert are staying and will be joined by three top-15 recruits.

USC will bring back 2024/25 Wooden Award winner JuJu Watkins, who suffered a torn ACL during the tournament and may miss the start of the 2025/26 campaign. The Trojans will need to add to their backcourt with Avery Howell and Kayleigh Heckel transferring out, but coach Lindsay Gottlieb has secured a top-three recruit in Jasmine Davidson.

Further back in the odds are the Duke Blue Devils (+2000), Tennessee Volunteers (+2500), TCU Horned Frogs (+3000) and Oklahoma Sooners (+4000).

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Odds mentioned in this article were correct at the time of writing and are subject to change.