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NCAAW belt records

Through September 29, 2026
121Reigns
906Belt games
52Franchises have held it
35Title changes in the playoffs

Never held the NCAAW belt: Boston University, Holy Cross, Harvard, Northeastern, Long Island University, Massachusetts, Mount St. Mary's, Towson, Cal Poly, Saint Louis, Kansas City, Ole Miss, Montana State, Montana, East Carolina, North Dakota, Creighton, Dartmouth, Sacramento State, New Hampshire, Fairleigh Dickinson, New Mexico State, New Mexico, Columbia, Cornell, St. Bonaventure, Bowling Green, Miami (OH), Ohio, Oklahoma State, Oral Roberts, Auburn, Abilene Christian, Air Force, Akron, Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Alcorn State, Tulsa, App State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Little Rock, Arkansas State, Austin Peay, Ball State, Belmont, Bethune-Cookman, Binghamton, Bucknell, Buffalo, Butler, Campbell, Canisius, San Diego State, Central Arkansas, Central Connecticut, UCF, Central Michigan, Charleston Southern, Chicago State, Cincinnati, Colgate, Coppin State, Davidson, Dayton, Delaware State, Denver, Detroit Mercy, Temple, Drake, Drexel, Duquesne, Pennsylvania, East Tennessee State, Eastern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Michigan, Pittsburgh, Elon, Fairfield, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Fordham, Cal State Fullerton, Gardner-Webb, George Mason, Georgia State, Brown, Gonzaga, Grand Canyon, Hampton, Rhode Island, High Point, Hofstra, Houston Christian, Clemson, Illinois State, Jackson State, San José State, Kent State, Furman, Charleston, Lamar, La Salle, Lehigh, South Dakota, Le Moyne, Liberty, Longwood, Louisiana Tech, UMass Lowell, Memphis, Loyola Chicago, Loyola Marymount, Loyola Maryland, Chattanooga, Manhattan, Marist, McNeese, UMBC, Maryland Eastern Shore, Vanderbilt, Mercer, Mercyhurst, Miami, Middle Tennessee, Mississippi Valley State, Monmouth, Morehead State, Morgan State, Rice, Navy, UNC Asheville, North Carolina Central, Charlotte, UNC Greensboro, UL Monroe, Omaha, UNLV, Nevada, New Haven, New Orleans, Nicholls, North Carolina A&T, North Dakota State, Norfolk State, North Alabama, North Florida, Northern Colorado, Northern Illinois, Northern Iowa, Cal State Northridge, Northern Arizona, Northwestern State, Oakland, Houston, Oregon, North Texas, Pepperdine, UT Arlington, Portland, Portland State, Prairie View A&M, Presbyterian, Providence, Queens University, Quinnipiac, Radford, BYU, Rider, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, Southern Utah, Sam Houston, Samford, San Francisco, Utah, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, SE Louisiana, Southeast Missouri State, Seattle U, Seton Hall, James Madison, Siena, SIU Edwardsville, SMU, South Carolina State, Richmond, South Dakota State, Southern Miss, Southern, Saint Francis, Saint Joseph's, Saint Mary's, Vermont, Saint Peter's, Stephen F. Austin, Stony Brook, Missouri State, Tarleton State, TCU, UT Martin, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, UTSA, UTEP, Washington, Texas Southern, Texas Tech, Toledo, Washington State, Troy, Tulane, VCU, Valparaiso, Wagner, Marquette, Weber State, West Georgia, UC Riverside, Milwaukee, Western Illinois, Western Michigan, Western Carolina, Wichita State, William & Mary, Winthrop, Green Bay, Wofford, Wright State, Wyoming, Xavier, Youngstown State, Grambling, Marshall, Merrimack, Fresno State, Pacific, UC San Diego, Bryant, Lindenwood, Indiana State, East Texas A&M, Stonehill, California Baptist, Purdue Fort Wayne, Lipscomb, NJIT, Georgia Southern, St. Thomas-Minnesota, South Carolina Upstate, Incarnate Word, UT Rio Grande Valley, Cal State Bakersfield, Jacksonville, Long Beach State, UC Irvine, San Diego, UC Davis, Idaho State, Utah Valley, Louisiana, Utah Tech, Maine, Iona, Niagara, Lafayette, Coastal Carolina, Cleveland State, Texas State, Utah State, Eastern Washington, Alabama, Kennesaw State, Evansville, Army, UNC Wilmington, Illinois, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Colorado State, UAlbany, Yale, American University, George Washington, Howard, Delaware, UAB, Florida A&M, Florida Gulf Coast, Jacksonville State, Stetson, Florida, South Florida, Georgia Tech, South Alabama, Georgia, Hawai'i, Boise State, Idaho, Bradley, Northwestern, Southern Illinois, UIC, IU Indianapolis, Southern Indiana, Arizona State, Bellarmine, Murray State, Northern Kentucky, Western Kentucky.

Most days holding the belt (all reigns)
  1. 1. UConn3,371
  2. 2. South Carolina1,267
  3. 3. Baylor991
  4. 4. Tennessee535
  5. 5. Stanford463
  6. 6. Notre Dame461
  7. 7. UCLA286
  8. 8. Maryland284
  9. 9. Texas A&M245
  10. 10. LSU224
Most reigns
  1. 1. UConn13
  2. 2. Stanford9
  3. 3. Notre Dame8
  4. 4. South Carolina7
  5. 5. Baylor6
  6. 6. Tennessee5
  7. 7. NC State4
  8. 8. UCLA4
  9. 9. Duke3
  10. 10. North Carolina3
Most defenses in one reign
  1. 1. UConn, 2014–1574
  2. 2. UConn, 2008–0952
  3. 3. UConn, 2012–1342
  4. 4. UConn, 2024–2539
  5. 5. South Carolina, 2021–2236
  6. 6. Baylor, 2018–1934
  7. 7. UConn, 2001–0231
  8. 8. UConn, 2017–1829
  9. 9. South Carolina, 2019–2027
  10. 10. Baylor, 2004–0527
Most successful defenses (all reigns)
  1. 1. UConn296
  2. 2. South Carolina88
  3. 3. Baylor84
  4. 4. Notre Dame56
  5. 5. Stanford54
  6. 6. UCLA23
  7. 7. Tennessee20
  8. 8. Maryland18
  9. 9. Duke17
  10. 10. NC State17
Most defenses in one season
  1. 1. UConn, 2013–1440
  2. 2. UConn, 2009–1039
  3. 3. UConn, 2015–1638
  4. 4. UConn, 2025–2638
  5. 5. UConn, 2016–1736
  6. 6. South Carolina, 2022–2336
  7. 7. UConn, 2002–0331
  8. 8. UConn, 2017–1829
  9. 9. Baylor, 2018–1927
  10. 10. Stanford, 2010–1124
Most belt games played
  1. 1. UConn328
  2. 2. South Carolina110
  3. 3. Baylor103
  4. 4. Notre Dame87
  5. 5. Stanford78
  6. 6. Tennessee42
  7. 7. UCLA42
  8. 8. NC State34
  9. 9. Duke32
  10. 10. Texas32
Busiest seasons (title changes)
  1. 1. 2008–0914
  2. 2. 2021–2212
  3. 3. 2011–1210
  4. 4. 2014–1510
  5. 5. 2003–049
  6. 6. 2020–219
  7. 7. 2023–249
  8. 8. 2005–067
  9. 9. 2004–056
  10. 10. 2007–085
Longest current droughts
  1. 1. Villanova8,241 days
  2. 2. Rutgers8,239 days
  3. 3. Boston College8,220 days
  4. 4. Penn State7,962 days
  5. 5. Nebraska7,927 days
  6. 6. Maryland7,199 days
  7. 7. Duke7,150 days
  8. 8. California6,821 days
  9. 9. Virginia6,521 days
  10. 10. Old Dominion6,516 days
Most title takeovers from one team
  1. 1. UConn from Notre Dame4
  2. 2. Notre Dame from UConn3
  3. 3. Villanova from UConn2
  4. 4. UConn from Tennessee2
  5. 5. Baylor from Kansas State2
  6. 6. Stanford from Tennessee2
  7. 7. UConn from Stanford2
  8. 8. Stanford from UConn2
  9. 9. Texas from Stanford2
  10. 10. Virginia Tech from NC State2

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