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womens · season 2026

The season's top 25 going into the tournament, by AdjPace — each traced across every cutoff of the season's walk. One season is one fit, so these lines share one time axis; a team that only entered the ratings later starts where it entered, not at zero. Values are possessions per game.

end state cutoff 2026-04-05 teams rated 363 cutoffs in the walk 100
womens 2026: AdjPace for the top 25 teams across the season's walk-forward cutoffsstart of the NCAA tournament — left of this line is pre-tournament1. Oklahoma 2. Memphis 3. Troy 4. LSU 5. Stephen F. Austin1. Oklahoma 2. Memphis 3. Troy 4. Stephen F. Austin 5. Arkansas State1. Oklahoma 2. Memphis 3. Penn State 4. Troy 5. LSU1. Oklahoma 2. Penn State 3. Memphis 4. Troy 5. Stephen F. Austin1. Oklahoma 2. Stephen F. Austin 3. Troy 4. Penn State 5. Indiana State1. Oklahoma 2. Troy 3. Memphis 4. Penn State 5. Indiana State1. Oklahoma 2. Troy 3. Penn State 4. Memphis 5. Indiana State1. Oklahoma 2. Troy 3. LSU 4. Memphis 5. Stephen F. Austin1. Oklahoma 2. Memphis 3. LSU 4. Indiana State 5. Troy1. Oklahoma 2. Troy 3. Indiana State 4. LSU 5. Memphis1. Oklahoma 2. LSU 3. Troy 4. Memphis 5. Indiana State1. Oklahoma 2. Troy 3. LSU 4. Indiana State 5. Memphis1. Oklahoma 2. Troy 3. LSU 4. Indiana State 5. Arkansas State1. Oklahoma 2. Troy 3. Murray State 4. LSU 5. Indiana State1. Oklahoma 2. Murray State 3. Memphis 4. Arkansas State 5. Troy1. Oklahoma 2. Memphis 3. Indiana State 4. Murray State 5. LSU1. Oklahoma 2. Indiana State 3. Troy 4. Memphis 5. Oral Roberts1. Oklahoma 2. Troy 3. Memphis 4. LSU New Orleans 5. Indiana State1. Oklahoma 2. Memphis 3. Troy 4. Indiana State 5. LSU1. Oklahoma 2. Troy 3. Oral Roberts 4. Memphis 5. Indiana State1. Oklahoma 2. Memphis 3. Troy 4. Indiana State 5. LSU1. Oklahoma 2. Troy 3. Memphis 4. Arkansas State 5. LSU1. Oklahoma 2. Troy 3. Memphis 4. Arkansas State 5. Oral Roberts1. Oklahoma 2. Troy 3. Memphis 4. Indiana State 5. Arkansas State1. Oklahoma 2. Troy 3. LSU 4. Memphis 5. Indiana State1. Oklahoma 2. Memphis 3. Troy 4. Indiana State 5. Arkansas State1. Oklahoma 2. Memphis 3. Troy 4. Arkansas State 5. LSU1. Oklahoma 2. Memphis 3. Troy 4. Arkansas State 5. LSU New Orleans1. Oklahoma 2. Memphis 3. Troy 4. North Carolina Central 5. Arkansas State1. Oklahoma 2. Memphis 3. Troy 4. North Carolina Central 5. LSU New Orleans1. Oklahoma 2. Memphis 3. Troy 4. Arkansas State 5. North Carolina Central1. Oklahoma 2. Memphis 3. Troy 4. Arkansas State 5. North Carolina Central1. Oklahoma 2. Arkansas State 3. Troy 4. Memphis 5. Murray State1. Oklahoma 2. Troy 3. North Carolina Central 4. Arkansas State 5. Memphis1. Oklahoma 2. Memphis 3. Arkansas State 4. North Carolina Central 5. Troy1. Oklahoma 2. Troy 3. Arkansas State 4. North Carolina Central 5. Mississippi Valley State1. Oklahoma 2. Arkansas State 3. Troy 4. Memphis 5. Mississippi Valley State1. Oklahoma 2. Troy 3. North Carolina Central 4. Arkansas State 5. Oral Roberts1. Oklahoma 2. Troy 3. Arkansas State 4. North Carolina Central 5. Memphis1. Oklahoma 2. North Carolina Central 3. Troy 4. Arkansas State 5. Oral Roberts1. Oklahoma 2. North Carolina Central 3. Oral Roberts 4. Troy 5. Arkansas State1. Oklahoma 2. Memphis 3. Troy 4. Mississippi Valley State 5. North Carolina Central1. Oklahoma 2. Arkansas State 3. Troy 4. North Carolina Central 5. Memphis1. Oklahoma 2. Troy 3. North Carolina Central 4. Mississippi Valley State 5. Longwood1. Oklahoma 2. Arkansas State 3. North Carolina Central 4. Troy 5. Longwood1. Oklahoma 2. North Carolina Central 3. Troy 4. Longwood 5. Indiana State1. Oklahoma 2. Memphis 3. North Carolina Central 4. Troy 5. Longwood1. Oklahoma 2. Troy 3. Memphis 4. North Carolina Central 5. Oral Roberts1. Oklahoma 2. North Carolina Central 3. Longwood 4. Memphis 5. Indiana State1. Oklahoma 2. North Carolina Central 3. Indiana State 4. Memphis 5. Oral Roberts1. Oklahoma 2. Oral Roberts 3. North Carolina Central 4. Indiana State 5. Troy1. Oklahoma 2. Indiana State 3. Longwood 4. North Carolina Central 5. Memphis1. Oklahoma 2. Longwood 3. North Carolina Central 4. Troy 5. Arkansas State1. Oklahoma 2. North Carolina Central 3. Memphis 4. Indiana State 5. Troy1. Oklahoma 2. Longwood 3. North Carolina Central 4. Troy 5. Indiana State1. Oklahoma 2. Memphis 3. Troy 4. Indiana State 5. North Carolina Central1. Oklahoma 2. North Carolina Central 3. Indiana State 4. Longwood 5. Memphis1. Oklahoma 2. Troy 3. North Carolina Central 4. Indiana State 5. Longwood1. Oklahoma 2. Indiana State 3. North Carolina Central 4. Troy 5. Memphis1. Oklahoma 2. Memphis 3. North Carolina Central 4. Longwood 5. Oral Roberts
AdjPace (possessions per game) across train_cutoff_at — 100 cutoffs from 2025-12-09 to 2026-04-05. Axis spans 71.40 to 81.34. Hover or tap the chart to name the teams at that point and their order — every line carries its own hit area, so nothing is read off its color alone. Series: raw fit. The faded lead-in on the left is the warm-up: from the season's first cutoff through 2026-01-23, fewer than half the field had played 18 games, where a rating (a mean) has not yet settled. It is faded, not cut — the burn-in is the finding. Warm-up: shown · hide
  • Oklahoma
  • North Carolina Central
  • Indiana State
  • Memphis
  • Oral Roberts
  • 20 more, drawn as grey context

The top 25 going into the tournament

#TeamAdjPace Cutoffs ratedPostseason
1 Oklahoma Sooners 77.96 83 Sweet 16 (out)
2 North Carolina Central Eagles 76.59 83 —
3 Indiana State Sycamores 76.04 83 —
4 Memphis Tigers 75.90 83 —
5 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles 75.84 83 —
6 Longwood Lancers 75.63 83 —
7 Arkansas State Red Wolves 75.60 83 —
8 Ohio Bobcats 75.54 83 —
9 Troy Trojans 75.46 83 —
10 LSU New Orleans Privateers 75.31 83 —
11 Mississippi Valley State Devilettes 75.12 83 —
12 LSU Tigers 74.96 83 Sweet 16 (out)
13 Penn State Lady Lions 74.73 83 —
14 Cal State Fullerton Titans 74.63 83 —
15 Jacksonville Dolphins 74.50 83 Round of 64 (out)
16 Murray State Racers 74.35 83 Round of 64 (out)
17 Santa Clara Broncos 74.26 83 —
18 Florida State Seminoles 74.17 83 —
19 Ohio State Buckeyes 73.97 83 Round of 32 (out)
20 San Francisco Dons 73.90 83 —
21 Niagara Purple Eagles 73.86 83 —
22 Arkansas Razorbacks 73.85 83 —
23 Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks 73.71 83 Play-in (out)
24 California Baptist Lancers 73.64 83 Round of 64 (out)
25 Tennessee State Lady Tigers 73.61 83 —

Ranked and valued at the pre-tournament cutoff (2026-03-14) — the last one whose ratings had seen no NCAA tournament game. This is the rating each team carried into the bracket the Postseason column reports, so the two are read on the same information. Hover or click the chart for any other cutoff. A team's value is blank when it had not yet been rated at that cutoff; a line begins where a team entered the ratings, so early-season lines are shorter, not missing.