The teams competing in the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Championship have been chosen by the NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Committee.
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and the Ivy League will host the championship, which will take place at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, New Jersey, from May 30 to June 1.
There are twenty-two teams in the team championship. Automatic qualifying was given to nine conferences, and at-large selections were used to fill the remaining thirteen spots in order to complete the championship field. Two boats of eight rowers and one boat of four rowers must be entered by teams who want to compete for the title. All 22 boats will be seeded into four heats for the I Eights, II Eights, and Fours.
The teams listed below were chosen:
| CONFERENCE | TEAM |
|---|---|
| Atlantic 10 Conference | Rhode Island |
| Atlantic Coast Conference | Stanford |
| Big 12 Conference | University of Central Florida |
| Big Ten Conference | Washington |
| Coastal Athletic Association | Northeastern |
| The Ivy League | Yale |
| Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | Fairfield |
| Patriot League | Boston U. |
| West Coast Conference | Oregon State |
| AT-LARGE SELECTIONS |
|---|
| Brown |
| California |
| Dartmouth |
| Harvard |
| Indiana |
| Michigan |
| University of Pennsylvania |
| Princeton |
| Rutgers |
| Syracuse |
| Tennessee |
| Texas |
| Virginia |
| Seed | I Eights | Seed | II Eights | SEED | Fours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford | 1 | Stanford | 1 | Stanford |
| 2 | Texas | 2 | Washington | 2 | Washington |
| 3 | Tennessee | 3 | Tennessee | 3 | Syracuse |
| 4 | Washington | 4 | Texas | 4 | Texas |
| 5 | Princeton | 5 | Yale | 5 | Yale |
| 6 | Rutgers | 6 | Princeton | 6 | Rutgers |
| 7 | Yale | 7 | Brown | 7 | Brown |
| 8 | Michigan | 8 | Harvard | 8 | Tennessee |
| 9 | Brown | 9 | Rutgers | 9 | Michigan |
| 10 | Indiana | 10 | Virginia | 10 | Princeton |
| 11 | Dartmouth | 11 | UCF | 11 | California |
| 12 | Virginia | 12 | Syracuse | 12 | Harvard |
| 13 | UCF | 13 | Dartmouth | 13 | Dartmouth |
| 14 | California | 14 | Michigan | 14 | UCF |
| 15 | Pennsylvania | 15 | Pennsylvania | 15 | Pennsylvania |
| 16 | Harvard | 16 | California | 16 | Indiana |
| 17 | Syracuse | 17 | Indiana | 17 | Virginia |
| 18 | Oregon State | 18 | Oregon State | 18 | Oregon State |
| 19 | Boston U. | 19 | Northeastern | 19 | Boston U. |
| 20 | Northeastern | 20 | Boston U. | 20 | Northeastern |
| 21 | Rhode Island | 21 | Rhode Island | 21 | Rhode Island |
| 22 | Fairfield | 22 | Fairfield | 22 | Fairfield |
Texas won its third national rowing championship in 2024 at the NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Championship held at Bethel, Ohio’s East Fork/Harsha Lake. Visit NCAA.com to get up-to-date information on all the races in the NCAA Championships, including results and a webcast.
Stanford, the top-ranked team in the latest Pocock CRCA poll, will also be a formidable contender, boasting previous championships in 2009 and 2023.
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