| NCAA women's soccer tournament | |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Other Titles: | Women's College Cup (Semifinals & Final) |
| Country: | United States |
| Dates: | November 12 – December 7, 2021 |
| Num Teams: | 64 |
| Champions: | (1) Florida State (3rd title) |
| Runner-Up: | (4) BYU |
| Semi-Finalist1: | (1) Rutgers |
| Semi-Finalist2: | Santa Clara |
| Matches: | 63 |
| Goals: | 194 |
| Top Goal Scorer: | Mikayla Colohan – BYU (5 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2020 |
| Nextseason: | 2022 |
| Updated: | 12/07/2021 |
The 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament was the 40th edition of the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's college soccer. The College Cup was played on December 3 and December 6. It was originally set to be played in San Jose, California, but was moved to Stevens Stadium due to a conflict with the MLS playoffs schedule.[1] [2]
The Florida State Seminoles defeated the BYU Cougars on penalty kicks to win the national championship.[3]
See main article: 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season.
The tournament returned to 64 teams after only featuring 48 teams in the 2020 edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament also returns to the fall, after being held in the spring in 2020. The tournament also returned to its normal format of having the higher seeds host matches until the College Cup.[4] [5] [6]
All Division I women's soccer programs are eligible to qualify for the tournament. 28 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments, 3 teams received automatic bids by claiming the conference regular season crown (Ivy League, Pac-12 Conference, and West Coast Conference don't hold conference tournaments), and an additional 33 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.[7]
| Team | Date qualified | Record | Appearance[8] | Last Bid | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACC | style= | November 7[9] | 16–1–2 | 22 | 2020 | ||
| America East | style= | November 7 | 12–5–1 | 2 | 1984 | ||
| American | style= | November 7 | 13–4–2 | 10 | 2020 | ||
| ASUN | style= | November 6[10] | 15–4–1 | 3 | 2019 | ||
| Atlantic 10 | style= | November 7 | 12–8–1 | 6 | 2020 | ||
| Big 12 | style= | November 7 | 17–2–2 | 6 | 2020 | ||
| Big East | style= | November 7 | 13–1–6 | 12 | 2020 | ||
| Big Sky | style= | November 7 | 12–5–1 | 6 | 2020 | ||
| Big South | style= | November 7 | 10–7–2 | 7 | 2017 | ||
| Big Ten | style= | November 7 | 15–3–3 | 15 | 2019 | ||
| Big West | style= | November 7 | 15–5–0 | 3 | 2011 | ||
| CAA | style= | November 7 | 16–3–1 | 9 | 2019 | ||
| C-USA | style= | November 7 | 13–4–1 | 2 | 2006 | ||
| Horizon | style= | November 6[11] | 18–1–0 | 15 | 2020 | ||
| Ivy | style= | October 30[12] | 12–3–0 | 8 | 2019 | ||
| MAAC | style= | November 7 | 15–4–1 | 8 | 2019 | ||
| MAC | style= | November 7 | 11–6–3 | 6 | 2020 | ||
| Missouri Valley | style= | November 7 | 13–2–2 | 7 | 2020 | ||
| Mountain West | style= | November 6[13] | 14–4–2 | 4 | 2020 | ||
| Northeast | style= | November 7 | 13–5–0 | 11 | 2020 | ||
| Ohio Valley | style= | November 7 | 11–6–0 | 4 | 2020 | ||
| Pac-12 | style= | November 5[14] | 16–0–3 | 25 | 2020 | ||
| Patriot | style= | November 7 | 11–7–3 | 5 | 2017 | ||
| SEC | style= | November 7 | 18–2–0 | 13 | 2018 | ||
| SoCon | style= | November 7 | 15–3–2 | 6 | 2019 | ||
| Southland | style= | November 7 | 11–5–3 | 3 | 2005 | ||
| The Summit | style= | November 6[15] | 14–3–1 | 6 | 2019 | ||
| Sun Belt | style= | November 7 | 12–4–3 | 8 | 2020 | ||
| SWAC | style= | November 7 | 12–3–3 | 3 | 2019 | ||
| WCC | style= | November 6[16] | 11–5–2 | 31 | 2020 | ||
| WAC | style= | November 7 | 16–3–2 | 1 | None |
| Team | Record | Appearance | Last Bid | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC | style= | 10–9–1 | 4 | 2017 | ||
| SEC | style= | 16–4–0 | 8 | 2020 | ||
| SEC | style= | 12–6–1 | 17 | 2018 | ||
| Big East | style= | 15–4–1 | 3 | 2017 | ||
| WCC | style= | 13–4–1 | 22 | 2020 | ||
| ACC | style= | 12–6–1 | 22 | 2020 | ||
| ACC | style= | 13–3–1 | 27 | 2020 | ||
| Ivy | style= | 12–2–1 | 17 | 2016 | ||
| SEC | style= | 11–7–1 | 7 | 2018 | ||
| ACC | style= | 8–8–2 | 16 | 2019 | ||
| ACC | style= | 12–2–3 | 40 | 2020 | ||
| ACC | style= | 13–5–1 | 27 | 2019 | ||
| SEC | style= | 12–5–3 | 10 | 2020 | ||
| Big Ten | style= | 9–8–2 | 14 | 2020 | ||
| Big Ten | style= | 11–7–0 | 27 | 2020 | ||
| WCC | style= | 15–3–1 | 11 | 2019 | ||
| Ivy | style= | 14–2–1 | 13 | 2018 | ||
| Big East | style= | 10–6–3 | 2 | 1993 | ||
| Big Ten | style= | 14–4–2 | 7 | 2009 | ||
| Big Ten | style= | 17–3–0 | 16 | 2020 | ||
| American | style= | 11–4–2 | 14 | 2016 | ||
| SEC | style= | 11–6–1 | 15 | 2020 | ||
| American | style= | 12–3–3 | 8 | 2020 | ||
| Big East | style= | 12–6–2 | 4 | 2015 | ||
| Pac-12 | style= | 13–5–1 | 30 | 2019 | ||
| Big 12 | style= | 11–4–6 | 15 | 2019 | ||
| Pac-12 | style= | 13–3–2 | 20 | 2020 | ||
| ACC | style= | 16–2–2 | 34 | 2020 | ||
| ACC | style= | 11–5–2 | 11 | 2019 | ||
| ACC | style= | 15–5–0 | 21 | 2018 | ||
| Pac-12 | style= | 13–2–4 | 14 | 2019 | ||
| Big Ten | style= | 8–5–6 | 22 | 2019 | ||
| Big East | style= | 16–2–1 | 4 | 2019 |
The bracket was announced on Monday, November 8, 2021.[17] First round games were played on November 12, 13 or 14 at campus sites.
* Host institution
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings
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Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings
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Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings
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Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings
See main article: 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game.
| Conference | Bids | Record | Pct. | R32 | R16 | E8 | F4 | CG | NC | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACC | 9 | 15–8–1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
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| Big Ten | 6 | 9–4–4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | ||||||
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| American | 3 | 2–3–0 | 2 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | |||
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| Horizon | 1 | 1–1–0 | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | |||
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