Here’s everything to know about the 2025 March Madness women’s Sweet 16 round.
The Sweet 16 of 2025 women's March Madness began with 33 perfect brackets remaining. By the end of Friday's slate, that number had dropped below 10.
There are nine perfect brackets across major online games remaining following the first day of Sweet 16 action, according to the NCAA. That means those brackets have correctly predicted the first 52 games of the NCAA Tournament. Last year, the final perfect bracket was eliminated in the 51st game, per the NCAA.
The No. 2 Duke Blue Devils defeated the No. 3 UNC Tar Heels to become the first team to advance to this year's Elite Eight. Duke's victory left 19 unblemished brackets.
One more perfect bracket was wiped out when the defending champion No. 1 South Carolina Gamecocks fended off the No. 4 Maryland Terrapins before the No. 3 LSU Tigers' win over the No. 2 NC State Wolfpack eliminated nine others. All nine remaining brackets then survived as No. 1 UCLA took down No. 5 Ole Miss.
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The Sweet 16 wraps up with four more games on Saturday, starting with the No. 2 TCU Horned Frogs battling the No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Of the nine perfect brackets left, eight have Notre Dame winning while just one went with TCU, according to the NCAA.
How many women's March Madness brackets were submitted?
The NCAA said there were approximately 5 million women's bracket submissions across major online games (NCAA Women's Bracket Challenge Game, ESPN, CBS, Yahoo and USA TODAY). Roughly 83,000 brackets survived the opening day of the tournament and around 2,500 made it out of the first round.
The second and final day of Round 2 action began with 141 perfect brackets remaining, and 33 of those reached the Sweet 16.
For comparison, just four brackets made it out of last year's second round unscathed, per the NCAA.
How many perfect men's March Madness brackets are left?
There weren't any perfect brackets left by the time the men's second round wrapped up. The final unblemished bracket fell in the 43rd game -- No. 3 Kentucky's second-round win over No. 6 Illinois.
This was the first time since 2019 that all men's brackets weren't busted in the first round. There were 181 perfect brackets left entering the second round.
