Editing Southeastern Conference (section)

===NCAA tournament champions, runners-up and locations===
''† denotes overtime games. Multiple †'s indicate more than one overtime.''

Teams in '''bold''' represented the SEC at the time of their championship appearance. Teams in '''''bold italics''''' made their appearances before joining the SEC.
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! colspan=2|Champion
! colspan=2|Runner-up
! colspan=2|Venue and city
|-
| [[1984 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1984]]
| [[1983–84 USC Trojans women's basketball team|USC]] {{small|(2)}} || '''72'''
| '''[[1983–84 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]''' || 61
| [[Pauley Pavilion]] || [[Los Angeles, California]]
|-
| [[1985 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1985]]
| [[1984–85 Old Dominion Lady Monarchs basketball team|Old Dominion]] || '''70'''
| '''[[1984–85 Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team|Georgia]]''' || 65
| [[Frank Erwin Center]] || [[Austin, Texas]]
|-
| [[1986 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1986]]
| '''''[[1985–86 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team|Texas]]''''' || '''97'''
| [[1985–86 USC Trojans women's basketball team|USC]] || 81
| [[Rupp Arena]] || [[Lexington, Kentucky]]
|-
| [[1987 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1987]]
| '''[[1986–87 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]''' || '''67'''
| [[1986–87 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team|Louisiana Tech]] || 44
| [[Frank Erwin Center]] || [[Austin, Texas]]
|-
| [[1988 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1988]]
| [[1987–88 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team|Louisiana Tech]] {{small|(2)}} || '''56'''
| '''[[1987–88 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team|Auburn]]''' || 54
| [[Tacoma Dome]] || [[Tacoma, Washington]]
|-
| [[1989 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1989]]
| '''[[1988–89 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]''' {{small|(2)}} || '''76'''
| '''[[1988–89 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team|Auburn]]''' || 70
| [[Tacoma Dome]] || [[Tacoma, Washington]]
|-
| [[1990 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1990]]
| [[1989–90 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team|Stanford]] || '''88'''
| '''[[1989–90 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team|Auburn]]''' || 81
| [[Thompson–Boling Arena]] || [[Knoxville, Tennessee]]
|-
| [[1991 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1991]]†
| '''[[1990–91 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]''' {{small|(3)}} || '''70'''
| [[1990–91 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team|Virginia]] || 67
| [[Lakefront Arena]] || [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]
|-
| [[1995 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1995]]
| [[1994–95 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]] || '''70'''
| '''[[1994–95 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]''' || 64
| [[Target Center]] || [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
|-
| [[1996 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1996]]
| '''[[1995–96 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]''' {{small|(4)}} || '''83'''
| '''[[Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball|Georgia]]''' || 65
| [[Charlotte Coliseum]] || [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
|-
| [[1997 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1997]]
| '''[[1996–97 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]''' {{small|(5)}} || '''68'''
| [[Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball|Old Dominion]] || 59
| [[Heritage Bank Center|Riverfront Coliseum]] || [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]
|-
| [[1998 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1998]]
| '''[[1997–98 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]''' {{small|(6)}} || '''93'''
| [[Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball|Louisiana Tech]] || 75
| [[Hy-Vee Arena|Kemper Arena]] || [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|-
| [[2000 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2000]]
| [[1999–2000 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]] {{small|(2)}} || '''71'''
| '''[[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]]''' || 52
| [[Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)|First Union Center]] || [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
|-
| [[2003 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2003]]
| [[2002–03 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]] {{small|(4)}} || '''73'''
| '''[[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]]''' || 68
| [[Georgia Dome]] || [[Atlanta, Georgia]]
|-
| [[2004 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2004]]
| [[2003–04 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]] {{small|(5)}} || '''70'''
| '''[[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]]''' || 61
| [[Smoothie King Center|New Orleans Arena]] || [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]
|-
| [[2007 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2007]]
| '''[[2006–07 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]''' {{small|(7)}} || '''59'''
| [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball|Rutgers]] || 46
| [[Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse|Quicken Loans Arena]] || [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
|-
| [[2008 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2008]]
| '''[[2007–08 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]''' {{small|(8)}} || '''64'''
| [[Stanford Cardinal women's basketball|Stanford]] || 48
| [[Amalie Arena|St. Pete Times Forum]] || [[Tampa, Florida]]
|-
| [[2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2011]]
| '''''[[2010–11 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team|Texas A&M]]''''' || '''76'''
| [[2010–11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team|Notre Dame]] || 70
| [[Gainbridge Fieldhouse|Conseco Fieldhouse]] || [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|-
| [[2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2017]]
| '''[[2016–17 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team|South Carolina]]''' || '''67'''
| '''[[2016–17 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team|Mississippi State]]''' || 55
| [[American Airlines Center]] || [[Dallas, Texas]]
|-
| [[2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2018]]
| [[2017–18 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team|Notre Dame]] || '''61'''
| '''[[2017–18 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team|Mississippi State]]''' || 58
| [[Nationwide Arena]] || [[Columbus, Ohio]]
|-
| [[2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2022]]
| '''[[2021–22 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team|South Carolina]]''' {{small|(2)}} || '''64'''
| [[2021–22 UConn Huskies women's basketball team|UConn]] || 49
|[[Target Center]] || [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
|-
| [[2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2023]]
| '''[[2022–23 LSU Tigers women's basketball team|LSU]]'''
| '''102'''
| [[2022–23 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team|Iowa]] 
| 85
| [[American Airlines Center]]
| [[Dallas, Texas]]
|-
| [[2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2024]]
| '''[[2023–24 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team|South Carolina]]''' {{small|(3)}}
| '''87'''
| [[2023–24 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team|Iowa]] 
| 75
| [[Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse]]
| [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
|-
| [[2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2025]]
| [[2024–25 UConn Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]] {{small|(12)}}
| '''82'''
| '''[[2024–25 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team|South Carolina]]'''
| 59
| [[Amalie Arena]]
| [[Tampa, Florida]]
|}