The following schools have earned automatic bids to the women's 2001 NCAA Tournament (all bids are by virtue of conference tournament championships with the exception of Ivy League and Pac-10 conferences, which do not conduct postseason tournaments):

Alcorn State (21-10), Southwestern Athletic tournament champs
Austin Peay (17-13), Ohio Valley tournament champs
Chattanooga (24-6), Southern tournament champs
Colorado State (24-6), Mountain West tournament champs
Connecticut (28-2), Big East tournament champs
Delaware (26-4), America East tournament champs
Duke (28-3), ACC tournament champs
Georgia (26-5), SEC tournament champs
Georgia State (24-6), Trans America tournament champs
Holy Cross (21-8), Patriot tournament champs
Howard (21-9), Mid-Eastern tournament champs
Idaho State (25-4), Big Sky tournament champs
Iowa (20-9), Big Ten tournament champs
Iowa State (25-5), Big 12 tournament champs
Liberty (18-11), Big South tournament champs
Long Island U. (16-14), Northeast tournament champs
Louisiana Tech (28-4), Sun Belt tournament champs
Old Dominion (21-8), Colonial Athletic tournament champs
Oral Roberts (20-10), Mid-Continent tournament champs
Pennsylvania (22-5), Ivy League regular-season champs
St. Mary's (Calif.) (25-5), West Coast tournament champs
Siena (24-5), Metro Atlantic tournament champs
Stanford (18-10), Pac-10 regular-season champs
Stephen F. Austin (26-6), Southland tournament champs
Southwest Missouri State (25-5), Missouri Valley tournament champs
Texas Christian (24-7), Western Athletic tournament champs
Toledo (25-5), Mid-American tournament champs
Tulane (22-9), Conference USA tournament champs
UC Santa Barbara (22-8), Big West tournament champs
Wisconsin-Milwaukee (19-10), Midwestern tournament champs
Xavier (28-2), Atlantic 10 tournament champs