Women's College Basketball belt drought clocks
67 programs · counting from the last reign's endWashington State has waited longest: 12,685 days since January 31, 1992. Every program that has held the lineal Women's College Basketball belt, by how long it has been without it. The clocks keep counting on this page; the belt only moves when someone beats the holder.
| Team | Days without it | Last held | Longest wait ever | Reigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington State | 12,685 | Jan 31, 1992 | — | 1 |
| Arizona State | 12,650 | Mar 6, 1992 | — | 1 |
| Wichita State | 11,981 | Jan 4, 1994 | — | 1 |
| Missouri State | 11,962 | Jan 23, 1994 | — | 1 |
| Creighton | 11,952 | Feb 2, 1994 | — | 1 |
| Oklahoma State longest ever | 11,929 | Feb 25, 1994 | 9ended by Oklahoma, Feb 13, 1994 | 2 |
| Alabama | 11,893 | Apr 2, 1994 | — | 1 |
| Clemson longest ever | 11,574 | Feb 15, 1995 | 738ended by Duke, Feb 1, 1995 | 4 |
| Ole Miss | 11,217 | Feb 7, 1996 | — | 1 |
| Georgia | 11,208 | Feb 16, 1996 | — | 1 |
| Vanderbilt | 11,199 | Feb 25, 1996 | — | 1 |
| Louisiana Tech longest ever | 10,906 | Dec 14, 1996 | 1,464ended by Alabama, Apr 2, 1994 | 6 |
| Auburn longest ever | 10,891 | Dec 29, 1996 | 2,453ended by DePaul, Dec 18, 1996 | 4 |
| George Mason | 10,879 | Jan 10, 1997 | — | 1 |
| James Madison | 10,872 | Jan 17, 1997 | — | 1 |
| Texas Tech longest ever | 10,080 | Mar 20, 1999 | 1,709ended by Stanford, Nov 27, 1998 | 4 |
| Colorado State | 9,085 | Dec 9, 2001 | — | 1 |
| Florida International longest ever | 8,987 | Mar 17, 2002 | 37ended by LSU New Orleans, Jan 26, 2002 | 2 |
| Villanova longest ever | 8,266 | Mar 7, 2004 | 334ended by UConn, Feb 28, 2004 | 2 |
| Rutgers longest ever | 8,264 | Mar 9, 2004 | 1,099ended by West Virginia, Mar 8, 2004 | 3 |
| Penn State longest ever | 7,987 | Dec 11, 2004 | 988ended by North Carolina, Dec 5, 2004 | 2 |
| Nebraska | 7,952 | Jan 15, 2005 | — | 1 |
| Maryland longest ever | 7,224 | Jan 13, 2007 | 4,830ended by Duke, Apr 4, 2006 | 3 |
| Duke longest ever | 7,175 | Mar 3, 2007 | 3,258ended by UConn, Jan 3, 2004 | 4 |
| California longest ever | 6,846 | Jan 26, 2008 | 5,825ended by UCLA, Jan 6, 2008 | 2 |
| Virginia longest ever | 6,546 | Nov 21, 2008 | 3,190ended by Florida International, Dec 20, 2001 | 5 |
| Old Dominion longest ever | 6,541 | Nov 26, 2008 | 4,254ended by Virginia, Nov 21, 2008 | 2 |
| Michigan | 6,516 | Dec 21, 2008 | — | 1 |
| Minnesota longest ever | 6,484 | Jan 22, 2009 | 3,752ended by Boston College, Mar 28, 2004 | 3 |
| Michigan State longest ever | 6,453 | Feb 22, 2009 | 71ended by Ohio State, Feb 8, 2009 | 2 |
| Wisconsin | 6,449 | Feb 26, 2009 | — | 1 |
| Ohio State longest ever | 6,419 | Mar 28, 2009 | 5,740ended by Michigan, Dec 21, 2008 | 5 |
| Texas A&M | 5,438 | Dec 4, 2011 | — | 1 |
| Purdue longest ever | 5,432 | Dec 10, 2011 | 3,339ended by Minnesota, Jan 22, 2009 | 4 |
| West Virginia longest ever | 5,362 | Feb 18, 2012 | 2,897ended by Notre Dame, Feb 12, 2012 | 2 |
| DePaul | 5,359 | Feb 21, 2012 | 5,540ended by West Virginia, Feb 18, 2012 | 2 |
| Georgetown | 5,353 | Feb 27, 2012 | — | 1 |
| St. John's | 5,346 | Mar 5, 2012 | — | 1 |
| Iowa State | 4,302 | Jan 13, 2015 | 5,789ended by Texas, Jan 10, 2015 | 4 |
| Oklahoma | 4,256 | Feb 28, 2015 | 4,364ended by Texas, Jan 25, 2006 | 3 |
| Kansas | 4,250 | Mar 6, 2015 | 5,856ended by Oklahoma, Feb 28, 2015 | 2 |
| Kansas State longest ever | 4,249 | Mar 7, 2015 | 3,684ended by Kansas, Mar 6, 2015 | 2 |
| Mississippi State | 3,492 | Apr 2, 2017 | — | 1 |
| Baylor longest ever | 2,520 | Nov 30, 2019 | 2,281ended by Notre Dame, Apr 3, 2012 | 7 |
| North Carolina | 2,060 | Mar 4, 2021 | 5,082ended by Virginia Tech, Feb 28, 2021 | 7 |
| Wake Forest | 2,059 | Mar 5, 2021 | 10,272ended by North Carolina, Mar 4, 2021 | 2 |
| Louisville | 2,057 | Mar 7, 2021 | — | 1 |
| Texas | 1,798 | Nov 21, 2021 | 6,590ended by Missouri, Jan 14, 2006 | 6 |
| Tennessee | 1,771 | Dec 18, 2021 | 4,752ended by Texas, Nov 21, 2021 | 17 |
| Stanford | 1,768 | Dec 21, 2021 | 2,675ended by Oklahoma, Mar 25, 2006 | 14 |
| Missouri | 1,749 | Jan 9, 2022 | 5,829ended by South Carolina, Dec 30, 2021 | 4 |
| Arkansas | 1,742 | Jan 16, 2022 | — | 1 |
| Kentucky | 1,680 | Mar 19, 2022 | — | 1 |
| Princeton | 1,678 | Mar 21, 2022 | — | 1 |
| Indiana longest ever | 1,673 | Mar 26, 2022 | 357ended by Princeton, Mar 21, 2022 | 2 |
| Iowa | 1,301 | Apr 2, 2023 | 12,817ended by South Carolina, Mar 31, 2023 | 2 |
| LSU | 1,083 | Nov 6, 2023 | 6,209ended by Iowa, Apr 2, 2023 | 2 |
| Colorado | 1,064 | Nov 25, 2023 | 10,836ended by LSU, Nov 6, 2023 | 2 |
| NC State | 1,021 | Jan 7, 2024 | 5,023ended by South Carolina, Dec 3, 2020 | 8 |
| Syracuse | 1,000 | Jan 28, 2024 | 4,345ended by Florida State, Jan 18, 2024 | 2 |
| Virginia Tech | 968 | Feb 29, 2024 | 1,043ended by NC State, Jan 7, 2024 | 3 |
| Notre Dame | 939 | Mar 29, 2024 | 2,565ended by Michigan State, Nov 29, 2008 | 10 |
| Oregon State | 937 | Mar 31, 2024 | — | 1 |
| USC | 594 | Mar 9, 2025 | 12,010ended by UCLA, Feb 13, 2025 | 3 |
| UConn | 204 | Apr 3, 2026 | 1,596ended by Stanford, Apr 5, 2009 | 18 |
| South Carolina | 202 | Apr 5, 2026 | 734ended by Baylor, Nov 30, 2019 | 7 |
| UCLA | holding | — | 6,167ended by South Carolina, Nov 24, 2024 | 4 |
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