The 2026 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament was a single-elimination tournament by eleven schools to help determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey for the 2025âÂÂ26 season. This was the fifth year the tournament features an expanded field of 11 teams. The first round and quarterfinals were played on the campuses of the top 4 seeded teams on March 12 and March 14, 2026, while the Frozen Four is set to be played on March 20 and 22, 2026 at Pegula Ice Arena in College Township, Pennsylvania with a University Park mailing address. Franklin Pierce made their first tournament appearance in school history while Penn State reached the Frozen Four for the first time ever. For the fourth consecutive year, the Wisconsin Badgers met the Ohio State Buckeyes for the national championship.
During the National Semifinal between Penn State and Wisconsin, a new women's Frozen Four attendance record was set at 5,176.
In the fifth year under this qualification format, the winners of all five Division I conference tournaments will receive automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other six teams will be selected at-large. The top five teams are also seeded.
<small>Note: * denotes one overtime period</small>
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Most Outstanding Player