Four Big Ten Teams Selected for 2025 NCAA Rowing Championship

Complete List of Selections & Seeds

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Four Big Ten teams have been selected to participate in the 2025 NCAA Rowing Championship, the organization announced Tuesday. Washington earned the conference’s automatic qualification after sweeping the Big Ten Championships on Sunday, while Indiana, Michigan and Rutgers were at-large selections for the 22-team regatta. The championship will be held May 30-June 1 at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J. and will be covered live on NCAA.com.

For the third year in a row, the Big Ten earned four bids, the most since five teams competed in the 2019 NCAA Championship.

Teams participating in the NCAA Championship are required to field two boats of eight rowers (I Eights and II Eights) and one boat of four rowers (Fours), with all 22 boats being seeded into four heats.

Washington continues its streak with its 28th appearance, having competed in every championship regatta in the NCAA’s history of the event. The Huskies, who last won a national championship in 2019, are seeking their sixth title and have earned the No. 4 seed in the I Eights and the No. 2 seed in both the II Eights and Fours.  

Indiana is making its ninth appearance in the championship regatta after collecting fourth place at Sunday’s Big Ten Championships. Looking for the program’s first top-10 finish, the Hoosiers are ranked No. 10 in the I Eights and No. 17 in the II Eights, while checking in at No. 16 in the Fours.

Michigan finished third at the Big Ten Championships and is on its 17th straight postseason trip. The Wolverines are seeded eighth in the I Eights, 14th in the II Eights and ninth in the Fours this year. Michigan had its best NCAA finish at Mercer Lake with a second-place showing in 2012.

Rutgers earned its sixth consecutive berth into the national regatta after coming in second at the Big Ten Championships, its highest placement in program history. The Scarlet Knights have been seeded at No. 6 in the I Eights, No. 9 in the II Eights and No. 6 in the Fours for the NCAA competition.