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The ”’2025–26 Big Ten women’s basketball season”’ will begin with practices in October 2025, followed by the start of the [[2025–26 NCAA Division I women’s basketball season]] in November 2025. The regular season will end in March of 2026.

The ”’2025–26 Big Ten women’s basketball season”’ with practices in October 2025, followed by the start of the [[2025–26 NCAA Division I women’s basketball season]] in November 2025. The regular season will end in March of 2026.

The season will be the conference’s second with 18 teams. The conference announced that all teams will play 18 regular season conference games with each school playing one school both home and away, while facing 16 teams once.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bigten.org/wbb/article/50962/ |title=2025-26 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Conference Slate Unveiled |website=BigTen.org |date=September 18, 2025 |access-date=September 26, 2025}}</ref> However, only 15 of the 18 teams will qualify for the [[Big Ten women’s basketball tournament|Big Ten tournament]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/30/24055815/expanded-big-ten-basketball-tourneys-will-only-include-15-of-leagues-18-teams |title=Expanded Big Ten basketball tourneys will only include 15 of league’s 18 teams |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=January 30, 2024 |access-date=September 26, 2025}}</ref>

The season will be the conference’s second with 18 teams. The conference announced that all teams will play 18 regular season conference games with each school playing one school both home and away, while facing 16 teams once.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bigten.org/wbb/article/50962/ |title=2025-26 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Conference Slate Unveiled |website=BigTen.org |date=September 18, 2025 |access-date=September 26, 2025}}</ref> However, only 15 of the 18 teams will qualify for the [[Big Ten women’s basketball tournament|Big Ten tournament]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/30/24055815/expanded-big-ten-basketball-tourneys-will-only-include-15-of-leagues-18-teams |title=Expanded Big Ten basketball tourneys will only include 15 of league’s 18 teams |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=January 30, 2024 |access-date=September 26, 2025}}</ref>

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|Hila Karsh, Michigan<br>[[Jazzy Davidson]], USC

|Hila Karsh, Michigan<br>[[Jazzy Davidson]], USC

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|November 17, 2025<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bigten.org/wbb/article/58912/ |title=Washington and Maryland Net Big Ten Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards |website=BigTen.org |date=November 17, 2024 |access-date=November 17, 2024}}</ref>

|November 17, 2025<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bigten.org/wbb/article/58912/ |title=Washington and Maryland Net Big Ten Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards |website=BigTen.org |date=November 17, |access-date=November 17, }}</ref>

|Sayvia Sellers, Washington

|Sayvia Sellers, Washington

|Addi Mack, Maryland

|Addi Mack, Maryland

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|November 24, 2025<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bigten.org/wbb/article/58976/ |title=Iowa and Illinois Score Big Ten Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards |website=BigTen.org |date=November 24, 2024 |access-date=November 24, 2024}}</ref>

|November 24, 2025<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bigten.org/wbb/article/58976/ |title=Iowa and Illinois Score Big Ten Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards |website=BigTen.org |date=November 24, |access-date=November 24, }}</ref>

|Ava Heiden, Iowa

|Ava Heiden, Iowa

|Destiny Jackson, Illinois

|Destiny Jackson, Illinois

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===All-Big Ten awards and teams===

===All-Big Ten awards and teams===

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==References==

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Sports season

The 2025–26 Big Ten women’s basketball season began with practices in October 2025, followed by the start of the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women’s basketball season in November 2025. The regular season will end in March of 2026.

The season will be the conference’s second with 18 teams. The conference announced that all teams will play 18 regular season conference games with each school playing one school both home and away, while facing 16 teams once.^[1] However, only 15 of the 18 teams will qualify for the Big Ten tournament.^[2]

On March 9, 2025, Marisa Moseley resigned as head coach at Wisconsin after four years.^[3] On March 25, 2025, former Missouri head coach Robin Pingeton was named Moseley’s successor.^[4]

Notes:

• All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
• Year at school includes 2025–26 season.
• Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the season.
• Frese’s ACC conference record excluded since Maryland began Big Ten Conference play in 2014–15.

Prior to the conference’s annual media day, conference standings were projected by a panel of writers.^[5]

A select media panel named a preseason All-Big Ten team and player of the year.^[5]

Honor	Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year	Lauren Betts, UCLA
Preseason All-Big Ten Team
	Hannah Stuelke, Iowa
	Yarden Garzon, Maryland
	Kaylene Smikle, Maryland
	Olivia Olson, Michigan
	Syla Swords, Michigan
	Grace VanSlooten, Michigan State
	Jaloni Cambridge, Ohio State
	Lauren Betts, UCLA
	Kiki Rice, UCLA
	JuJu Watkins, USC
	Sayvia Sellers, Washington

Throughout the conference regular season, Big Ten Conference offices named two players (Player and Freshman) of the week each Monday.

Week	Player of the week	Freshman of the week
November 10, 2025[6]	Shay Ciezki, Rutgers	Hila Karsh, Michigan Jazzy Davidson, USC
November 17, 2025[7]	Sayvia Sellers, Washington	Addi Mack, Maryland
November 24, 2025[8]	Ava Heiden, Iowa	Destiny Jackson, Illinois