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2025–26 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season

2025–26 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Teams18
TV partner(s)Big Ten Network, Fox, FS1, Peacock
2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
Tournament
2025–26 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 UCLA 16 – 0   1.000 26 – 1   .963
No. 6 Michigan 13 – 2   .867 22 – 4   .846
No. 13 Iowa 12 – 3   .800 21 – 5   .808
No. 23 Minnesota 12 – 4   .750 21 – 6   .778
No. 10 Ohio State 11 – 4   .733 22 – 5   .815
No. 18 Michigan State 10 – 6   .625 21 – 6   .778
No. 14 Maryland 9 – 6   .600 21 – 6   .778
USC 9 – 6   .600 17 – 9   .654
Washington 9 – 7   .563 19 – 8   .704
Illinois 8 – 7   .533 18 – 8   .692
Oregon 7 – 8   .467 19 – 9   .679
Nebraska 5 – 11   .313 16 – 11   .593
Wisconsin 5 – 11   .313 13 – 14   .481
Purdue 4 – 11   .267 12 – 14   .462
Indiana 3 – 12   .200 14 – 13   .519
Penn State 2 – 13   .133 9 – 17   .346
Northwestern 2 – 13   .133 8 – 18   .308
Rutgers 1 – 14   .067 9 – 17   .346
† 2026 Big Ten tournament winner
As of February 19, 2026
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Wisconsin

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]

Coaches

Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Overall record Big Ten record Big Ten titles Big Ten Tournament titles NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Illinois Shauna Green Dayton 4 63–35 30–24 0 0 2 0 0
Indiana Teri Moren Indiana State 12 246–112 124–68 1 0 7 0 0
Iowa Jan Jensen Iowa (Assoc.) 2 23–11 10–8 0 0 1 0 0
Maryland Brenda Frese Minnesota 24 607–169 159–34* 6 5 21 3 1
Michigan Kim Barnes Arico St. John's (Asst.) 14 284–144 129–91 0 0 8 0 0
Michigan State Robyn Fralick Bowling Green 3 44–19 23–13 0 0 2 0 0
Minnesota Dawn Plitzuweit West Virginia 3 45–27 13–23 0 0 0 0 0
Nebraska Amy Williams South Dakota 10 158–123 79–80 0 0 4 0 0
Northwestern Joe McKeown George Washington 18 268–258 110–182 0 0 2 0 0
Ohio State Kevin McGuff Washington 13 224–109 116–62 4 1 8 0 0
Oregon Kelly Graves Gonzaga 12 241–123 10–8 0 0 6 0 0
Penn State Carolyn Kieger Marquette 5 73–105 26–83 0 0 0 0 0
Purdue Katie Gearlds Marian 5 61–64 24–47 0 0 1 0 0
Rutgers Coquese Washington Notre Dame (Assoc.) 4 31–63 10–44 0 0 0 0 0
UCLA Cori Close Florida State (Assoc.) 15 321–143 16–2 0 1 9 1 0
USC Lindsay Gottlieb Cleveland Cavaliers (Asst.) 5 93–35 17–1 1 0 3 0 0
Washington Tina Langley Rice 5 61–60 9–9 0 0 0 0 0
Wisconsin Robin Pingeton Missouri 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0

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.

Preseason

Preseason Big Ten poll

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

Rank Team
1 UCLA
2 Maryland
3 Michigan
4 USC
5 Ohio State

Preseason All-Big Ten

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

Regular season

Rankings

Main article: 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Awards and honors

Players of the Week

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, Indiana Hila Karsh, Purdue
Jazzy Davidson, USC
November 17, 2025[7] Sayvia Sellers, Washington Addi Mack, Maryland
November 24, 2025[8] Ava Heiden, Iowa Destiny Jackson, Illinois
December 1, 2025[9] Gabriela Jaquez, UCLA Jazzy Davidson, USC
December 8, 2025[10] Lauren Betts, UCLA Cearah Parchment, Illinois
December 15, 2025[11] Shay Ciezki, Indiana Maya Makalusky, Indiana
December 22, 2025[12] Yarden Garzon, Maryland Jazzy Davidson, USC
January 5, 2026[13] Lauren Betts, UCLA Cearah Parchment, Illinois
January 12, 2026[14] Jaloni Cambridge, Ohio State Kylee Kitts, Ohio State
January 19, 2026[15] Hannah Stuelke, Iowa Addie Deal, Iowa
January 26, 2026[16] Ava Heiden, Iowa Addie Deal, Iowa
Cearah Parchment, Illinois
February 2, 2026[17] Ehis Etute, Oregon
Kara Dunn, USC 		Jazzy Davidson, USC
February 9, 2026[18] Shay Ciezki, Indiana
Kiki Rice, UCLA 		Jazzy Davidson, USC
February 16, 2026[19] Oliva Olson, Michigan Jazzy Davidson, USC

References

  1. ^ "2025-26 Big Ten Women's Basketball Conference Slate Unveiled". BigTen.org. September 18, 2025. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  2. ^ "Expanded Big Ten basketball tourneys will only include 15 of league's 18 teams". Chicago Sun-Times. January 30, 2024. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  3. ^ "Wisconsin's Marisa Moseley resigns after 4th losing season". ESPN.com. March 9, 2025. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  4. ^ "Robin Pingeton lands at Wisconsin after resigning from Missouri". ESPN.com. March 25, 2025. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "UCLA, Betts Headline Big Ten Women's Basketball Preseason Honors". BigTen.org. October 2, 2025. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  6. ^ "Indiana, Purdue and USC Score Big Ten Weekly Women's Basketball Awards". BigTen.org. November 10, 2025. Retrieved November 10, 2025.
  7. ^ "Washington and Maryland Net Big Ten Weekly Women's Basketball Awards". BigTen.org. November 17, 2025. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
  8. ^ "Iowa and Illinois Score Big Ten Weekly Women's Basketball Awards". BigTen.org. November 24, 2025. Retrieved November 24, 2025.
  9. ^ "UCLA and USC Capture Big Ten Weekly Women's Basketball Honors". BigTen.org. December 1, 2025. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
  10. ^ "UCLA and Illinois Net Big Ten Weekly Women's Basketball Honors". BigTen.org. December 8, 2025. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
  11. ^ "Indiana Sweeps Big Ten Weekly Women's Basketball Honors". BigTen.org. December 15, 2025. Retrieved December 15, 2025.
  12. ^ "Maryland and USC Claim Big Ten Weekly Women's Basketball Honors". BigTen.org. December 22, 2025. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  13. ^ "UCLA and Illinois Score Big Ten Weekly Women's Basketball Honors". BigTen.org. January 5, 2026. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
  14. ^ "Ohio State Sweeps Big Ten Weekly Women's Basketball Honors". BigTen.org. January 12, 2026. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  15. ^ "Iowa Collects Big Ten Weekly Women's Basketball Honors". BigTen.org. January 19, 2026. Retrieved January 19, 2026.
  16. ^ "Iowa and Illinois Net Big Ten Weekly Women's Basketball Honors". BigTen.org. January 26, 2026. Retrieved January 26, 2026.
  17. ^ "Oregon and USC Score Big Ten Weekly Women's Basketball Honors". BigTen.org. February 2, 2026. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
  18. ^ "Indiana, UCLA and USC Net Big Ten Weekly Women's Basketball Honors". BigTen.org. February 9, 2026. Retrieved February 9, 2026.
  19. ^ "Michigan and USC Secure Big Ten Weekly Women's Basketball Honors". February 16, 2026. Retrieved February 16, 2026.
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