The 2017–18 Drake Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Drake University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by sixth year head coach Jennie Baranczyk, played their home games at Knapp Center and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 26–8, 18–0 in MVC play to win the MVC regular season championship. They defeated Valparaiso, Southern Illinois and Northern Iowa to become champions of the Missouri Valley women's tournament and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament, where they lost to Texas A&M in the first round.
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#004477; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#004477; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#004477; color:#FFFFFF;"| Missouri Valley Conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#004477; color:#FFFFFF;"| Missouri Valley Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#004477; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA Women's Tournament
Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP N/A Coaches RV + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received Votes
See also 2017–18 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team
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