The 2017–18 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by fifth-year head coach Krista Gerlich, played their home games at the College Park Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 18–12, 12–6 in Sun Belt play, to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt women's tournament to Louisiana.

Previous season The Mavericks finished the season 22–9, 14–4 in Sun Belt play, to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Belt women's tournament where they lost to Troy. They were invited to the WNIT where they lost to Tulane in the first round.

Roster

Schedule

!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Sun Belt regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Sun Belt women's tournament

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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 N/A RV RV + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   No change (RV)   Received votes (NR)   Not ranked previous week

See also 2017–18 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team

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