The 2025–26 Baylor Bears women's basketball team represents Baylor University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears are led by fifth-year head coach Nicki Collen and play their home games at Foster Pavilion in Waco, Texas. The Baylor Bears are competing as a member of the Big 12 Conference.
Previous season The Bears finished the 2024–25 season 28–8, 15–3 in Big 12 play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they defeated Iowa State in the quarterfinals and Oklahoma State in the semifinals before losing in the championship game TCU. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 4 seed as the Spokane region 1 where they defeated Grand Canyon in the first round before losing to Ole Miss in the second round.
Offseason Departures Baylor Departures Yaya Felder 2 G 5'8" Senior Hartford, CT Graduated Madison Bartley 3 F 6'3" Graduate Student Kettering, OH Graduated Waiata Jennings 7 G 5'9" Junior Rotorua, New Zealand Transferred to Alabama Jada Walker 11 G 5'7" Senior Richmond, VA Graduated Aaronette Vonleh 21 C 6'3" Senior West Linn, OR Graduated/went undrafted in 2025 WNBA draft; signed with the Dallas Wings Sarah Andrews 24 G 5'6" Graduate Student Irving, TX Graduated
Incoming Baylor incoming transfers Taliah Scott 0 G 5'9" Sophomore Orange, FL Auburn Kiersten Johnson 2 F 6'4" Senior Duncanville, TX Oklahoma Ella Brow 3 G 5'8" Junior Palm Beach, Australia SMU Yuting Deng 7 G 6'0" Sophomore Hunan, China Auburn Kiera Pemberton 9 F 6'1" Junior Langley, BC North Dakota
Recruiting
Roster
Schedule and results Source:
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Rankings
*AP did not release a week 8 poll.
See also 2025–26 Baylor Bears men's basketball team
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