The 2025–26 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team represented the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes, led by tenth year head coach JR Payne, played their home games at the CU Events Center. This was Colorado's second season as members of the Big 12 Conference since 2011, after rejoining the conference in August 2024.

Previous season The Buffaloes finished the season 21–13, 9–9 in Big 12 play to finish in ninth place. They defeated Houston in the first round of the Big 12 women's tournament and Arizona in the second round, before losing to TCU in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the WBIT as a No. 1 seed in the Colorado Bracket, where they defeated Southeastern Louisiana in the first round, before losing in the second round to Gonzaga.

Offseason Departures Colorado departuresNameNumPos.HeightYearHometownReason for departure Ayianna Johnson 1 F 6'3" Sophomore Jefferson, WI Transferred to UC Colorado Springs Frida Formann 3 G 5'11" Graduate student Bagsværd, Denmark Graduated Erin Powell 8 F 6'0" Freshman Hampshire, England Transferred to Northern Colorado Sara-Rose Smith 9 G 6'1" Graduate student Victoria, Australia Graduated Lova Langerlid 10 G 6'0" Freshman Stockholm, Sweden Transferred to Loyola Marymount Nyamer Diew 11 F 6'2" Graduate student Marshall, MN Graduated Lior Garzon 12 F 6'1" Graduate student Ra'anana, Isreal Graduated Kindyll Wetta 15 G 5'9" Senior Castle Rock, CO Graduated Johanna Teder 21 G 5'8" Graduate student Tartu, Estonia Graduated Grace Oliver 24 F 6'1" Freshman Norwell, MA Transferred to Wake Forest

Incoming Colorado incoming transfersNameNumPos.HeightYearHometownPrevious school Zyanna Walker 1 G 5'8" Junior Wichita, KS Kansas State Desiree Wooten 3 G 5'8" Junior Dallas, TX North Texas Claire O'Connor 7 G 6'0" Junior Bellevue, WA Gonzaga Maeve McErlane 13 G 5'10" Junior Philadelphia, PA DePaul Anaëlle Dutat 15 F 6'0" Senior Cesson, France Rhode Island

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Roster

Schedule and results

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

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