The 2025–26 SMU Mustangs women's basketball team represented Southern Methodist University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mustangs were led by first-year head coach Adia Barnes and played their home games at Moody Coliseum in University Park, Texas. They competed as second-year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Barnes began her first season as head coach after prior head coach Toyelle Wilson was fired after the previous season.
The Mustangs started the season with a 96–70 defeat of . However, they would go on to lose their next four straight games before traveling to Nashville, Tennessee to participate in the Music City Classic. Their losing streak was extended to five games with a three-point loss to Saint Louis in the opening game. They broke their streak with a twenty-two point victory over Winthrop in the second game of the tournament. That victory kicked off a three-game winning streak for the Mustangs, which included an ACC–SEC Challenge victory over Arkansas. The streak was broken in their ACC opener where they lost to Syracuse. They would go on to win their final three non-conference games. They would then lose five straight games, included one ranked game, against thirteenth-ranked Louisville. The streak was broken in an 83–76 victory at Pittsburgh. The Mustangs would then go on a six-game losing streak, which included ranked losses to seventeenth-ranked Duke and twenty-first ranked North Carolina. The streak was again broken with a victory over Pittsburgh. They would lose their final four ACC games, with non being against ranked teams.
The Mustangs finished the season 9–21 and 2–16 in ACC play to finish in sixteenth place. They did not qualify for the 2025 ACC tournament. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WBIT.
Previous season
The Mustangs finished the season 10–20 and 2–16 in ACC play to finish in a tie for seventeenth place. Under the new ACC tournament rules, they did not qualify for the 2025 ACC tournament. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WBIT.
Offseason Departures Departures 1 G 5'5" Jersey City, New Jersey Graduated 2 G 6'1" Lubbock, Texas Transferred to Houston 3 G 5'7" Fort Worth, Texas Transferred to Tennessee 4 G 6'0" Lincoln, Nebraska Graduated 5 G 5'8" Palm Beach, New South Wales Transferred to Baylor 12 G 5'10" Tenaha, Texas Transferred to UCF 13 F 6'2" Maputo, Mozambique Graduated 17 G 5'8" Eastvale, California Graduated 22 G 5'11" Mansfield, Texas Transferred to James Madison 24 G 5'10" Plano, Texas — 25 C 6'3" Brampton, Canada Transferred to James Madison 33 F 6'1" Norman, Oklahoma Graduated 35 C 6'2" Rancho Cucamonga, California Graduated
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers 1 G 6'1" DeSoto, Texas Ole Miss 2 G 5'10" Brooklyn, New York California 3 G 5'5" Washington, D.C. Arizona State 4 F 6'1" Lexington, Kentucky UT Martin 7 F 6'2" Homewood, Illinois Penn State 11 F 6'0" Alexandria, Virginia Arizona 12 G 5'9" Frisco, Texas North Texas 13 G 5'10" Roßdorf, Germany Arizona 20 G 5'7" Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa 21 G 5'10" Sacramento, California Stanford 23 G 5'9" Congers, New York Arizona 33 F 6'2" Rochester, New York Oakland
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