The 2025–26 Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball team represented Prairie View A&M University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by tenth-year head coach Byron Smith, played their home games at the William Nicks Building in Prairie View, Texas as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
Previous season The Panthers finished the 2024–25 season 5–27, 4–14 in SWAC play, to finish in tenth place. They were defeated by Florida A&M in the first round of the SWAC tournament.
Preseason On October 8, 2025, the SWAC released their preseason polls. Prairie View A&M was picked to finish ninth in the conference.
Preseason rankings +SWAC Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 232 (12) 2 214 (5) 3 208 (1) 4 183 (3) 5 182 6 163 7 151 8 115 9 Prairie View A&M 99 10 74 11 70 (1) 12 25
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Preseason All-SWAC Teams No players were named to the First or Second Preseason All-SWAC Teams.
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""| SWAC regular season
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