The 2025–26 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos women's basketball team represents the University of California, Santa Barbara during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gauchos, led by second-year head coach Renee Jimenez, play their home games at The Thunderdome in Santa Barbara, California as members of the Big West Conference.
Previous season The Gauchos finished the 2024–25 season 18–13, 12–8 in Big West play, to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. They were defeated by Cal Poly in the first round of the Big West tournament.
Preseason On October 16, 2025, the Big West released their preseason poll. UC Santa Barbara was picked to finish fifth in the conference.
Preseason rankings +Big West Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 91 (4) 2 90 (4) 3 83 (1) 4 77 (2) 5 UC Santa Barbara 61 6 57 7 51 8 34 9 27 10 20 11 14
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Roster
Schedule and results
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