The 2025–26 UC Riverside Highlanders women's basketball team represents the University of California, Riverside during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by third-year head coach Brad Langston, play their home games at the SRC Arena in Riverside, California as members of the Big West Conference.
Previous season The Highlanders finished the 2024–25 season 17–15, 12–8 in Big West play, to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. They defeated Long Beach State, before falling to UC Davis in the quarterfinals of the Big West tournament.
Preseason On October 16, 2025, the Big West released their preseason poll. UC Riverside was picked to finish seventh 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 61 6 57 7 UC Riverside 51 8 34 9 27 10 20 11 14
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Roster
Schedule and results
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