The 2025–26 Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball team represented Old Dominion University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Monarchs, led by sixth-year head coach DeLisha Milton-Jones, played their home games at Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia as members of the Sun Belt Conference.
Previous season In their 2024–25 season, the Monarchs finished fifth ranked in conference play and lost to Georgia State in the conference tournament fourth round. Following the conference tournament, they defeated Navy before losing to Purdue Fort Wayne in the second round of the 2025 Women's National Invitation Tournament.
Preseason On October 20, 2025, the Sun Belt Conference released their preseason coaches poll. Old Dominion was picked to finish fourth in the Sun Belt regular season.
Preseason rankings Sun Belt preseason pollPredicted finishTeamVotes (1st place) 1 James Madison 189 (9) 2 Arkansas State 174 (3) 3 Troy 171 (1) 4 Old Dominion 151 (1) 5 Southern Miss 125 6 Coastal Carolina 104 7 Georgia State 102 8 Marshall 100 9 Appalachian State 94 10 Georgia Southern 73 11 Louisiana 67 12 Texas State 55 13 Louisiana–Monroe 36 14 South Alabama 29
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Preseason All-Sun Belt Teams Preseason All-Sun Belt teamsTeamPlayerPositionYear First En'Dya Buford Guard 6th Third Simone Cunningham Guard 4th
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Roster
Schedule and results
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See also 2025–26 Old Dominion Monarchs men's basketball team
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