The 2025–26 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team represents California State University, Fresno during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by first-year head coach Ryan McCarthy, play their home games at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California, as members of the Mountain West Conference.
This season will mark Fresno State's last season as members of the Mountain West Conference, as they will be joining the newly reformed Pac-12 Conference, effective July 1, 2026.
Previous season The Bulldogs finished the 2024–25 season 19–15, 8–10 in Mountain West play, to finish in sixth place. They defeated San Jose State, and upset #3 seed Colorado State, before falling to Wyoming in the semifinals of the Mountain West tournament.
On March 24, 2025, it was announced that head coach Jaime White would be retiring, ending her eleven-year tenure with the team. On April 14, the school announced that they would be hiring Alaska Anchorage head coach Ryan McCarthy as the team's new head coach.
Preseason On October 22, 2025, the Mountain West Conference released their preseason poll. Fresno State was picked to finish ninth in the conference.
Preseason rankings +MW Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 281 (19) 2 240 (3) 3 236 (1) 4 210 (1) 5 207 (2) 6 194 7 177 (1) 8 132 9 Fresno State 95 10 92 11 54 12 44
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Preseason All-MW Team No players were named to the Preseason All-MW Team.
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=""| Mountain West regular season
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