The 2025–26 Sacramento State Hornets women's basketball team represents California State University, Sacramento during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hornets, led by third-year head coach Aaron Kallhoff, play their home games at the newly opened Hornet Pavilion in Sacramento, California as members of the Big Sky Conference.
This will be Sacramento State's final season as members of the Big Sky Conference, as they will be joining the Big West Conference, effective July 1, 2026.
Previous season The Hornets finished the 2024–25 season 15–18, 7–11 in Big Sky play, to finish in a tie for seventh place. They defeated Eastern Washington, before falling to Northern Arizona in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky tournament.
Preseason On October 22, 2025, the Big Sky Conference released their preseason coaches and media poll. Sacramento State was picked to finish fifth in the coaches poll, and fourth in the media poll, with two first-place votes.
Preseason rankings
+Big Sky Preseason Coaches' Poll Place Team Votes 1 74 (5) 2 72 (3) 3 65 (1) 4 57 (1) 5 Sacramento State 50 6 38 7 36 8 28 T-9 15
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+Big Sky Preseason Media Poll Place Team Votes 1 Montana State 238 (11) 2 Montana 224 (7) 3 Idaho 220 (7) 4 Sacramento State 177 (2) 5 Idaho State 161 6 Eastern Washington 123 7 Weber State 120 8 Northern Arizona 102 9 Northern Colorado 86 10 Portland State 34
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Preseason All-Big Sky Team Preseason All-Big Sky TeamPlayerYearPositionBenthe Versteeg* SeniorGuard Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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