The 2025–26 Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball team represents Western Kentucky University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Toppers, led by eighth-year head coach Greg Collins, play their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky as members of Conference USA.
Previous season The Lady Toppers finished the 2024–25 season 23–9, 13–5 in C-USA play, to finish in third place. They defeated FIU, before falling to Middle Tennessee in the semifinals of the C-USA tournament.
Preseason On October 9, 2025, Conference USA released their preseason poll. Western Kentucky was picked to finish fifth in the conference.
Preseason rankings +Conference USA Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 128 (5) 2 125 (5) 3 123 (2) 4 107 5 Western Kentucky 96 6 74 7 59 T-8 57 10 51 11 36 12 23
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Preseason All-CUSA Team No players were named to the Preseason All-CUSA Team.
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=""| C-USA regular season
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