The 2025–26 Austin Peay Governors women's basketball team represents Austin Peay State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Governors, led by fifth-year head coach Brittany Young, play their home games at the F&M Bank Arena in Clarksville, Tennessee, as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.
Previous season The Governors finished the 2024–25 season 13–18, 7–11 in ASUN play, to finish in a tie for ninth place. They defeated West Georgia, before falling to top-seeded and eventual tournament champions Florida Gulf Coast in the quarterfinals of the ASUN tournament.
Preseason On October 17, 2025, the Atlantic Sun Conference released their preseason coaches and media polls. Austin Peay was picked to finish eighth in the coaches poll, and ninth in the media poll.
Preseason rankings
+ASUN Preseason Coaches' Poll Place Team Votes 1 128 (6) 2 124 (3) 3 118 (1) 4 98 5 97 (1) 6 77 7 73 8 Austin Peay 61 9 49 10 48 11 37 (1) 12 26
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+ASUN Preseason Media Poll Place Team Votes 1 Florida Gulf Coast 474 (36) 2 Central Arkansas 416 3 Lipscomb 370 4 Eastern Kentucky 368 (2) 5 Stetson 308 6 North Alabama 240 7 Jacksonville 238 8 Bellarmine 216 9 Austin Peay 172 10 West Georgia 146 11 North Florida 88 12 Queens 84
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Roster
Schedule and results
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