The 2025–26 Radford Highlanders women's basketball team represents Radford University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by 13th-year head coach Mike McGuire, play their home games at the Dedmon Center in Radford, Virginia, as members of the Big South Conference.
Previous season The Highlanders finished the 2024–25 season 14–17, 10–6 in Big South play, to finish in a tie for third place. They defeated Gardner–Webb, before falling to Longwood in the semifinals of the Big South tournament.
Preseason On October 15, 2025, the Big South Conference released their preseason poll. Radford was picked to finish third in the conference, with one first-place vote.
Preseason rankings +Big South Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 77 (6) 2 69 (1) 3 Radford 67 (1) 4 48 5 41 6 33 7 25 8 23 9 22 (1)
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Preseason All-Big South Teams Preseason All-Big South TeamsTeamPlayerYearPositionFirstJoi WilliamsJuniorGuardCate Carlson Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=""| Big South regular season
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