The 2025–26 Samford Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Samford University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, who are led by first-year head coach Matt Wise, played their home games at the Pete Hanna Center in Homewood, Alabama as members of the Southern Conference (SoCon).
Previous season The Bulldogs finished the 2024–25 season 12–19, 7–7 in SoCon play, to finish in fifth place. They were defeated by Wofford in the quarterfinals of the SoCon tournament.
Preseason On October 3, 2025, the SoCon released their preseason coaches poll. Samford was picked to finish for sixth in the SoCon regular season.
Preseason rankings SoCon preseason pollPredicted finishTeamVotes (1st place) 1 Chattanooga 48 (6) 2 UNC Greensboro 39 (2) 3 East Tennessee State 38 4 Wofford 28 5 Furman 26 6 Samford 19 7 Western Carolina 14 8 Mercer 12
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Preseason All-SoCon Team Preseason All-SoCon TeamPlayerPositionYearEmily BowmanCenterRS-Senior Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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