The 2025–26 Howard Bison women's basketball team represented Howard University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bison, who are led by 11th-year head coach Ty Grace, played their home games at Burr Gymnasium in Washington D.C. as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).
Previous season The Bison finished the 2024-25 season 22-12, 12-2 in MEAC play, to finish in second place. They defeated Delaware State in the Quarterfinals, Maryland Eastern Shore in the Semifinals, before falling to top-seeded Norfolk State in the MEAC tournament championship game. They would be selected to the 2025 WNIT, where they would defeat Siena in the 1st Round, but would lose to Charleston in the 2nd Round.
Preseason On October 8, 2025, the MEAC released their preseason coaches poll. Howard was picked to finish first in the MEAC.
Preseason rankings MEAC preseason pollPredicted finishTeamVotes (1st place) 1 Howard 118 (10) 2 Norfolk State 107 3 Maryland Eastern Shore 93 4 North Carolina Central 68 (1) 5 Morgan State 62 6 Coppin State 60 7 Delaware State 41 8 South Carolina State 27 (1)
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Preseason All-MEAC Teams Preseason All-MEAC TeamsTeamPlayerPositionYearFirst Nile MillerForwardSenior Zennia Thomas Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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