The 2025–26 Canisius Golden Griffins women's basketball team represented Canisius University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Griffins, led by second-year head coach Tiffany Swoffard, played their home games at the Koessler Athletic Center in Buffalo, New York as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Previous season The Golden Griffins finished the 2024–25 season 10–22, 9–11 in MAAC play, to finish in a four-way tie for sixth place. They were defeated by Manhattan in the first round of the MAAC tournament.
Preseason On September 30, 2025, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference released their preseason poll. Canisius was picked to finish ninth in the conference.
Preseason rankings +MAAC Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 169 (13) 2 155 3 132 4 128 5 103 6 100 7 95 8 76 9 Canisius 69 10 51 11 48 12 43 13 14
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Preseason All-MAAC Teams Preseason All-MAAC TeamsTeamPlayerPositionYearThirdShariah GailesForwardJunior Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=""| MAAC regular season
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