The 2025–26 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team represented Ball State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by 14th-year head coach Brady Sallee, played their home games at Worthen Arena in Muncie, Indiana as members of the Mid-American Conference.
Previous season The Cardinals finished the 2024–25 season 27–8, 16–2 in MAC play, to finish as MAC regular season champions. They defeated Western Michigan, Kent State, and Toledo to win the MAC tournament to send the Cardinals to their first NCAA tournament since 2009. In the NCAA tournament, they received the No. 12 seed in the Spokane Regional 1, where they were defeated by No. 5 seed Ole Miss in the first round.
Preseason On October 21, 2025, the Mid-American Conference released their preseason poll. Ball State was picked to finish fourth in the conference, with three first-place votes.
Preseason rankings +MAC Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 133 (5) 2 118 (2) 3 115 (3) 4 Ball State 112 (3) 5 105 6 101 7 86 8 51 9 48 10 44 11 42 12 36 13 23
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Tournament Champions +MAC Tournament Champions Team Votes Kent State 5 UMass 3 Toledo Ball State 1 Miami
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Preseason All-MAC teams No players were named to the First or Second Preseason All-MAC teams.
Roster
Schedule and results
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