The 2025–26 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team represented the University at Buffalo during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulls, led by first-year head coach Kristen Sharkey, played their home games at Alumni Arena in Amherst, New York as members of the Mid-American Conference.
Previous season The Bulls finished the 2024–25 season 30–7, 13–5 in MAC play, to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated Bowling Green, before falling to Toledo in the semifinals of the MAC tournament. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT, where they would defeat UMass in the second round, Southern Indiana in the Super 16, Rutgers in the Great 8, Cleveland State in the Fab 4, and Troy to win the WNIT championship, their first postseason title in program history.
Following the season, on April 9, 2025, it was announced that head coach Becky Burke would be leaving the program after three seasons, in order to take the head coaching position at Arizona. A little over a week later, on April 18, the school announced that they would be hiring Buffalo alum and Syracuse associate head coach Kristen Sharkey as the team's next head coach.
Preseason On October 21, 2025, the Mid-American Conference released their preseason poll. Buffalo was picked to finish 11th in the conference.
Preseason rankings +MAC Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 133 (5) 2 118 (2) 3 115 (3) 4 112 (3) 5 105 6 101 7 86 8 51 9 48 10 44 11 Buffalo 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 either Preseason All-MAC First or Second Teams.
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""| Regular season
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