Way-Too-Early Top 25: The best women’s basketball teams in 2025-26, ranked

The total basketball season for women has ended. It ended on Sunday in Tampa, Florida where Uconn Her twelfth national championship won by beating South Carolina 82-59 behind the star of the three adults in the Huskies-Paige Buickers, Azzi Fudd and Sarah Strong.
But many lovers of this sport have short periods of attention. Instead of focusing on the cause and how Uconn beat South Carolina, they moved to the next season, which has already begun to crystallize. As the NCAA Championship continued, Carousel was the training and the transportation portal sent players to new teams.
So we are here to present to you to look forward to what will look like next season. Certainly, this will change after the transportation portal is closed, but for the time being, these are the 25 teams that resemble competitors who go to the 2025-26 season.
25. Iowa
Jean’s Jensen will get this team better in the second year.
24. Tcu
Tcu It is likely to be placed above here, but the frozen frogs should be replaced by Helean Van Laith, Madison Conner and the Prince of Sedona. With the absence of the 100 best recruits coming, they have a job to do in the gate.
23. Western Virginia
Mark’s defense will remain the canceled in Virginia state, but the replacement of JJ Quinerly will be difficult.
22. Kansas State
Wildcats brings three of the best 100 recruits, but Sirina Sondel’s replacement and Ayouka will not be easy.
21. Ohio
Cotie McMahon at the transport portal, but the sisters of Cambridge and other major shareholders are back to Bucceyes.
20. Oklahoma state
Mikhaa Gray and Stailee Heard – the best prominent scorers in cowboy returned – to play during the Jassi Hoyt era.
19. Richmond
The return of Maggie Dogan and Rashil Ulster, which means spiders – who were defeated Georgia Technology In the first round of the NCAA-you should be one of the best middle teams in the country again.
18. Baylor
Lady Bears has some work to be done for construction about Daranna Littlepage-Buggs, but it represents a strong building block for the program. AUBURN Transfer Taliah Scott should also provide a big boost as well.
17. Michigan
With the return of dynamic beginners in Olivia Olson and Sila Siouf, the future is bright for Fulfirin.
16. Iowa State
Audi Crooks and Addy Brown. Is there anything else to say about hurricanes?
15. Kentucky
Kenny Brooks must find a new point goalkeeper, but Clara Strack and Teonni Key Return to create one of the diodes in the most enormous front court.
14. Vanderbilt
Commodores has one of the best returning dualities in the country’s Tamika Catchings for the year Mikayla Blakes and Khamil Pierre, both on average over 20 points for each game this season.
13. Maryland
Brenda Fresh knows how to build a team in the gate era. BRI McDaniel and Saylor Poffenbarger have come back, so I will go foot and pencil on another sweet trip 16.
12. North Carolina
Zoe Brooks and Tilda Tygger are back North Carolina state He has large shoes to fill after Madison Hayes, Sanya Refers and James Fashion.
11. Tennessee
Lady Vols showed a lot of promise and proof of the concept in the first year of the Kim Caldil era. With the return of the main players and the provision of strong recruits, they must continue the trader.
10. Notradam
Irish will continue to rule the player of the Hannah Hydalgo Administrative Coordination Committee, but the questions remain about the list after a wave of departure.
9. North Carolina
Alyssa ustby leaves large shoes to fill them, but UNC returns Reniya Kelly and Indya Nivar, they have already fell to Wezville the transfer of Nyla Harris, and they brought the best 25 recruits.
8. USC
Lindsay Gottlieb has proven to be a great coach, but she has a long task in front of her. It is not clear whether the star Jojo Watskins will see the floor at all next year, Kiki Ervin outside the eligibility.
7. Texas
SEC player Longhorns returns to Madison Booker, but he can use crime injection if they want to increase their chances of returning to the four final.
6. Oklahoma
Raegan Beers, and Sooners also bring the first recruiter of the nation, Aaliyah Chavez.
5. Lsu
Flau’jae Johnson and Mikaylah Williams are back Lsu To do some damage to the transport portal. Tigers also bring three best 15 recruits.
4. Duke
The only primary shareholder who does not return to this team – which prompted South Carolina to the brink of the abyss in the eighth elite – is Reagan Richardson, and is outside eligibility. While Toby Furnier enters its season in the second year, the blue demons appear like the ACC candidates.
3. Ucla
This team will still have 6 feet and 7 feet Lauren Bings and the rest of the country will not. Ucla will return to the mixture next year
2. South Carolina
While Bree Hall and Sania Feagin moves, Gamecocks still maintains a strong nucleus from Joyce Edwards, Melison Voluille, Choi Kitts and Tessa Johnson. South Carolina will definitely add other pieces, but these players will keep it in the competition.
1. Uconn
Paige Bokerz has gone, but Sarah Strong and Azi Food will support two returns. They were two of the best players on the ground in the four finals, and it should be much enough to keep the constitutional structure.