The 2025–26 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team represented Abilene Christian University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by 14th-year head coach Julie Goodenough, played their home games at Moody Coliseum in Abilene, Texas as members of the Western Athletic Conference.
Previous season The Wildcats finished the 2024–25 season 22–13, 9–7 in WAC play, to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They were defeated by Utah Valley in the quarterfinals of the WAC tournament. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT, where they defeated Northwestern State in the first round, and Central Arkansas in the second round, before falling to Illinois State in the Super 16.
Preseason On October 29, 2025, the Western Athletic Conference released their preseason poll. Abilene Christian was picked to finish atop the conference, with two first-place votes.
Preseason rankings +WAC Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 Abilene Christian 32 (2) 2 31 (4) 3 25 (1) 4 23 5 18 6 12 7 6
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Preseason All-WAC Team Preseason All-WAC TeamPlayerYearPositionPayton HullJuniorGuardMeredith MayesCenter Source:
Preseason Player of the Year Preseason Player of the YearPlayerYearPositionPayton HullJuniorGuard Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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