The 2017–18 Central Michigan Chippewas women's basketball team represented Central Michigan University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Chippewas, led by eleventh-year head coach Sue Guevara, played their home games at McGuirk Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 30–5, 16–1 in MAC play to win MAC West Division. They won the MAC women's tournament and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they upset LSU in the first round to win their first NCAA tournament win in school history, and Ohio State in the second round, to advance to the sweet sixteen for the first time in school history. They lost to Oregon. With 30 wins, they finished with the most wins in school history.
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| MAC regular season
!colspan=9 style=| MAC Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NCAA Women's Tournament
Rankings
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See also 2017–18 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team
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