The 2017–18 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team represent South Dakota State University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Jackrabbits, led by eighteenth-year head coach Aaron Johnston, competed in the Summit League. They played their home games in Frost Arena, in Brookings, South Dakota. They finished the season 26–7, 12–2 in Summit League play to finish in second place. They were champions of the Summit League women's tournament and earned an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament, where they lost to Villanova in an overtime thriller in the first round.
Previous season The 2016–17 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team went 23-9 overall and 12-4 in conference. The Jackrabbits lost in the 2017 Summit League women's basketball tournament to IUPUI, not qualifying for the NCAA Tournament. As a result of not qualifying, the Jackrabbits made it to the 2017 WNIT.
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#003896; color:#F7D417;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#003896; color:#F7D417;"| Regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#003896; color:#F7D417;"| The Summit League women's tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#003896; color:#F7D417;"| NCAA Women's tournament
Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP RV RV RV N/A Coaches RV N/A RV RV + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received votes (NR) Not ranked
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