The 2025–26 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team represented the University of Michigan during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolverines were led by head coach Kim Barnes Arico in her fourteenth year, and played their home games at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Michigan finished the regular season 24–5, and 15–3 in the conference, setting program records for regular season and conference wins. In the 2026 NCAA tournament, Michigan advanced to the Elite Eight for the second time in program history, and won their 28th game, tying the single-season program record. The team also set program records in total points, 2,880, and scoring average, 82.3 points per game.

Previous season The Wolverines finished the 2024–25 season with a 23–11 record, including 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish tied for fifth place. They were ranked the No. 6 seed in the 2025 NCAA Tournament, and were eliminated in the second round by Notre Dame. The Wolverines finished the year ranked No. 25 in the season-ending AP Poll.

Offseason On April 8, 2025, Yulia Grabovskaia transferred to Washington. Michigan added two players via the transfer portal, Kendall Dudley from UCLA and Ashley Sofilkanich from Bucknell.

Departures Michigan Departures Yulia Grabovskaia 55 C 6'5" Junior Rostov-on-Don, Russia Transferred to Washington Jordan Hobbs 10 G 6'3" Senior Springboro, OH Graduated Greta Kampschroeder 11 G 6'1" Senior Naperville, IL Graduated

Incoming transfers Michigan incoming transfers Kendall Dudley F 6'2" SO Manassas Park, VA UCLA Ashley Sofilkanich F 6'3" JR South Amboy, NJ Bucknell

Recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Awards and honors

Weekly Awards Olivia Olson Big Ten Player of the Week February 16, 2026 March 2, 2026

Olivia Olson Second-team All-American (ESPN, NYT) Third-team All-American (AP, TSN, USBWA) Olivia Olson First-team All-Big Ten Syla Swords Brooke Quarles Daniels Big Ten All-Defensive Team Mila Holloway All-Big Ten Honorable Mention Olivia Olson NCAA Tournament Fort Worth 3 All-Region Team Syla Swords

Rankings

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

References