The 2025–26 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team represented Abilene Christian University (ACU) during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by fifth-year head coach Brette Tanner, played their home games at Moody Coliseum in Abilene, Texas, as members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).
Effective in 2026–27, the WAC will rebrand as the United Athletic Conference (UAC), with ACU remaining a member of the rebranded conference.
Previous season The Wildcats finished the 2024–25 season 16–16, 8–8 in WAC play, to finish in a tie for fourth place. They were defeated by Seattle in the quarterfinals of the WAC tournament.
Preseason On October 28, 2025, the WAC released their preseason coaches poll. Abilene Christian was picked to finish third in the conference.
Preseason rankings +WAC Preseason Poll Place Team Points 1 33 (5) 2 29 (1) 3 Abilene Christian 27 4 22 (1) 5 19 6 9 7 8
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Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=""| WAC regular season
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