The 2025–26 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team represented Pepperdine University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Waves, led by second-year head coach Katie Faulkner, played their home games at Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu, California as members of the West Coast Conference.
Previous season The Waves finished the 2024–25 season 8–22, 3–17 in WCC play, to finish in tenth place. They were defeated by San Diego in the first round of the WCC tournament.
Preseason On October 23, 2025, the West Coast Conference released their preseason poll. Pepperdine was picked to finish tenth in the conference.
Preseason rankings +WCC Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 119 (9) 2 111 (3) 3 94 4 91 5 84 6 70 7 55 8 52 9 38 10 Pepperdine 36 11 31 12 11
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Preseason All-WCC Team No players were named to the Preseason All-WCC Team.
Roster
Schedule and results
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