The 2025–26 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball team represented the University of Central Arkansas during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sugar Bears, led by third-year head coach Tony Kemper, played their home games at the Farris Center in Conway, Arkansas, as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.
Previous season The Sugar Bears finished the 2024–25 season 23–10, 15–3 in ASUN play, to finish in second place. They defeated Bellarmine and Lipscomb, before falling to top-seeded Florida Gulf Coast in the ASUN tournament championship game. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT, where they were defeated by Abilene Christian in the second round.
Preseason On October 17, 2025, the Atlantic Sun Conference released their preseason coaches and media polls. Central Arkansas was picked to finish second in both the coaches poll, with three first-place votes, and the media poll.
Preseason rankings
+ASUN Preseason Coaches' Poll Place Team Votes 1 128 (6) 2 Central Arkansas 124 (3) 3 118 (1) 4 98 5 97 (1) 6 77 7 73 8 61 9 49 10 48 11 37 (1) 12 26
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+ASUN Preseason Media Poll Place Team Votes 1 Florida Gulf Coast 474 (36) 2 Central Arkansas 416 3 Lipscomb 370 4 Eastern Kentucky 368 (2) 5 Stetson 308 6 North Alabama 240 7 Jacksonville 238 8 Bellarmine 216 9 Austin Peay 172 10 West Georgia 146 11 North Florida 88 12 Queens 84
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Roster
Schedule and results
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