The 2025–26 Rider Broncs women's basketball team represented Rider University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Broncs, led by first-year head coach Jackie Hartzell, played their home games at the Alumni Gymnasium in Lawrenceville, New Jersey as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Previous season The Broncs finished the 2024–25 season 7–22, 5–15 in MAAC play, to finish in a tie for 11th place. They failed to qualify for the MAAC tournament, as this was the first year in which only the top 10 teams qualify.
On March 10, 2025, it was announced that longtime head coach Lynn Milligan would not be retained as head coach, ending her 18-year tenure with the team. On April 3, the school announced the hiring of Arcadia head coach Jackie Hartzell as the team's new head coach.
Preseason On September 30, 2025, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference released their preseason poll. Rider was picked to finish last in the conference.
Preseason rankings +MAAC Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 169 (13) 2 155 3 132 4 128 5 103 6 100 7 95 8 76 9 69 10 51 11 48 12 43 13 Rider 14
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Preseason All-MAAC Teams No players were named to the Preseason All-MAAC First, Second or Third Teams.
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=""| MAAC regular season
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