The 2025–26 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball team represents the University of Northern Colorado during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears, led by fifth-year head coach Kristen Mattio, play their home games at the Bank of Colorado Arena in Greeley, Colorado as members of the Big Sky Conference.
Previous season The Bears finished the 2024–25 season 14–17, 6–12 in Big Sky play, to finish in ninth place. They defeated Portland State, before falling to top-seeded and eventual tournament champions Montana State in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky tournament.
Preseason On October 22, 2025, the Big Sky Conference released their preseason coaches and media poll. Northern Colorado was picked to finish seventh in the coaches poll, and ninth in the media poll.
Preseason rankings
+Big Sky Preseason Coaches' Poll Place Team Votes 1 74 (5) 2 72 (3) 3 65 (1) 4 57 (1) 5 50 6 38 7 Northern Colorado 36 8 28 T-9 15
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+Big Sky Preseason Media Poll Place Team Votes 1 Montana State 238 (11) 2 Montana 224 (7) 3 Idaho 220 (7) 4 Sacramento State 177 (2) 5 Idaho State 161 6 Eastern Washington 123 7 Weber State 120 8 Northern Arizona 102 9 Northern Colorado 86 10 Portland State 34
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Preseason All-Big Sky Team No players were named to the All-Big Sky Team.
Roster
Schedule and results
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