2025–26 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team

2025–26 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball
2025–26 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball
Coconut Hoops Great Egret Division champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 10
Record	24–7 (11–5 SEC)
Head coach	Jennie Baranczyk (5th season);
Associate head coach	Pauline Love
Assistant coaches	Shannon Gage; Michael Neal; Tyus Hooks; Markisha Kastantin;
Home arena	Lloyd Noble Center

2025–26 SEC women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 South Carolina	15	–	1	.938	31	–	3	.912
No. 6 Vanderbilt	13	–	3	.813	27	–	4	.871
No. 3 Texas †	13	–	3	.813	31	–	3	.912
No. 5 LSU	12	–	4	.750	27	–	5	.844
No. 10 Oklahoma	11	–	5	.688	24	–	7	.774
Tennessee	8	–	8	.500	16	–	13	.552
No. 19 Ole Miss	8	–	8	.500	23	–	11	.676
No. 24 Georgia	8	–	8	.500	22	–	9	.710
No. 16 Kentucky	8	–	8	.500	23	–	10	.697
Texas A&M	7	–	9	.438	14	–	13	.519
Alabama	7	–	9	.438	23	–	10	.697
Florida	5	–	11	.313	18	–	15	.545
Mississippi State	5	–	11	.313	18	–	13	.581
Missouri	4	–	12	.250	17	–	16	.515
Auburn	3	–	13	.188	15	–	17	.469
Arkansas	1	–	15	.063	12	–	20	.375

† 2026 SEC tournament winner As of March 19, 2026 Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team will represent the University of Oklahoma during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sooners, led by fifth-year head coach Jennie Baranczyk, play their home games at the Lloyd Noble Center and compete as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

Previous season

The Sooner finished the 2024–25 season 27–8, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 5 seed in the SEC tournament, they defeated Georgia and Kentucky in the second round and the quarterfinals before losing Georgia. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the Spokane 4 region. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast and Iowa in the first and second rounds to advanced to the sweet sixteen where they lost to National Champion UConn.

Offseason

Departures

Oklahoma Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Nevaeh Tot	1	G	5'3"	Graduate Student	Columbus, OH	Graduated
Reyna Scott	2	G	5'10"	Junior	New York, NY	Transferred to Louisville
Kiersten Johnson	5	F	6'4"	Junior	Duncanville, TX	Transferred to Baylor^[1]
Lexy Keys	15	G	5'7"	Graduate Student	Tahlequah, OK	Graduated
Aubrey Joens	20	G	5'9"	Graduate Student	Iowa City, IA	Graduated
Skylar Vann	24	F	6'0"	Graduate Student	Edmond, OK	Graduated
Landry Allen	25	C	6'3"	Sophomore	Tuttle, OK	Transferred to Southwestern Oklahoma State
Liz Scott	34	F	6'2"	Graduate Student	Houston, TX	Graduated

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Aaliyah Chavez PG	Lubbock, TX	Monterey High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
Aaliyah Chavez PG	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (98)
Keziah Lofton G	Yukon, OK	Bethany High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
Keziah Lofton G	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (94)
Brooklyn Stewart F	Colorado Springs, CO	Pine Creek High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
Brooklyn Stewart F	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (93)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2025 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on September 27, 2025.

Roster

2024–25 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
C	0	Beatrice Culliton	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	St. Thomas Aquinas HS	Overland Park, KS
G	2	Aaliyah Chavez	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Monterey HS	Lubbock, TX
G	3	Zya Vann	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Bethany HS	Edmond, OK
F	4	Caya Smith	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Putnam City West HS	Oklahoma City, OK
F	6	Sahara Williams	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	West HS	Waterloo, IA
F	10	Emma Tolan	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Virginia College	Virginia, Cavan, Ireland
G	12	Payton Verhulst	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Sr	Bishop Miege HS Louisville	De Soto, KS
C	15	Raegan Beers	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Valor Christian HS Oregon State	Littleton, CO
F	21	Brooklyn Stewart	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Pine Creek HS	Colorado Springs, CO
G	22	Keziah Lofton	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Bethany HS	Bethany, OK
C	26	Daffa Cissoko	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Pays Voironnais Basket Club	Draveil, Paris, France

Head coach

Jennie Baranczyk (Iowa)

Assistant coach(es)

Pauline Love (Southern Miss)
Shannon Gage (Missouri State)
Michael Neal (Oklahoma)
Tyus Hooks (Ole Miss)
Markisha Kastantin (Notre Dame)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2025* 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 6	Oklahoma Christian	W 106–41		18 – Williams	12 – Beers	6 – Verhulst	Lloyd Noble Center (1,535) Norman, OK
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 4:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 6	Belmont	W 84–67	1–0	29 – Beers	14 – Williams	6 – Williams	Lloyd Noble Center (6,476) Norman, OK
November 10, 2025* 9:30 p.m., FS1	No. 6	vs. No. 3 UCLA	L 59–73	1–1	16 – Verhulst	14 – Beers	4 – Verhulst	Golden 1 Center (1,463) Sacramento, CA
November 12, 2025* 8:00 p.m., SECN	No. 6	Kansas City	W 89–61	2–1	29 – Chavez	8 – Williams	4 – Tied	Lloyd Noble Center (4,049) Norman, OK
November 14, 2025* 10:30 a.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 6	North Alabama	W 89–61	3–1	20 – Beers	11 – Beers	5 – Williams	Lloyd Noble Center (8,405) Norman, OK
November 16, 2025* 2:30 p.m., ESPN+	No. 6	at Western Carolina	W 95–32	4–1	21 – Beers	10 – Beers	5 – Chavez	Ramsey Center (1,575) Cullowhee, NC
November 19, 2025* 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 8	East Texas A&M	W 112–59	5–1	23 – Beers	11 – Williams	6 – Chavez	Lloyd Noble Center (3,121) Norman, OK
November 28, 2025* 5:30 p.m., FloHoops	No. 9	vs. Coppin State Coconut Hoops Great Egret Division Semifinal	W 100–46	6–1	21 – Williams	14 – Beers	6 – Vann	Alico Arena (1,286) Fort Myers, FL
November 30, 2025* 5:30 p.m., FloHoops	No. 9	vs. Florida State Coconut Hoops Great Egret Division Final	W 109–91	7–1	29 – Chavez	14 – Williams	6 – Chavez	Alico Arena (1,204) Fort Myers, FL
December 3, 2025* 6:15 p.m., ESPN2	No. 9	NC State ACC–SEC Challenge	W 103–98 ^OT	8–1	33 – Chavez	12 – Beers	4 – Tied	Lloyd Noble Center (4,614) Norman, OK
December 7, 2025* 2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 9	Maryland Eastern Shore	W 90–37	9–1	16 – Verhulst	7 – Beers	8 – Williams	Lloyd Noble Center (3,252) Norman, OK
December 11, 2025* 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 9	Little Rock	W 103–48	10–1	26 – Beers	15 – Beers	5 – Beers	Lloyd Noble Center (3,292) Norman, OK
December 13, 2025* 3:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 9	vs. No. 23 Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	W 92–70	11–1	22 – Beers	12 – Beers	7 – Williams	Paycom Center (10,552) Oklahoma City, OK
December 22, 2025* 12:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 8т	North Carolina Central	W 126–54	12–1	21 – Vann	10 – Tied	7 – Chavez	Lloyd Noble Center (3,570) Norman, OK
SEC regular season
January 1, 2026 7:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 8т	at Texas A&M	W 72–50	13–1 (1–0)	20 – Chavez	12 – Beers	6 – Chavez	Reed Arena (3,847) College Station, TX
January 4, 2026 2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 8т	Mississippi State	W 95–47	14–1 (2–0)	17 – Chavez	11 – Tied	7 – Williams	Lloyd Noble Center (5,504) Norman, OK
January 8, 2026 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 5	No. 18 Ole Miss	L 69–74	14–2 (2–1)	26 – Chavez	20 – Beers	4 – Beers	Lloyd Noble Center (4,327) Norman, OK
January 11, 2026 3:00 p.m., SECN	No. 5	at No. 6 Kentucky We Back Pat	L 57–63	14–3 (2–2)	18 – Chavez	9 – Tied	6 – Williams	Memorial Coliseum (5,714) Lexington, KY
January 18, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 13	No. 6 LSU	L 72–91	14–4 (2–3)	21 – Verhulst	11 – Beers	7 – Vann	Lloyd Noble Center (10,890) Norman, OK
January 22, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN	No. 16	No. 2 South Carolina	W 94–82 ^OT	15–4 (3–3)	26 – Chavez	14 – Beers	8 – Chavez	Lloyd Noble Center (7,402) Norman, OK
January 25, 2026 1:00 p.m., SECN	No. 16	at Auburn	W 72–65	16–4 (4–3)	18 – Chavez	9 – Williams	4 – Tied	Neville Arena (3,049) Auburn, AL
January 29, 2026 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 10	Texas A&M	W 85–58	17–4 (5–3)	16 – Verhulst	9 – Williams	5 – Tied	Lloyd Noble Center (4,624) Norman, OK
February 1, 2026 2:00 p.m., ABC	No. 10	at No. 4 Texas	L 70–78	17–5 (5–4)	18 – Verhulst	11 – Beers	4 – Verhulst	Moody Center (10,155) Austin, TX
February 9, 2026 8:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 10	at No. 5 Vanderbilt	L 86–102	17–6 (5–5)	19 – Beers	11 – Beers	6 – Tied	Memorial Gymnasium (3,316) Nashville, TN
February 12, 2026 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 10	Florida	W 81–74	18–6 (6–5)	18 – Vann	9 – Verhulst	7 – Chavez	Lloyd Noble Center (4,309) Norman, OK
February 15, 2026 3:00 p.m., SECN	No. 10	at No. 23 Alabama	W 79–71	19–6 (7–5)	21 – Beers	9 – Beers	6 – Chavez	Coleman Coliseum (3,463) Tuscaloosa, AL
February 19, 2026 5:30 p.m., SECN	No. 11	at No. 24 Georgia	W 71–67	20–6 (8–5)	27 – Chavez	6 – Tied	5 – Chavez	Stegeman Coliseum (2,426) Athens, GA
February 22, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 11	No. 21 Tennessee	W 100–93	21–6 (9–5)	22 – Williams	18 – Beers	4 – Chavez	Lloyd Noble Center (8,843) Norman, OK
February 26, 2026 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 7	Arkansas	W 89–44	22–6 (10–5)	16 – Chavez	15 – Stewart	5 – Verhulst	Lloyd Noble Center (4,340) Norman, OK
March 1, 2026 2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 7	at Missouri	W 84–78	23–6 (11–5)	23 – Beers	12 – Verhulst	5 – Williams	Mizzou Arena (3,586) Columbia, MO
SEC Tournament
March 5, 2026 12:30 p.m., SECN	(5) No. 7	vs. (12) Florida Second round	W 82–64	24–6	18 – Beers	7 – Beers	7 – Williams	Bon Secours Wellness Arena (6,928) Greenville, SC
March 6, 2026 1:30 p.m., ESPN	(5) No. 7	vs. (4) No. 6 LSU Quarterfinals	L 78–112	24–7	20 – Chavez	10 – Williams	4 – Verhulst	Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. notes=^[2]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	6	6	8	9	9	9	8	8т	8т*	5	13	16	10	11	10	11	7	7	10	10
Coaches	7	6	7	8	9	9	8	8т	9	5	12	16	11	11	10	9	7	8	9	9

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

References

^ Smith, Zach (April 13, 2025). "Baylor adds Oklahoma forward Kiersten Johnson from transfer portal". Waco Tribune-Herald. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Oklahoma Sooners. Retrieved September 27, 2025.

[1] Smith, Zach (April 13, 2025). "Baylor adds Oklahoma forward Kiersten Johnson from transfer portal". Waco Tribune-Herald. Retrieved September 27, 2025.

[2] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Oklahoma Sooners. Retrieved September 27, 2025.

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Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball
Venues	McCasland Field House (1974–1975) Lloyd Noble Center (1975–present)
Rivalries	Oklahoma State
Culture & lore	History Boomer and Sooner Jumpman Invitational
People	Head coaches WNBA draftees
Seasons	List of seasons 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

2025 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References