IRVING, Texas - For the third straight season, at least three Monster Energy Big 12 Women’s Basketball programs appear in the Associated Press Top 25 Women’s College Basketball Preseason Poll.

Defending regular season league champion TCU is No. 15, while the Conference’s preseason coaches’ favorite Oklahoma State is No. 22. West Virginia, reigning Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament champion, is No. 24.

Arizona State, Baylor, Kansas and Colorado received votes.  

The Big 12 Preseason Coaches’ Honors were released last week, while the Preseason Big 12 Media Poll will be unveiled the week of Oct. 26.

The regular season will begin Monday, Nov. 2, with league play set to start Saturday, Dec. 19. All 16 teams will head to Kansas City’s T-Mobile Center for the 2027 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament from Wednesday, March 3 through Sunday/Monday, March 7/8^.

The Big 12 had eight teams selected to the 2026 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship, matching the league record set in 2008. It marked the third consecutive season that the league has sent at least seven teams to March Madness. The Conference finished the regular season as one of just two leagues nationally to have 75% of its teams ranked within the top 60 of the NET and had the second-best regular season record among Power Four leagues in games against other P4 teams.

^Should BYU advance to the Championship game, it will be played Monday, March 8.