Through the work of Oregon Ducks coach Kelly Graves and the rest of his coaching staff, the women’s basketball program will be testing itself before the start of Big Ten Conference play through the 2025-26 non-conference schedule once again.
Oregon will go up against three former Pac-12 Conference foes (Washington State Cougars, Oregon State Beavers, Stanford Cardinal) and three teams that received an automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Tournament after winning their respective conference tournaments (Western Athletic Conference’s Grand Canyon Antelopes, Big Sky Conference’s Montana State Bobcats, West Coast Conference’s Portland Pilots).
Oregon State head coach Scott Rueck watches his team during the first half as the Oregon State Beavers host Eastern Washington in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Friday, March 22, 2024, at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Ore. / Ben Lonergan/The Register-Guard / USA TODAY NETWORK
Here is Oregon’s full 2025-26 non-conference slate:
*vs. Western Oregon Wolves (exhibition) – Thursday, Oct. 30 (TBA)
*vs. West Georgia Wolves – Monday, Nov. 3 (TBA)
*vs. Montana Grizzlies – Saturday, Nov. 8 (TBA)
*vs. Grand Canyon Antelopes – Tuesday, Nov. 11 (TBA)
*vs. Army Black Knights – Sunday, Nov. 16 (TBA)
at Washington State Cougars – Wednesday, Nov. 19 (TBA)
*vs. Utah State Aggies – Sunday, Nov. 23 (TBA)
vs. Saint Mary’s Gaels (Hoopfest Women’s Challenge in Frisco, Texas) – Tuesday, Nov. 25 (12 p.m. PT)
vs. Old Dominion Monarchs (Hoopfest Women’s Challenge) – Thursday, Nov. 27 (9 a.m. PT)
at Auburn Tigers – Sunday, Nov. 30 (TBA)
*vs, Oregon State Beavers – Wednesday, Dec. 3 (TBA)
*vs. Montana State Bobcats – Sunday, Dec. 14 (TBA)
*vs. Portland Pilots – Thursday, Dec. 18 (TBA)
vs. Stanford Cardinal (Invisalign Bay Area Classic in San Francisco, California) – Sunday, Dec. 21 (3 p.m. PT on ESPN2)
*To be played at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene
Mar 10, 2024; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Southern California Trojans guard McKenzie Forbes (25) dribbles against Stanford Cardinal guard Chloe Clardy (13) in the second half of the Pac-12 Tournament women’s championship game at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
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The Big Ten’s 12 programs that made the 2025 NCAA Tournament, including the Ducks, and was the most among all conferences in the country:
Here is Oregon’s 2025-26 conference opponents with the dates and times to be announced in the near future:
Home – Illinois Fighting Illini, Michigan Wolverines, Michigan State Spartans, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Washington Huskies
Away – Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Maryland Terrapins, Purdue Boilermakers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Wisconsin Badgers, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Washington Huskies
Mar 24, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; USC Trojans guard JuJu Watkins (12) during pregame warmups before an NCAA Tournament second round game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Galen Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-Imagn Images / Robert Hanashiro-Imagn Images
5-9 combo guard Brooklynn Haywood recently committed to the the Ducks and comes from Union in Vancouver, Washington. She’s the No. 26-ranked overall player in the country, according to Rivals, and chose Oregon over the likes of the Houston Cougars, Baylor Bears, North Carolina Tar Heels, and Utah Utes.
Haywood will be joining 5-11 shooting guard La’u Pele Falatea, who is the younger sister of former Oregon Duck Nani Falatea. She was an all-state first-team selection at West in Salt Lake City, Utah, this past season.