The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Women’s Basketball picked No. 1 in SEC Coaches Poll
10.22.2025 | Women's Basketball
Texas picked to win the conference by a vote of the league’s head coaches.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Texas women's basketball is predicted to win the 2026 Southeastern Conference women's basketball championship in a vote of the league's head coaches the SEC announced today.
Texas tops the order of finish, with South Carolina, LSU, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Kentucky, and Vanderbilt rounding out the top half the league.
Coaches cannot vote for their own team or players in the poll.
Madison Booker, who was announced as one of five preseason All-Americans on Tuesday was selected by the coaches as the Preseason SEC Player of the Year. Booker (First Team) and Rori Harmon (Second Team) landed spots on the coaches All-SEC teams.
Booker had a stellar sophomore season at Texas as she earned First Team All-America honors from the Associated Press and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. She was the SEC Player of the Year and for the second time earned the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award. Booker was a finalist for the Wade Trophy and Wooden Award, recognitions for the national player of the year. Booker averaged 16.3 points per game and 6.6 rebounds per game while shooting 46.4 percent from the field, 40.3 percent from 3-point range and 82.3 percent from the free-throw line.
Rori Harmon became the first player in Texas women's basketball history to reach 1,200 points and 700 assists and earned All-America honorable mention honors from the AP and Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Harmon was a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year award and a semifinalist for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year award. Harmon ranked second all-time at Texas in career assists with 731 and comes into the season 46 assists away from setting the program record. Harmon is also in the top-10 in Texas women's basketball history in career steals with 279.
The Longhorns are coming off a season in which they won 35 game to set a program record for wins in the NCAA Era. The team advanced to the Final Four for the first time in 22 years and earned a SEC regular season championship in their first season in the conference.
Order of Finish
- Texas
- South Carolina
- LSU
- Oklahoma
- Tennessee
- Ole Miss
- Kentucky
- Vanderbilt
- Alabama
- Florida
- Georgia
- Mississippi State
- Texas A&M
- Missouri
- Auburn
- Arkansas
Player of the Year
Madison Booker, Texas
First Team All-SEC
Flau'Jae Johnson, LSU
Mikaylah Williams, LSU
Raegan Beers, Oklahoma
Joyce Edwards, South Carolina
Ta'Niya Latson, South Carolina
Talaysia Cooper, Tennessee
Madison Booker, Texas
Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt
Second Team All-SEC
Essence Cody, Alabama
Liv McGill, Florida
Teonni Key, Kentucky
Clara Strack, Kentucky
Cotie McMahon, Ole Miss
Payton Verhulst, Oklahoma
MiLaysia Fulwiley, South Carolina
Rori Harmon, Texas
