2016–17 Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball team

The 2016–17 Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball team will represent Oklahoma State University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cowgirls, led by sixth year head coach Jim Littell, played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena and were members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 17–15, 6–12 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big 12 women's tournament where they lost to Texas. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Abilene Christian in the first round.

Schedule and results
! colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#FF6600;"|Exhibition

!colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#FF6600;"| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#FF6600;"| Conference regular season

!colspan=12 style="background:#000000; color:#FF6600;"| Big 12 Women's Tournament

!colspan=12 style="background:#000000; color:#FF6600;"| WNIT

Rankings
2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings