2017–18 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal, led by thirty-second year head coach Tara VanDerveer, played their home games at the Maples Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 14–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Oregon. They received an at-large the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Gonzaga and Florida Gulf Coast in the first and second rounds before losing to Louisville in the sweet sixteen.

Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| Exhibition

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

!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| Pac-12 regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#;"| Pac-12 Women's Tournament

!colspan=9 style="background:#;"| NCAA Women's Tournament


 * The February 25th game versus Washington State cougars was cancelled due to the death of the Cougars' director of strength and conditioning David Lang.

Rankings
2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings