| Mode: | Women's Basketball |
| Sex: | women |
| Year: | 2012–13 |
| Prev Year: | 2011–12 |
| Next Year: | 2013–14 |
| Team: | Santa Clara Broncos |
| Conference: | West Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | WCC |
| Record: | 14 - 16 |
| Conf Record: | 6 - 10 |
| Hc Year: | 5th |
| Asst Coach1: | Marissa White |
| Asst Coach2: | Stacy Clinesmith |
| Asst Coach3: | Rich Brown |
The 2012–13 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team represented Santa Clara University in the 2012–13 college basketball season. It was head coach Jennifer Mountain's fifth season at Santa Clara. The Broncos, members of the West Coast Conference, played their home games at the Leavey Center. The Broncos would finish the season 14 - 16, 6 - 10 in conference, to finish in a tie for 5th place. Despite having the better overall record, the Broncos were awarded the 6th seed in the WCC Tournament and were eliminated in the 2nd round.
The Gaels were picked to finish fifth in the WCC.[1]
|-!colspan=9 style="background:#F0E8C4; color:#AA003D;"| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style="background:#AA003D; color:#F0E8C4;"| Regular Season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#F0E8C4; color:#AA003D;"| 2013 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
| + Regular Season Polls | Poll | Pre- Season | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Final |
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| AP | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | |||
| Coaches | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
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| (RV) | Received Votes | ||
| (NR) | Not Ranked |