| Mode: | Women's basketball |
| Year: | 2016–17 |
| Team: | Colorado Buffaloes |
| Conference: | Pac-12 Conference |
| Short Conf: | Pac-12 |
| Record: | 17–16 |
| Conf Record: | 5–13 |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach1: | Toriano Towns |
| Asst Coach2: | Jeff Cammon |
| Asst Coach3: | Shandrika Lee |
| Champion: | Omni Hotels Invitational Champions |
| Bowl: | WNIT |
| Bowl Result: | Third Round |
The 2016–17 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team will represent University of Colorado Boulder during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes, led by first year head coach JR Payne, played their home games at the Coors Events Center and are a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 17–16, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in a 4 way tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's tournament to Washington State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated UNLV and South Dakota State in the first and second rounds before losing to Iowa in the third round.
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2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
| + Regular Season Polls | Poll | Pre- Season | 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 | Week 19 | Final |
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| AP | NR | NR | RV | 21 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 20 | NR | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | N/A | |||
| Coaches | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Increase in ranking | |||
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| Not ranked previous week | |||
| (RV) | Received Votes |