| Mode: | Women's Basketball |
| Year: | 2016–17 |
| Team: | Drake Bulldogs |
| Conference: | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Short Conf: | The Valley |
| Coachrank: | 24 |
| Aprank: | 20 |
| Record: | 28–5 |
| Conf Record: | 18–0 |
| Hc Year: | 5th |
| Asst Coach2: | Nicci Hays Fort |
| Asst Coach3: | Markisha Wright |
| Champion: | MVC Regular Season and Tournament Champions |
| Bowl Result: | first round |
The 2016–17 Drake Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Drake University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by fifth year head coach Jennie Baranczyk, played their home games at Knapp Center and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 28–5, 18–0 in MVC play to win the MVC regular season championship. They defeated Illinois State, Wichita State and Northern Iowa to become champions of the Missouri Valley women's tournament and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament for the first time since 2007, where they defeated by Kansas State in the first round.
|-!colspan=9 style="background:#004477; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style="background:#004477; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#004477; color:#FFFFFF;"| Missouri Valley Conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#004477; color:#FFFFFF;"| Missouri Valley Women's Tournament|-!colspan=9 style="background:#004477; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA tournament[1]
See main article: 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 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 20 | N/A | |
| Coaches | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | 22 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 24 |
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| Not ranked previous week | |||
| (RV) | Received Votes |
2016–17 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team