| Mode: | Women's Basketball |
| Year: | 2016–17 |
| Team: | South Florida Bulls |
| Record: | 24–9 |
| Conf Record: | 11–5 |
| Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
| Short Conf: | The American |
| Hc Year: | 17th |
| Assoc Coach: | Jeff Osterman |
| Asst Coach2: | Michele Woods-Baxter |
| Asst Coach3: | Desma Thomas Bateast |
| Champion: | Junkanoo Jam Lucaya Division Champions |
| Bowl: | NCAA Women's Tournament |
| Bowl Result: | first round |
The 2016–17 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team represented the University of South Florida in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Bulls, coached by Jose Fernandez in his seventeenth season, played their home games at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. This was USF's fourth season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, known as The American or AAC. They finished the season 24–9, 11–5 in AAC play to finish in third place. They advanced to the championship game of the American Athletic Conference women's tournament for the third year in a row, where they lost to Connecticut for the third time. They received at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to Missouri in the first round.
All Bulls games will air on Bullscast Radio or CBS 1010 AM. Conference home games will rotate between ESPN3, AAC Digital, and Bullscast. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.
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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 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 22 | 21т | 23 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | RV | N/A | |
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 19 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 22 | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV |
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