| Mode: | Women's basketball |
| Year: | 2016–17 |
| Team: | USC Trojans |
| Conference: | Pac-12 Conference |
| Short Conf: | Pac-12 |
| Record: | 14–16 |
| Conf Record: | 5–13 |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach2: | Jualeah Woods |
| Asst Coach3: | Taja Edwards |
| Champion: | Great Alaska Shootout Champions |
The 2016–17 USC Trojans women's basketball team represented University of Southern California during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans, led by fourth year head coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, played their home games at the Galen Center and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 14–16, 5–13 in Pac-12 play, to finish in a four-way tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round Pac-12 women's basketball tournament to California.
On March 3, Cynthia Cooper-Duke resigned.[1] She finished at USC with a four-year record of 70–57.
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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 | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | N/A | ||||||
| Coaches | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
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| Not ranked previous week | |||
| (RV) | Received votes |