| Mode: | Women's Basketball |
| Year: | 2017–18 |
| Team: | Ball State Cardinals |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Division: | West Division |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Record: | 25–7 |
| Conf Record: | 13–5 |
| Head Coach: | Brady Sallee |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Asst Coach1: | Tennille Adams |
| Asst Coach2: | Audrey McDonald-Spencer |
| Asst Coach3: | Ryan Patterson |
| Stadium: | Worthen Arena |
| Bowl: | WNIT |
| Bowl Result: | Second Round |
The 2017–18 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team will represent Ball State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship season. The Cardinals, led by sixth year head coach Brady Sallee, play their home games at Worthen Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 25–7, 13–5 in MAC play to finish in second place in the West Division. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MAC women's tournament to Western Michigan. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where defeated Middle Tennessee in the first round before losing in the second round to Purdue.
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2017–18 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 | N/A | |||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | N/A | RV | RV |
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| (RV) | Received Votes |