| Mode: | Women's Basketball |
| Year: | 2017–18 |
| Team: | Florida Gulf Coast Eagles |
| Conference: | Atlantic Sun Conference |
| Short Conf: | A-Sun |
| Coachrank: | 25 |
| Record: | 31–5 |
| Conf Record: | 12–1 |
| Hc Year: | 16th |
| Asst Coach1: | Chelsea Banbury |
| Asst Coach2: | Chelsea Lyles |
| Asst Coach3: | Jenna Cobb |
| Champion: | Atlantic Sun Regular Season and Tournament Champions |
| Bowl: | NCAA Women's Tournament |
| Bowl Result: | second round |
The 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, play their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.[1] [2] [3] They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they upset Missouri in the first round before losing to Stanford in the second round.
All home games and conference road are shown on ESPN3 or A-Sun.TV. Road games are also broadcast on the FGCU Portal.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | N/A | |
| Coaches | RV | N/A | RV | RV | NR | RV | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 |
| Increase in ranking | |||
| Decrease in ranking | |||
| No Change | |||
| (RV) | Received Votes | ||
| (NR) | Not Ranked |