| Mode: | Women's Basketball |
| Year: | 2017–18 |
| Team: | LSU Lady Tigers |
| Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
| Short Conf: | SEC |
| Aprank: | 24 |
| Record: | 19–10 |
| Conf Record: | 11–5 |
| Hc Year: | 7th |
| Bowl: | NCAA Women's Tournament |
| Bowl Result: | first round |
The 2017–18 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team will represent Louisiana State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season college basketball season. The Lady Tigers, led by seventh-year head coach Nikki Fargas, will play their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 19–10, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a 4 way tie for fourth place. As a 4th seed, they lost in the quarterfinals of the SEC women's tournament to Texas A&M. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where got upset by Central Michigan in the first round.
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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 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | N/A | |
| Coaches | RV | N/A | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
| Increase in ranking | |||
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| Not ranked previous week | |||
| (RV) | Received Votes |