| Sport: | women's basketball |
| Year: | 2018–19 |
| Team: | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | ACC |
| Coachrank: | 2 |
| Aprank: | 3 |
| Record: | 35–4 |
| Conf Record: | 14–2 |
| Head Coach: | Muffet McGraw |
| Hc Year: | 32nd |
| Assoc Coach: | Carol Owens |
| Ahc Year: | 19th |
| Asst Coach1: | Niele Ivey |
| Ac1 Year: | 12th |
| Asst Coach2: | Beth Cunningham |
| Ac2 Year: | 7th |
| Arena: | Edmund P. Joyce Center |
| Champion: | Vancouver Showcase champions ACC regular season co-champions ACC tournament champions |
| Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
| Tourney Result: | Runner-Up |
The 2018–19 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish, led by 32nd year head coach Muffet McGraw, played their home games at Edmund P. Joyce Center as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were also the defending national champions.
The Fighting Irish finished the 2017–18 season at 35–3, 15–1 in ACC play to finish in a tie for first place. They were runners up in the ACC women's tournament losing to Louisville in the final game. They received an at large bid for the NCAA women's tournament as a number one seed. They won the tournament beating other number one seeds, Connecticut and Mississippi State along the way. This was the team's second national title in its history.
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See main article: 2018–19 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 | 1 (31) | 1 (30) | 1 (31) | 1 (31) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 (12) | 1 (23) | 1 (22) | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | N/A | |
| Coaches | 1 (30) | 1 (30) | 1 (32) | 1 (32) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 (15) | 1 (26) | 1 (26) | 5 (1) | 4 (1) | 6 | 4-T | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
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| (RV) | Received Votes |
The Coaches Poll releases a final poll after the NCAA tournament, but the AP Poll does not release a poll at this time.