| Mode: | Women's basketball |
| Year: | 2020–21 |
| Prev Year: | 2019–20 |
| Next Year: | 2021–22 |
| Team: | Rutgers Scarlet Knights |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big Ten |
| Aprank: | 21 |
| Record: | 14–5 |
| Conf Record: | 10–3 |
| Head Coach: | C. Vivian Stringer |
| Hc Year: | 26th |
| Asst Coach1: | Timothy Eatman |
| Asst Coach2: | Nadine Domond |
| Asst Coach3: | Michelle Edwards |
| Stadium: | Louis Brown Athletic Center |
| Bowl: | NCAA tournament |
| Bowl Result: | first round |
The 2020–21 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team represented Rutgers University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Scarlet Knights, led by 26th year head coach C. Vivian Stringer, played their home games at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, better known as The RAC, as a member of the Big Ten Conference.
They finished the season 14–5, 10–3 in Big Ten play to finish in third place. They received a double-bye into the Quarterfinals of the Big Ten women's tournament when they lost to Iowa. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. As the six seed in the Mercado Regional they lost to BYU in the First Round to end their season.
The Scarlet Knights finished the season 22–8, 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten women's tournament where they lost to Indiana. They did not get a chance for further post season play, as the NCAA women's basketball tournament and WNIT were cancelled before they began due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
|-!colspan=6 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=6 style=| Big Ten Women's Tournament|-!colspan=6 style=| NCAA tournament
See main article: 2020–21 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 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 24 | 19 | 21 | ||||||||
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 23 | RV |
| Increase in ranking | |||
| Decrease in ranking | |||
| Not ranked previous week | |||
| (RV) | Received Votes | ||
| (NR) | Not Ranked and Did not receive votes |
The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP Poll did not release a poll after the NCAA Tournament.
2020–21 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team