AP WNBA Power Poll
The Associated Press WNBA Power Rankings, as voted by a 12-member panel, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through August 18, all points based on one-point for a first-place vote through 13 points for a 13th-place vote and high and low place on ballots:
| Team | W | L | Pts | Prv | High | Low |
| Minnesota (12) | 28 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Atlanta | 22 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Las Vegas | 21 | 14 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| New York | 21 | 13 | 51 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Phoenix | 20 | 13 | 52 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Golden State | 18 | 16 | 73 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| Indiana | 19 | 16 | 88 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| Washington | 16 | 18 | 104 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
| Los Angeles | 16 | 18 | 105 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| Seattle | 17 | 18 | 108 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| Dallas | 9 | 26 | 132 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Connecticut | 6 | 27 | 148 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
| Chicago | 8 | 25 | 152 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
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The Associated Press WNBA Power Rankings, as voted by a 12-member panel, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through August 18, all points based on one-point for a first-place vote through 13 points for a 13th-place vote and high and low place on ballots:
| Team | W | L | Pts | Prv | High | Low |
| Minnesota (12) | 28 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Atlanta | 22 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Las Vegas | 21 | 14 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| New York | 21 | 13 | 51 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Phoenix | 20 | 13 | 52 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Golden State | 18 | 16 | 73 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| Indiana | 19 | 16 | 88 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| Washington | 16 | 18 | 104 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
| Los Angeles | 16 | 18 | 105 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| Seattle | 17 | 18 | 108 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| Dallas | 9 | 26 | 132 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Connecticut | 6 | 27 | 148 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
| Chicago | 8 | 25 | 152 | 12 | 12 | 13 |