AP WNBA Power Poll
The Associated Press WNBA Power Rankings, as voted by an 11-member panel, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through August 26, 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 (7) | 30 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Las Vegas (2) | 25 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Atlanta (2) | 24 | 13 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Phoenix | 22 | 14 | 51 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| New York | 23 | 15 | 58 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Seattle | 20 | 18 | 81 | 9 | 5 | 9 |
| Golden State | 19 | 18 | 83 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Los Angeles | 17 | 18 | 97 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
| Indiana | 19 | 18 | 101 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| Connecticut | 9 | 28 | 125 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
| Washington | 16 | 22 | 126 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
| Chicago | 9 | 28 | 144 | 13 | 11 | 13 |
| Dallas | 9 | 29 | 154 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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The Associated Press WNBA Power Rankings, as voted by an 11-member panel, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through August 26, 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 (7) | 30 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Las Vegas (2) | 25 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Atlanta (2) | 24 | 13 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Phoenix | 22 | 14 | 51 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| New York | 23 | 15 | 58 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Seattle | 20 | 18 | 81 | 9 | 5 | 9 |
| Golden State | 19 | 18 | 83 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Los Angeles | 17 | 18 | 97 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
| Indiana | 19 | 18 | 101 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| Connecticut | 9 | 28 | 125 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
| Washington | 16 | 22 | 126 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
| Chicago | 9 | 28 | 144 | 13 | 11 | 13 |
| Dallas | 9 | 29 | 154 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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