AP WNBA Power Poll
The Associated Press WNBA Power Rankings, as voted by a 11-member panel, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Aug. 28, all points based on 12 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 12th-place vote and high and low place on ballots:
| W | L | Pts | Pv | High | Low | |
| 1. New York (10) | 28 | 7 | 131 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2. Las Vegas (1) | 30 | 6 | 122 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 3. Connecticut | 24 | 11 | 110 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 4. Dallas | 19 | 16 | 91 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 5. Minnesota | 17 | 18 | 87 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| 6. Los Angeles | 15 | 19 | 74 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| 7. Washington | 16 | 18 | 71 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
| 8. Atlanta | 16 | 19 | 58 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 9. Chicago | 14 | 21 | 46 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| 10. Indiana | 11 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
| 11. Seattle | 10 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 12. Phoenix | 9 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 |