AP WNBA Power Poll
The Associated Press WNBA Power Rankings, as voted by an 12-member panel, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through September 8, 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:
| Rank | Team | W | L | Pts | Prv | High | Low |
| 1 | Las Vegas Aces (6) | 28 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Minnesota Lynx (6) | 33 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Atlanta Dream | 29 | 14 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Phoenix Mercury | 27 | 15 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Golden State Valkyries | 23 | 19 | 64 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | New York Liberty | 25 | 17 | 66 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Indiana Fever | 23 | 20 | 85 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | Seattle Storm | 22 | 21 | 99 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| 9 | Los Angeles Sparks | 20 | 22 | 105 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| 10 | Connecticut Sun | 11 | 32 | 122 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| 11 | Washington Mystics | 16 | 27 | 130 | 11 | 10 | 12 |
| 12 | Chicago Sky | 10 | 32 | 144 | 12 | 11 | 13 |
| 13 | Dallas Wings | 9 | 34 | 154 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
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The Associated Press WNBA Power Rankings, as voted by an 12-member panel, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through September 8, 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:
| Rank | Team | W | L | Pts | Prv | High | Low |
| 1 | Las Vegas Aces (6) | 28 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Minnesota Lynx (6) | 33 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Atlanta Dream | 29 | 14 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Phoenix Mercury | 27 | 15 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Golden State Valkyries | 23 | 19 | 64 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | New York Liberty | 25 | 17 | 66 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Indiana Fever | 23 | 20 | 85 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | Seattle Storm | 22 | 21 | 99 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| 9 | Los Angeles Sparks | 20 | 22 | 105 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| 10 | Connecticut Sun | 11 | 32 | 122 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| 11 | Washington Mystics | 16 | 27 | 130 | 11 | 10 | 12 |
| 12 | Chicago Sky | 10 | 32 | 144 | 12 | 11 | 13 |
| 13 | Dallas Wings | 9 | 34 | 154 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
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