The Associated Press WNBA Power Rankings, as voted by a 15-member panel, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Aug. 30, all points based on one-point for a first-place vote through 15 points for a 15th-place vote:
| Rank | Team | W | L | Pts | Prv |
| 1 | Golden State Valkyries (14) | 29 | 11 | 16 | 3 |
| 2 | Las Vegas Aces | 27 | 13 | 42 | 2 |
| 3 | Minnesota Lynx (1) | 31 | 9 | 43 | 1 |
| 4 | Atlanta Dream | 26 | 14 | 64 | 4 |
| 5 | Indiana Fever | 26 | 14 | 77 | 5 |
| 6 | New York Liberty | 24 | 16 | 105 | 6 |
| 7 | Dallas Wings | 24 | 16 | 110 | 8 |
| 8 | Washington Mystics | 24 | 16 | 120 | 7 |
| 9 | Portland Fire | 16 | 24 | 154 | 10 |
| 10 | Los Angeles Sparks | 15 | 25 | 158 | 12 |
| 11 | Phoenix Mercury | 14 | 26 | 181 | 11 |
| 12 | Chicago Sky | 15 | 25 | 183 | 9 |
| 13 | Connecticut Sun | 10 | 30 | 206 | 13 |
| 14 | Seattle Storm | 8 | 32 | 226 | 15 |
| 15 | Toronto Tempo | 11 | 29 | 234 | 14 |
Lynx
Valkyries
Aces
Dream
Fever
Liberty
Mystics
Wings
Fire
Sky
Sparks
Mercury
Tempo
Sun
Storm