The Associated Press WNBA Power Rankings, as voted by a 15-member panel, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 20, 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 (13) | 31 | 11 | 17 | 1 |
| 2 | Las Vegas Aces | 29 | 13 | 30 | 2 |
| 3 | Minnesota Lynx (2) | 32 | 10 | 47 | 3 |
| 4 | Atlanta Dream | 28 | 14 | 60 | 4 |
| (tie) | New York Liberty | 26 | 16 | 60 | 6 |
| 6 | Washington Mystics | 26 | 16 | 78 | 8 |
| 7 | Dallas Wings | 26 | 16 | 101 | 7 |
| (tie) | Indiana Fever | 27 | 15 | 101 | 5 |
| 9 | Los Angeles Sparks | 16 | 26 | 130 | 10 |
| 10 | Phoenix Mercury | 15 | 27 | 140 | 11 |
| 11 | Portland Fire | 16 | 27 | 153 | 9 |
| 12 | Chicago Sky | 15 | 27 | 166 | 12 |
| 15 | Toronto Tempo | 11 | 31 | 171 | 15 |
| 13 | Connecticut Sun | 10 | 32 | 188 | 13 |
| 14 | Seattle Storm | 8 | 35 | 197 | 14 |
Lynx
Valkyries
Aces
Dream
Mystics
Fever
Wings
Liberty
Fire
Sparks
Sky
Mercury
Tempo
Sun
Storm