The Associated Press WNBA Power Rankings, as voted by a 9-member panel, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through August, 9. 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. Chicago (8) | 25 | 8 | 107 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2. Las Vegas (1) | 13 | 10 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 3. Connecticut | 22 | 11 | 90 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4. Seattle | 20 | 13 | 79 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 5. Washington | 20 | 14 | 72 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 6. Dallas | 17 | 16 | 65 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| 7. Minnesota | 13 | 20 | 46 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
| 8. Phoenix | 14 | 19 | 44 | 8 | 7 | 11 |
| 9. Atlanta | 14 | 19 | 38 | 9 | 7 | 11 |
| 10. New York | 13 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 11 |
| 11. Los Angeles | 13 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
| 12. Indiana | 5 | 29 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
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