Two weeks into the 2025 WNBA season, the superteam Las Vegas Aces, who entered the 2024 season as favorites to 3-peat, have continued to take a back seat to their fellow superteam New York Liberty and the clutch-as-ever Minnesota Lynx, the two teams who surpassed the Aces to finish first and second in the standings last year before meeting in the Finals.
I think most would say there’s a clear No. 1 between the Liberty and Lynx. In our second power rankings, let’s take a look at who and why that is, as well as discuss a couple of teams in the Phoenix Mercury and Indiana Fever who are only going to get better with the eventual returns of Kahleah Copper and Caitlin Clark, respectively.
1) New York Liberty (7-0)
Up one spot in from previous rankings
Yes, the Liberty are the team that seems to be the clear-cut No. 1, even though Minnesota shares their 7-0 record. That’s because New York has won by an average margin of 20.6 points per game compared to the Lynx’s 8.3. The Liberty are still comfortably ahead of the Lynx at a 14.3 margin if you take out…
