The 2023 WNBA regular season has one week remaining, but we’ve hit the finish line for the ESPN Power Rankings.
Five teams have already qualified for the playoffs, with four vying for the last three spots. The final three have already been eliminated, and are left to try to finish strong and possibly play spoiler to others’ chances.
Who will be the overall No. 1 seed? We don’t know that yet, but the hottest team right now in the WNBA is the New York Liberty, who have three games remaining. They have won six in a row and remain atop the Power Rankings for the third straight week.
Still, the defending champion Las Vegas Aces, which was No. 1 in the Power Rankings the rest of the season, have a one-game lead for the top seed with just two games left — both against the last-place Phoenix Mercury.
It’s been a challenging season for the Mercury, which got to celebrate Brittney Griner‘s return to the WNBA and Diana Taurasi hitting the 10,000-point plateau, but not much else. They have lost eight in a row, and unless they win one of their three remaining games,…
