WNBA Power Rankings: Liberty new No. 1, Fever jump to No. 5 - ESPN

Welcome to the final edition of ESPN's WNBA Power Rankings before the league's nearly monthlong break for the All-Star Game and Paris Olympics.

This week's list includes some meaningful shuffling: The New York Liberty reclaimed the top spot after an undefeated week. The Las Vegas Aces nearly knocked the Connecticut Sun down to third place, but the Sun's 27-point victory Sunday over the Phoenix Mercury (who had Brittney Griner and Diana Taurasi back in the starting lineup after recent injury issues) was enough to keep them in second for now.

The Seattle Storm and Indiana Fever moved up as well, while the Minnesota Lynx, still sans Napheesa Collier, dropped two spots and the Atlanta Dream, losers of seven straight games, took over as the new bottom team in the rankings.

Attention will soon shift away from the 2024 WNBA campaign and toward the All-Star Game on Saturday, which will feature the U.S. Olympic team duking it out against a group of WNBA All-Stars. The game will mark the first chance not only to see what Team USA looks like, but also to see players like Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese as teammates, as well as Sun teammates/fiancées Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner as competitors.

And there always seems to be a little bit of extra juice from players when there's an opportunity to take down some Olympians.

Then many of the league's best will head to Paris, and not just to represent the United States. Australia and Canada are among the teams boasting the most active WNBA players on rosters with seven and four, respectively. France has some familiar faces in Gabby Williams, Marine Johannes and Iliana Rupert.

The Aces are stacked with Olympians — four on Team USA plus Megan Gustafson (Spain) and Tiffany Hayes