This article was originally published on www.si.com/wnba/fever as ESPN Makes Telling Indiana Fever WNBA Playoff Prediction. As of August 21, the Indiana Fever have a 19-16 record in the 2025 WNBA regular season, which puts them at No. 6 in the standings.

Ever since she suffered her injury on July 15, they have had a five-game winning streak, but they have also dropped games to a couple of the WNBA's weakest teams. Overall, they're 7-6 since arguably the biggest star in women's basketball sustained her groin injury.

The Minnesota Lynx are the only WNBA team to have clinched a playoff berth, and they are in a strong position to claim the No. 1 seed.

ESPN writer Michael Voepel put together this week's WNBA power rankings, and he put the Fever at seventh, dropping from sixth, where they were last week. He had this to say about the Fever at the current moment.

The Indiana Fever have grown to be one of the most popular teams in the WNBA, led by Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston. Heading into the 2025 season, the Fever were led by head coach Stephanie White. White was set to help lead the Fever to WNBA title contention, but injuries have derailed the team’s success throughout the season.

The Fever entered the season with championship expectations, but now have their work cut out for them just to make the postseason

The popularity explosion in women’s college basketball, spurred initially by the Caitlin Clark - Angel Reese rivalry, carried over to the WNBA last season when Clark and Reese were rookies. Sold-out arenas became the norm for Clark and the Indiana Fever.

After the latest move with Cunningham being ruled out, Indiana released Kyra Lambert. They also wound up signing Shey Peddy. Lambert spoke about the Fever’s decision after being released by the WNBA team.