A little less than two weeks ago, the Indiana Fever found themselves in a tough spot. They had just been crushed by the reigning champion New York Liberty on either side of the All-Star break to fall to 12-12 and were clinging to one of the final playoff spots.

Minnesota makes a major deadline move, Atlanta continues its post-All-Star break success and Indiana finds some consistency without Caitlin Clark in our latest rankings.

Don’t look now, but the Indiana Fever might actually be contenders.