Here are all the possible Indiana Fever playoff scenarios entering Friday’s game against the Angel Reese-less Chicago Sky.
How the Indiana Fever can be the fifth seed in the WNBA playoffs
If New York (24-17), Indiana (21-20) and Seattle (22-20) tie with 24 wins, the Fever win the head-to-head tiebreaker and get the fifth seed. Indiana is 4-3, New York would be 3-3 and Seattle 3-3. New York will need to lose out, Indiana and Seattle win out for this to happen. Indiana loses the head-to-head tiebreaker with New York.
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How the Indiana Fever can be the sixth seed in the WNBA playoffs
>> Finish with more wins than Seattle, Golden State (22-18) and Los Angeles (19-21)
>> Tie with only Seattle and finish with more wins than Golden State and Los Angeles.
>> The Fever lose any tiebreakers involving Golden State and/or Los Angeles.
How the Indiana Fever can be the seventh seed in the WNBA playoffs
>>If the Fever win out, they can do no worse than seventh as they’ll have at least one more win than Los Angeles and tie with Seattle, winning the tiebreaker.
>>Indiana will finish seventh if only two of the following happens: win more games than Los Angeles, win more games than Golden State, win at least the same number of games as Seattle.
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How the Indiana Fever can be the eighth seed in the WNBA playoffs
Indiana will finish eighth if only one of the following happens: win more games than Los Angeles, win more games than Golden State, win at least the same number of games as Seattle.
How can the Indiana Fever miss the WNBA playoffs?
Have the same or worse record as Golden State and Los Angeles, and a worse record than Seattle.
What are the Fever’s odds of making the WNBA playoffs?
According to the ESPN WNBA Basketball Power Index 2025, the Fever have an 92.8% chance of making the playoffs with Los Angeles at 10.7% prior to Thursday’s games.
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WNBA STANDINGS
Here are the relevant teams’ records and remaining schedules:
5. New York (24-17): Friday at Seattle, Tuesday vs. Washington (16-25), Sept. 11 at Chicago (9-30)
6. Golden State (22-18): Thursday vs. Dallas (9-32), Saturday vs. Minnesota (32-8), Tuesday at Seattle, Sept. 11 at Minnesota
7. Seattle (22-20): Friday vs. New York, Tuesday vs. Golden State
8. Indiana (21-20): Friday vs. Chicago, Sunday at Washington, Tuesday vs. Minnesota9. Los Angeles (19-21): Friday at Atlanta (27-14), Sunday vs. Dallas, Tuesday at Phoenix (26-14), Sept. 11 vs. Las Vegas (26-14)
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