WEEK 2 RANKINGS
	1.	Oklahoma	197.888
First team to break 198 with a 198.025 v. UCLA Nichols wins AA again with 39.750, Capps’ 39.700 is 2nd Two falls but counts no score lower than 9.825 Nationally 3rd on VT, 1st on UB, BB, FX Capps’ 9.975 is top BB score so far.
	2.	LSU	197.700
Fall to 2nd after pitiful, lowly 197.575. Was that a try? Ashleigh Gnat’s VT is the season’s first 10.000 #1 nationally on VT Hambrick leads team AA with 39.600, 9.950 on FX. Still no Ruby.
	3.	Florida	197.350
197.600 in home opener, 4th-highest national score Baker leads team AA with 39.575 Slocum performs first competition vault, scores 9.950 Five 10.0 starts on vault is currently the most in the country
	4.	Alabama	196.900
Improve on last week’s total with a 197.100 to stay in 4th Winston two 9.950s on UB, FX and 39.600 AA lead team Maddie Desch debuts 1.5 on vault
	5.	Utah	196.763
196.900 away against BYU: higher VT, FX, lower UB, BB vs. week 1 Skinner leads team with 39.600 AA, wins every event title Schwab (FX) and Merrell (VT) are team’s other 9.9 scores
	6.	UCLA	196.263
Improves on last week’s score by over a point with 196.825 Lee’s 9.950 on BB leads the team 9.925s on UB (Ross, Lee) and BB (Kocian) Ross does not start from 10.0 on BB for second straight week (9.825) No routines from Preston
	7.	Denver	196.113
Denver holds onto 7th with 196.350 in home opener. Karr wins the AA again with 39.425 Addison wins FX with 9.925 Competes only five VT and FX routines again
	8.	Missouri	196.100
Two-meet weekend sees Missouri score 195.850, 196.225 Ward goes 9.925 on VT in first meet, 9.925 on BB in second meet Morgan Porter scores 9.950 on VT in second meet
	9.	Kentucky	196.013
Program-best score of 196.950 away at Florida Korth ties for meet AA crown with 39.575 Four scores of 9.9 or better (2 Korth, 1 Dukes, 1 Hyland)
	10.	Nebraska	195.700
Season debut of 195.700 with eight entire gymnasts Crouse and Laeng tie with 39.350 AA, 9.925 on UB Houchin competes VT, UB, FX in debut Ashley Lambert returns from injury to compete VT, UB, BB Grace Williams limited to BB, FX
	11.	Auburn	195.675
Auburn does not count a fall this week, gets into 196s with 196.025 MJ Rott records team-high 9.950 on FX Only score over 9.850 for Auburn in the meet Milliet limited to UB, BB
	12.	Michigan	195.625
Counts a BB fall for second-consecutive sub-196 score: 195.725 Artz 9.950 on FX, Karas 9.900 on VT are team’s high scores Polina hits bars this time for 9.825 Zaziski struggles again, 37.275 AA score
	13.	Cal	195.438
Cal’s 195.550 performance is similar to Monday’s 195.325 Palomares BB 9.875 is team’s highest score Draghi returns to compete BB, still no FX
	14.	George Washington	195.388
GW falls on bars for 195.225, lower than week 1 9.900 on BB from Winstanley and Zois are team’s high scores GW currently ranks 5th nationally on BB
	15.	Boise State	195.300
BSU goes 195.300 on opener, lowest score since 2015 opener McGregor wins AA with 39.000 Means competes VT for first time, falls for 9.150 Mejia 9.900 on UB leads team
	16.	Georgia	195.200
Recovers from first week BB with two-straight no-fall beams Lowest counting beam score is 9.775 196.800 on Saturday, 196.875 on Monday* Snead’s Monday 9.950 on VT is team’s highest score of weekend
	17.	Washington	195.175
195.175 in Elise Ray’s coaching debut Copiak falls from bars, suffers major back spasms, halts routine Goings leads team with 9.925 on BB Burleson competes AA for 39.200
	18.	Ohio State	195.088
Upsets Michigan with 195.800 home victory Mattern VT 9.900, Hofland UB 9.850 lead team scores No falls in 24 routines
	19.	Oregon State	195.050
Catastrophic UB rotation, BB falls see Oregon State fall 10 places 194.525 is team’s lowest score since January 2013 McMillan 9.900 on VT is team’s high score
	19.	Illinois	195.050
Improves over 1.5 on last week with solid 195.900 Leduc returns to AA with career-high 39.425 Also leads team with 9.925 BB, 9.900 FX
	21.	Minnesota	194.813
Minnesota’s 194.900 is similar to first-meet total Disastrous UB, counting 8.900, takes away possible 196 Gardner leads team AA with 39.175
	22.	Iowa	194.692
Two-meet weekend is 195.475, 194.400 Multi-fall BB rotation sends second score into 194s Metcalf UB 9.900 in second meet is team’s high Zurawski two-straight 9.875s on UB
	23.	Arkansas	194.650
Achilles tear to Amanda Wellick ruins everything Three UB falls, five routines on VT, FX lead to 193.950 total Scoring is led by McGlone’s 9.900 on VT
	24.	Sacramento State	194.438
Look at you Sac State Into the top 25 after two consecutive 194.4s Second 194.4 included counting two falls on BB 9.850s from Caitlin Soliwoda (BB) and Tara Catour (FX) lead team
	25.	NC State	194.413
BB problems give NC State a 193.900, 194.800 two-meet weekend 9.875 from Knight (UB), Paris (FX) on Monday are team’s highs Alexa Phillips didn’t vomit on anyone

*The official weekly rankings debut Monday morning, so the Monday meet between Georgia and NC State is not included in the totals or standings. If it were, Georgia would rise to 10th, and NC State would rise to 24th.

Full rankings at RoadtoNationals.

Oklahoma and LSU remain out in front, but Florida’s home 197.600 from Friday is the kind of score that can chase them down. In fact, the current top six teams are my preseason Super Six, so just end it now? Hello postseason.

Denver, Missouri, and Kentucky have made exciting early-year pushes to get themselves into the top 10 ahead of some of the expected contenders—ones that are still counting falls all over the place like Auburn, Michigan, and Georgia. This will even out as the bigger names pull themselves together, but it’s still an intriguing turn of events for teams that aren’t really supposed to average in the 196s. It’s possible that these teams can hang onto these rankings until RQS kicks in, which allows the bigger teams to drop their bad ones. Then it gets tough.

Unfortunately, the theme of the weekend was injuries: Amanda Wellick and her torn Achilles, Madison Copiak’s back spasms, Felix-Terrazas and Laub getting injured mid-routine for Arizona, Cannamela and Preston and their ambiguous background slings. It wouldn’t be NCAA season without it.

We didn’t have too many high-profile balance beam situations this week, what with UCLA and Georgia pulling themselves together, so three-fall 47s from North Carolina and Kent State take the BBS crown for week two. Dear North Carolina, Morgan Lane deserves better. But, the catastrophe of the week award belongs to Penn State and its 192.900. Emma Sibson was supposed to perform on floor but didn’t following a vault fall. With no one else able to go, apparently, Penn State was forced to put up only five on floor, including an 8.000 from Jessica Jones after she injured her knee. Also, Kiera Brown has been removed from the team’s roster. Or, as Penn State put it, “Medvitz Captures Balance Beam Title.” Yep, that’s the story here.

Non-famous stars of the week
Gymnasts from lower-ranked schools who scored over 9.900.

Briana Ledesma, Iowa State, Floor – 9.925
A career high for the junior, who peaked at 9.900 last year

Brianna Comport, Bridgeport, Floor – 9.925
Bridgeport!

Rachel Stypinski, Kent State, Floor – 9.925
Stypinski was a bright spot for Kent State on an otherwise 192y day. Not the first time.