As the process of preparing for the 2018 season forges ahead (next stop: team-by-team freshman previews), I have ranked the top 32 teams based on how they would score in a meet using only the routines that return from the 2017 season.

It’s a method of evaluating which teams are currently best suited to succeed in 2018 using proven routines already at their disposal, as well as how many useful routines teams will need to get from transfers and freshmen to replace some of the dumpier backup scores from last season. Are they already flush with 9.850s? Or would they have to count some 9.6s if the freshmen don’t come through?

RQSs are used when available. When not available, season average is used. Most teams do return at least five people who competed once on each piece last season to fill out a full event score, but if they lack a fifth score from 2017, scores from the previous season are used. For instance, Oklahoma returns only four people who competed on floor last season, but Alex Marks did compete floor in 2016 for 9.700, so that score is used. Those instances are marked by **.

When there are no scores from previous seasons to be used, event totals are filled out with a “replacement average,” the composite average of all gymnasts who competed that event for that team last season but didn’t make the final lineup. Basically, it’s an approximation of what a typical “replacement level” routine should score for that team on that event. 

1. FLORIDA – 197.959
VAULT McMurtry – 9.950 Slocum – 9.945 Boren – 9.925 Baker – 9.898 Hundley – 9.850 49.568 Chant – 9.831 Alexander – 9.804 Gowey – 9.800 Cheney – 9.750	BARS McMurtry – 9.930 Hundley – 9.925 Baker – 9.880 Boren – 9.860 Gowey – 9.850 49.445 Chant – 9.820 McLaughlin – 9.800
BEAM McMurtry – 9.925 Boren – 9.900 Gowey – 9.895 Hundley – 9.880 Baker – 9.855 49.455 McLaughlin – 9.845 Cheney – 9.735	FLOOR Baker – 9.945 Boren – 9.945 Hundley – 9.885 Slocum – 9.870 McMurtry – 9.846 49.491 McLaughlin – 9.805 Gowey – 9.700 Chant – 9.338

The upcoming season looks like Florida’s best chance to win a title in the post-Rhonda era so far because they return every lineup routine from last season, as well as adding a few famous friends to the mix.

2. OKLAHOMA – 197.790
VAULT Nichols – 9.955 Dowell – 9.935 Jackson – 9.900 DeGouveia – 9.830 Marks – 9.815 49.435	BARS Nichols – 9.960 Lehrmann – 9.910 Dowell – 9.905 Catour – 9.900 Craus – 9.850 49.525
BEAM Nichols – 9.955 Brown – 9.910 Catour – 9.880 Lehrmann – 9.855 Jackson – 9.825 49.425	FLOOR Nichols – 9.965 Jackson – 9.960 Dowell – 9.910 Brown – 9.870 Marks – 9.700** 49.405

The departures of the Capps/Wofford/Jones crew mean that the defending champs do not return the same level of depth as Florida to fill out lineups and will need to come up with two new routines on each event to erase some of the entirely un-Oklahoma scores at the bottom of these lists.

3. LSU – 197.676
VAULT Edney – 9.910 Hambrick – 9.905 Harrold – 9.890 Finnegan – 9.855 Priessman – 9.855 49.415 Kelley – 9.825 Cannamela – 9.820	BARS Priessman – 9.925 Edney – 9.900 Hambrick – 9.885 Finnegan – 9.880 Harrold – 9.855 49.445
BEAM Finnegan – 9.945 Hambrick – 9.900 Macadaeg – 9.900 Edney – 9.875 Li – 9.755 49.375 Priessman – 9.525	FLOOR Hambrick – 9.930 Kelley – 9.925 Edney – 9.870 Finnegan – 9.866 Harrold – 9.850 49.441 Priessman – 9.685 Kirby – 9.625

LSU has a hearty-enough returning crop, though the lack of Gnat scores in particular drops them down to third in the returning rankings. That unflinching beam lineup will have to be reformulated a little this season with a couple new sets.

4. UTAH – 197.293
VAULT Skinner – 9.925 Merrell-Giles – 9.855 Lewis – 9.850 Lee – 9.840 Roberts – 9.785 49.255 Tessen – 9.783 Schwab – 9.775 Muhaw – 9.705 McNatt – 9.688 Reinstadtler – 9.500	BARS Skinner – 9.905 Lewis – 9.880 Lee – 9.845 Reinstadtler – 9.840 Merrell-Giles – 9.835 49.305 Schwab – 9.825 Tessen – 9.808
BEAM Skinner – 9.900 Lee – 9.890 Reinstadtler – 9.850 Merrell-Giles – 9.840 McNatt – 9.838 49.318 Stover – 9.830 Schwab – 9.775	FLOOR Skinner – 9.965 Lewis – 9.890 Reinstadtler – 9.875 Roberts – 9.845 Merrell-Giles – 9.840 49.415 Tessen – 9.825 Lee – 9.775 Schwab – 9.763

Utah fares quite well in returning routines, having lost only Baely Rowe’s sets from last season, and should have its pick of current routines and injury-comeback routines to fill out the majority of lineups without needing to expect too, too much from the freshmen.

5. KENTUCKY – 197.120
VAULT Korth – 9.910 Stuart – 9.860 Rosa – 9.840 Davis – 9.830 Dukes – 9.820 49.260 Hyland – 9.815 Kwan – 9.694	BARS Korth – 9.895 Hyland – 9.845 Coca – 9.835 Carlisle – 9.835 Stuart – 9.815 49.225 Rechenmacher – 9.810 Dukes – 9.810
BEAM Hyland – 9.915 Dukes – 9.900 Stuart – 9.855 Korth – 9.850 Poland – 9.825 49.345 Rechenmacher – 9.815 Carlisle – 9.725	FLOOR Dukes – 9.895 Korth – 9.890 Hyland – 9.870 Rechenmacher – 9.820 Stuart – 9.815 49.290 Carlisle – 9.795 Kwan – 9.575

Well look at you. The value of the “we’re all one year of age” youth movement at Kentucky is that they too retain all competition routines from last season and can pretty much just put up last year’s lineups again if they want.

6. UCLA – 197.070
VAULT Ross – 9.895 Kocian – 9.860 Kramer – 9.810 Hano – 9.805 Hall – 9.805 49.175 Meraz – 9.796 Honest – 9.790	BARS Ross – 9.965 Peng – 9.955 Kocian – 9.870 Honest – 9.865 Savvidou – 9.855 49.510 Meraz – 9.850 Dennis – 9.800
BEAM Ohashi – 9.960 Ross – 9.945 Peng – 9.910 Kocian – 9.910 Meraz – 9.805 49.530	FLOOR Kocian – 9.930 Ohashi – 9.880 Toronjo – 9.772 Honest – 9.663 Hall – 9.610 48.855 Ross – 9.525 Meraz – 9.510 Savvidou – 9.505 Kramer – 9.225 Hano – 9.050

UCLA is kept in reasonable stead by its best-in-the-nation returning crew on bars and beam, but the departures of Mossett and Cipra illuminate the lack of consistency on floor. It’s an odd situation because UCLA has more than enough good floor workers returning to fill out a lineup (or two) without this being an EMERGENCY FRESHMEN scenario. But, the returning scores themselves are weak since very few gymnasts were able to compete enough to have an RQS last season (or hit enough to have acceptable averages). Not to mention even this floor number includes Kocian, who is currently in surgery limbo.

7. ALABAMA – 197.054
VAULT Guerrero – 9.880 Armbrecht – 9.855 Winston – 9.850 Desch – 9.845 Childers – 9.840 49.270	BARS Winston – 9.910 Mahoney – 9.860 Brannan – 9.825 Guerra – 9.800 Childers – 9.771 49.166 Armbrecht – 9.725
BEAM Guerrero – 9.945 Winston – 9.935 Childers – 9.865 Desch – 9.850 Armbrecht – 9.583 49.178	FLOOR Winston – 9.945 Desch – 9.905 Guerra – 9.870 Guerrero – 9.865 Childers – 9.855 49.440 Armbrecht – 9.500

Alabama loses a double-digit number of routines from Super Six last year because of the departures of Bailey, Jetter, Sims, and McNeer, exposing some gaps in the famed Alabama depth, especially on bars and beam. Among the top schools, the Tide will have to lean more heavily on freshmen (/transfer) to contribute what will likely be several routines on each event, including some significant scores on bars and beam.

8. MISSOURI – 196.999
VAULT Ward – 9.915 Tucker – 9.865 Porter – 9.850 Harris – 9.850 Huber – 9.810 49.290 Miller – 9.770 Lewis – 9.700	BARS Huber – 9.860 Porter – 9.850 Schugel – 9.845 Miller – 9.840 Tucker – 9.810 49.205 Kelly – 9.790 Ward – 9.770 Bower – 9.683 Albritten – 9.625
BEAM Ward – 9.925 Kelly – 9.850 Schugel – 9.830 Albritten – 9.820 Bower – 9.805 49.230 Tucker – 9.800 Porter – 9.642	FLOOR Harris – 9.910 Schugel – 9.876 Porter – 9.863 Tucker – 9.820 Huber – 9.805 49.274 Bower – 9.800 Kelly – 9.608 Turner – 9.550 Lewis – 9.000

See Kentucky.

9. MICHIGAN – 196.878
VAULT McLean – 9.915 Karas – 9.895 Zaziski – 9.845 Shchennikova – 9.758 Osman – 9.745 49.158 Funk – 9.744	BARS Zaziski – 9.915 Brown – 9.870 Shchennikova – 9.850 Karas – 9.845 Funk – 9.815 49.295 Marinez – 9.770 Osman – 9.725 McLean – 9.275
BEAM Marinez – 9.875 Karas – 9.865 Zaziski – 9.860 Funk – 9.835 Brown – 9.825 49.260	FLOOR McLean – 9.910 Karas – 9.890 Funk – 9.835 Marinez – 9.835 Osman – 9.695 49.165 Zaziski – 9.282

Michigan will return its typical small but strong lineup next season, though the loss of routines from Artz and Chiarelli is felt heavily in this returning picture and likely will be felt heavily in the upcoming season.

10. GEORGIA – 196.811
VAULT Snead – 9.915 Johnson – 9.860 Dickson – 9.845 Marino – 9.825 Vaculik – 9.755** 49.200	BARS Snead – 9.890 Dickson – 9.865 Johnson – 9.835 Vaculik – 9.825 Sanders – 9.785 49.200
BEAM Babalis – 9.875 Vega – 9.840 Sanders – 9.820 Dickson – 9.790 Snead – 9.756 49.081	FLOOR Marino – 9.930 Dickson – 9.905 Vega – 9.850 Babalis – 9.850 Snead – 9.795 49.330

It’s better than expected for Georgia, a team that did not leave last season in a super great position (he says understatedly), but the work from Snead, Dickson, Marino, and Vega provides a partial, useful core of routines to build on for the what’s-old-is-new-again regime that will still need and expect major contributions from a couple accomplished freshmen.

11. BOISE STATE – 196.732
VAULT Bir – 9.855 Means – 9.850 Stockwell – 9.845 McGregor – 9.835 Remme – 9.815 49.200 Collantes – 9.740	BARS McGregor – 9.900 Remme – 9.880 Collantes – 9.855 Stockwell – 9.845 Nilson – 9.767 49.247 Means – 9.725
BEAM Remme – 9.910 Means – 9.895 McGregor – 9.805 Amado – 9.767 Collantes – 9.760 49.137 Esmerian – 9.675 Stockwell – 9.150	FLOOR Collantes – 9.870 Stockwell – 9.858 Remme – 9.845 Means – 9.835 McGregor – 9.740 49.148 Webb – 9.567 Morrell – 9.125

Boise State has some restocking of bars routines to do (it’s still their highest-scoring returning event, but it’s BSU and bars so it should be 700 tenths ahead of the other events). But for the most part, the core that got them into the top 12 returns and will expect to build on last season’s result.

12. DENVER – 196.661
VAULT Karr – 9.930 Addison – 9.830 Schou – 9.830 Chesnok – 9.650 Rep. Average – 9.600 48.840	BARS Ogden – 9.895 Chesnok – 9.880 Karr – 9.860 Lomonte – 9.850 Kern – 9.840 49.325 Addison – 9.660
BEAM Karr – 9.890 Schou – 9.880 Addison – 9.820 Ogden – 9.815 Loper – 9.800 49.205	FLOOR Addison – 9.915 Karr – 9.900 Schou – 9.855 Loper – 9.825 Hammen – 9.796 49.291 Kern – 8.988

Denver struggled to fill out a full vault lineup most of the season last year, so it’s not a surprise that they would need a replacement average thrown in to get up to five scores on vault, the one event that’s going to need some serious freshman infusion on an otherwise intact team.

13. WASHINGTON – 196.434
VAULT Burleson – 9.845 Roy – 9.825 Goings – 9.820 Hoffa – 9.780 Riley – 9.775 49.045 Copiak – 9.705	BARS Goings – 9.830 Washington – 9.825 Burleson – 9.815 Copiak – 9.805 Nelson – 9.770 49.045 Riley – 9.569
BEAM Goings – 9.915 Burleson – 9.905 Schaefer – 9.855 Rose – 9.835 Nelson – 9.825 49.335 Washington – 9.800	FLOOR Burleson – 9.870 Washington – 9.840 Schaefer – 9.835 Goings – 9.804 Hoffa – 9.660 49.009 Roy – 9.625

Washington has lost a few important routines, particularly from Yacalis on vault and floor, but overall shouldn’t perform too differently from last year, particularly if Hoffa is able to come back and provide reinforcements to those vault and floor lineups.

14. IOWA STATE – 196.213
VAULT Young – 9.860 Sievers – 9.855 Paz – 9.805 Converse – 9.783 Martin – 9.755 49.058 Johnson – 9.715 Ledesma – 9.695 Middelkoop – 9.645	BARS Green – 9.840 Sievers – 9.830 Young – 9.825 Ledesma – 9.815 Johnson – 9.780 49.090 Paz – 9.765 Burns – 9.625
BEAM Young – 9.860 Diaz – 9.810 Paz – 9.810 Sievers – 9.750 Converse – 9.685 48.915 Converse – 9.685 Russ – 9.600 Johnson – 9.500	FLOOR Young – 9.895 Ledesma – 9.860 Paz – 9.830 Green – 9.810 Middelkoop – 9.755 49.150 Sievers – 9.730 Diaz – 9.715 Russ – 9.395

Iowa State is another school that ranks very well in the returning routine rankings because all of the routines from last season are returning. It’s now a very senior-heavy roster, so this year sort of needs to be the year for Iowa State.

15. GEORGE WASHINGTON – 196.205
VAULT Drouin-Allaire – 9.890 Winstanley – 9.860 Mermelstein – 9.760 McLaughlin – 9.730 Zois – 9.675 48.915	BARS Winstanley – 9.855 Pfeiler – 9.825 Drouin-Allaire – 9.810 Zois – 9.810 McLaughlin – 9.625 48.925
BEAM Winstanley – 9.865 Mermelstein – 9.855 Pfeiler – 9.855 Zois – 9.845 Drouin-Allaire – 9.815 49.235 Bray – 8.975	FLOOR Drouin-Allaire – 9.860 Winstanley – 9.840 Crasa – 9.825 Seibold – 9.820 Mermelstein – 9.785 49.130

George Washington has begun to shed some of that core that turned this team from an also-ran into a contender with the departures of DeMoura and Raineri, but the essential group of Drouin-Allaire, Winstanley, Mermelstein, Pfeiler, and Zois is still there for one more season. Like Iowa State, this has to be the year.

16. NEBRASKA – 196.195
VAULT Houchin – 9.880 Schweihofer – 9.830 Crouse – 9.810 Williams – 9.796 Epperson – 9.790 49.106	BARS Crouse – 9.890 Schweihofer – 9.860 Houchin – 9.835 Breen – 9.815 Epperson – 9.555 48.955
BEAM Breen – 9.870 Williams – 9.850 Hassel – 9.825 Houchin – 9.795 Crouse – 9.695 49.035 Epperson – 9.550 Schweihofer – 9.515	FLOOR Crouse – 9.855 Schweihofer – 9.850 Houchin – 9.845 Williams – 9.805 Epperson – 9.744 49.099 Breen – 9.596 Hassel – 9.083

Laeng and Lambert were essential pieces to a team that has never been particularly flush with extra routines, so without them, Nebraska falls fairly far down the rankings. To keep up with last season’s result, they’re going to need two to three new routines per event.

17. AUBURN – 196.136
VAULT Day – 9.840 Krippner – 9.810 Becker – 9.790 Phillips – 9.780 Engler – 9.770 48.990 Black – 9.717 Milliet – 9.600	BARS Engler – 9.875 Cerio – 9.865 Day – 9.860 Krippner – 9.825 Milliet – 9.808 49.233 Becker – 9.655 Moss – 9.625
BEAM Krippner – 9.885 Slappey – 9.830 Cerio – 9.810 Milliet – 9.808 Engler – 9.780 49.113 Becker – 9.775	FLOOR Slappey – 9.840 Becker – 9.810 Cerio – 9.805 Day – 9.795 Milliet – 9.550 48.800

There’s some cause for concern about Auburn’s lineups after an off year last year, coupled with the departure of most of the best floor routines from last season. They’ll certainly need a healthy Abby Milliet getting more Milliety scores than in her limited contribution early last season, as well as a number of routines from a pretty big freshman class.

18. OHIO STATE – 196.090
VAULT Mattern – 9.880 Stone – 9.825 Aepli – 9.820 Hofland – 9.775 Merkle – 9.765 49.065	BARS Hofland – 9.870 Mattern – 9.855 Aepli – 9.830 Harrison – 9.735 Huang – 9.625 48.915 Merkle – 9.550
BEAM Harrison – 9.825 Merkle – 9.815 Aepli – 9.800 Stone – 9.790 Mattern – 9.740 48.970 Huang – 9.725 Hofland – 9.595	FLOOR Mattern – 9.895 Merkle – 9.845 Harrison – 9.810 Stone – 9.805 Huang – 9.785 49.140 Aepli – 9.775 McClelland – 9.480

 

19. WEST VIRGINIA – 196.070
VAULT Koshinski – 9.905 Muhammad – 9.860 Bernard – 9.810 Cluchey – 9.785 Merwin – 9.780 49.140	BARS Muhammad – 9.840 Wright – 9.840 Tun – 9.800 Bernard – 9.740 Gillette – 9.725 48.945 Cumber – 9.710 Cluchey – 9.565 Kaufman – 9.525
BEAM Gillette – 9.800 Koshinski – 9.795 Kaufman – 9.795 Galpin – 9.775 Wright – 9.670 48.835 Muhammad – 9.663 Cumber – 9.463	FLOOR Koshinski – 9.905 Muhammad – 9.850 Cluchey – 9.830 Cumber – 9.795 Bernard – 9.770 49.150 Kaufman – 9.770 Merwin – 9.755 Gillette – 9.735 Wright – 8.500

 

20. ARKANSAS – 196.010
VAULT Wellick – 9.900 McGlone – 9.840 Speed – 9.830 Yamzon – 9.750 Anderson – 9.730 49.050 Rathjen – 9.715	BARS Garner – 9.860 Speed – 9.830 Wellick – 9.825 Burton – 9.805 Yamzon – 9.765 49.085 Anderson – 9.760
BEAM Yamzon – 9.845 Burton – 9.835 Garner – 9.830 Wellick – 9.725 Bargiacchi – 9.725 48.960 McGlone – 9.635 Rathjen – 9.600 Speed – 9.588	FLOOR Wellick – 9.850 Yamzon – 9.820 McGlone – 9.815 Bargiacchi – 9.780 Anderson – 9.650 48.915 Garner – 9.012

 

21. ILLINOIS – 195.843
VAULT Leduc – 9.835 Horth – 9.810 Givens – 9.800 Balthazor – 9.765 Howell – 9.675 48.885 Roe – 9.517	BARS Horth – 9.885 Howell – 9.845 Balthazor – 9.815 Leduc – 9.655 Dwyer – 9.358 48.558 Donovan – 9.313
BEAM Leduc – 9.910 Hodan – 9.875 Horth – 9.865 Roe – 9.830 Howell – 9.780 49.260	FLOOR Leduc – 9.905 Hodan – 9.870 Howell – 9.820 Horth – 9.775 Roe – 9.770 49.140

 

22. ARIZONA – 195.682
VAULT Mattson – 9.820 Swanson – 9.805 Cindric – 9.770 Leung – 9.770 Cowles – 9.725 48.890 Leydin – 9.688	BARS Ortiz – 9.895 Berg – 9.845 Spencer – 9.810 Hendrickson – 9.775 Schneider – 9.650 48.975 Cindric – 8.808
BEAM Hendrickson – 9.805 Schneider – 9.795 Cowles – 9.760 Ortiz – 9.750 Cindric – 9.720 48.830 Leung – 9.563	FLOOR Schneider – 9.880 Mattson – 9.825 Cindric – 9.805 Swanson – 9.760 Leydin – 9.717 48.987 Berg – 9.713

 

23. PENN STATE – 195.538
VAULT Tsang – 9.850 Garcia – 9.805 LaGuardia – 9.735 Hosek – 9.705 Politz – 9.700 48.795 Jones – 9.663 Waddell – 9.531	BARS Garcia – 9.915 Politz – 9.845 Tsang – 9.825 Laguardia – 9.740 McCracken – 9.500 48.825 Jones – 9.375
BEAM Tsang – 9.845 Garcia – 9.790 Hosek – 9.790 Politz – 9.765 Jones – 9.725 48.915 McCracken – 9.688 Waddell – 9.688 Schuller – 9.660	FLOOR Tsang – 9.885 Garcia – 9.860 Schuller – 9.805 Politz – 9.790 Hosek – 9.663 49.003 McCracken – 9.325 Jones – 8.900

 

24. IOWA – 195.517
VAULT Piorkowski – 9.815 Zurawski – 9.805 Ortiz – 9.805 Sullivan – 9.795 Youd – 9.775 48.995 Carlson – 9.730 Snyder – 9.625	BARS Zurawski – 9.870 Sullivan – 9.830 Kaji – 9.820 Snyder – 9.705 Carlson – 9.425** 48.650
BEAM Kaji – 9.845 Sullivan – 9.820 Youd – 9.740 Rep Average – 9.696 Rep Average – 9.696 48.797	FLOOR Zurawski – 9.880 Kaji – 9.875 Snyder – 9.875 Chow – 9.805 Sullivan – 9.640 49.075

Iowa has been on the upswing the last couple seasons, but 2018 will be a major test in terms of longevity as they’ll have to replace many lost routines from a program-iconic class. Bars and beam were the strengths last year because of Metcalf, Drenth, and company, their departures leaving those events quite depleted now.

25. CAL – 195.378
VAULT Robinson – 9.860 Williams – 9.842 Sy Seilnacht – 9.820 Keelen – 9.817 Gallarzo – 9.770 49.109 Mastrangelo – 9.750	BARS Shu – 9.840 Sternberg – 9.833 Williams – 9.831 So Seilnacht – 9.785 Dudschus – 9.188 48.477 Gallarzo – 9.130
BEAM So Seilnacht – 9.860 Sy Seilnacht – 9.825 Gallarzo – 9.810 Shu – 9.790 Keelen – 9.650 48.935	FLOOR Williams – 9.894 Robinson – 9.855 Sternberg – 9.825 Dudschus – 9.683 Sy Seilnacht – 9.600 48.857 So Seilnacht – 9.558 Keelen – 9.542

The low bars score probably undersells what Cal is actually returning simply because Alicia Gallarzo had such a weak bars RQS last season, even though she finally seemed to figure it out in April. Still, Cal’s lineups have been drastically depleted by a massive senior exodus of 3-4 routines per event, which will have to be replaced by the equally massive new freshman class. It’s going to be a project.

26. CENTRAL MICHIGAN – 195.138
VAULT Pedrick – 9.830 Clements – 9.820 Plaska – 9.735 Kaplan – 9.725 Janowicz – 9.670 48.780 Miller – 9.375 Wright – 9.200 Hilliker – 9.092	BARS Kaplan – 9.865 Janowicz – 9.840 Plaska – 9.745 Wright – 9.700 Pedrick – 9.683 48.833 Campbell – 9.670 Miller – 9.463
BEAM Clements – 9.880 Memmel – 9.700 Porter – 9.567 Janowicz – 9.546 Pedrick – 9.538 48.231 Hilliker – 9.463 Plaska – 9.435	FLOOR Hilliker – 9.905 Clements – 9.880 Pedrick – 9.850 Janowicz – 9.844 Plaska – 9.815 49.294 Kaplan – 9.780 Memmel – 9.710 Campbell – 9.575 Miller – 9.483

 

27. EASTERN MICHIGAN – 194.970
VAULT Gresham – 9.820 Schwartz – 9.775 Valentin – 9.770 Hultgren – 9.755 Dobronics – 9.700 48.820	BARS Valentin – 9.925 Rubin – 9.875 Schwartz – 9.680 Gendron – 9.675 Rep Average – 9.675 48.830
BEAM Valentin – 9.865 Rubin – 9.820 Hultgren – 9.755 Gresham – 9.670 Schwartz – 9.550 48.660 Dobronics – 9.317	FLOOR Marino – 9.825 Gresham – 9.780 Gendron – 9.775 Dobronics – 9.760 Audet – 9.520 48.660

 

28. MINNESOTA – 194.737
VAULT Williams – 9.850 Gardner – 9.765 DeMuse – 9.760 Quaglia – 9.735 Hitchcock – 9.670 48.780	BARS Lu – 9.840 Hitchcock – 9.810 Gardner – 9.755 Rowland – 9.740 Quaglia – 9.690 48.835 Cutler – 9.275
BEAM Garnder – 9.860 Huebert – 9.675 Cutler – 9.595 Williams – 9.490 Ung – 9.450 48.070 DeMuse – 9.438	FLOOR Gardner – 9.865 DeMuse – 9.850 Williams – 9.845 Cutler – 9.785 Rep Average – 9.707 49.052

 

29. OREGON STATE – 194.629
VAULT Dessaints – 9.900 Jacobsen – 9.855 Gill – 9.785 Khamedoost – 9.775 Rep Average – 9.754 49.069	BARS Singley – 9.830 Jacobsen – 9.815 Khamedoost – 9.780 Colussi-Pelaez – 9.460 Gill – 9.250 48.135
BEAM Dessaints – 9.895 Gill – 9.795 Colussi-Pelaez – 9.780** Davis – 9.650 Lowery – 9.375 48.495	FLOOR Lowery – 9.860 Jacobsen – 9.775 Gill – 9.763 Singley – 9.750** Rep Average – 9.782 48.930

It’s a hard-knock roster this season for Oregon State, a team that has lost 15 of its 24 routines from nationals last year (including five of six floor routines) with the departures of McMillan, Gardiner, Aufiero, SCP, Ricci, and Jimenez and has to start from scratch in a lot of respects coming into the 2018 season. We will meet many new routines this year.

30. UTAH STATE – 194.620
VAULT Golison – 9.790 Ward – 9.785 Estrella – 9.770 Bullitt – 9.655 Rep Average – 9.661 48.661	BARS Peel – 9.860 Jeppesen – 9.850 Ward – 9.820 Estrella – 9.785 Rep Average – 9.722 49.037
BEAM Peel – 9.820 Golison – 9.820 Briones – 9.567 Rep Average – 9.440 Rep Average – 9.440 48.087	FLOOR Ward – 9.900 Golison – 9.840 Peel – 9.760 Bullitt – 9.725 Estrella – 9.610 48.835 Briones – 8.900

 

31. STANFORD – 194.232
VAULT Price – 9.895 Cole – 9.835 Tai – 9.820 Yu – 9.820 H Hoffman – 9.715 49.085	BARS Price – 9.940 Yu – 9.810 Rep Average – 9.425 Rep Average – 9.425 Rep Average – 9.425 48.025
BEAM Tai – 9.835 Fitzgerald – 9.800 Cole – 9.785 Yu – 9.692 Price – 9.400 48.512	FLOOR Price – 9.895 Cole – 9.775 H Hoffman – 9.770 Tai – 9.695 Rep Average – 9.475 48.610

The difficult truth for Tabitha Yim and Stanford is that there are very few scores returning beyond Elizabeth Price, particularly if you look at bars. The freshman class will have to bear the brunt of contribution in the upcoming season, but it’s a large class designed to do just that.

32. SOUTHERN UTAH – 193.018
VAULT Ma McBride – 9.815 Me McBride – 9.815 Jorgensen – 9.800 Gonzalez – 9.650 Rep Average – 9.655 48.735	BARS Yee – 9.845 Rozsa – 9.830 Ma McBride – 9.825 Heltemes – 9.820 Jorgensen – 9.150 48.470
BEAM Jorgensen – 9.820 Yee – 9.810 Bayer – 9.800 Gonzalez – 9.310 Rep Average – 9.594 48.334	FLOOR Jorgensen – 9.895 Gonzalez – 9.825 Bayer – 8.925 Rep Average – 9.417 Rep Average – 9.417 47.479

Southern Utah was also bit by the graduation bug, probably more severely than any other team. Maybe that’s why this year’s freshman class is 10 people big. Thousands of routines are exactly what’s needed right now.