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 |
BARS McMurtry – 9.930 Hundley – 9.925 Baker – 9.880 Boren – 9.860 Gowey – 9.850 49.445 Chant – 9.820 |
BEAM McMurtry – 9.925 Boren – 9.900 Gowey – 9.895 Hundley – 9.880 Baker – 9.855 49.455 McLaughlin – 9.845 |
FLOOR Baker – 9.945 Boren – 9.945 Hundley – 9.885 Slocum – 9.870 McMurtry – 9.846 49.491 McLaughlin – 9.805 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
BARS Skinner – 9.905 Lewis – 9.880 Lee – 9.845 Reinstadtler – 9.840 Merrell-Giles – 9.835 49.305 Schwab – 9.825 |
BEAM Skinner – 9.900 Lee – 9.890 Reinstadtler – 9.850 Merrell-Giles – 9.840 McNatt – 9.838 49.318 Stover – 9.830 |
FLOOR Skinner – 9.965 Lewis – 9.890 Reinstadtler – 9.875 Roberts – 9.845 Merrell-Giles – 9.840 49.415 Tessen – 9.825 |
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 |
BARS Korth – 9.895 Hyland – 9.845 Coca – 9.835 Carlisle – 9.835 Stuart – 9.815 49.225 Rechenmacher – 9.810 |
BEAM Hyland – 9.915 Dukes – 9.900 Stuart – 9.855 Korth – 9.850 Poland – 9.825 49.345 Rechenmacher – 9.815 |
FLOOR Dukes – 9.895 Korth – 9.890 Hyland – 9.870 Rechenmacher – 9.820 Stuart – 9.815 49.290 Carlisle – 9.795 |
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 |
BARS Ross – 9.965 Peng – 9.955 Kocian – 9.870 Honest – 9.865 Savvidou – 9.855 49.510 Meraz – 9.850 |
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 |
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 |
BARS Huber – 9.860 Porter – 9.850 Schugel – 9.845 Miller – 9.840 Tucker – 9.810 49.205 Kelly – 9.790 |
BEAM Ward – 9.925 Kelly – 9.850 Schugel – 9.830 Albritten – 9.820 Bower – 9.805 49.230 Tucker – 9.800 |
FLOOR Harris – 9.910 Schugel – 9.876 Porter – 9.863 Tucker – 9.820 Huber – 9.805 49.274 Bower – 9.800 |
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 |
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 |
FLOOR Collantes – 9.870 Stockwell – 9.858 Remme – 9.845 Means – 9.835 McGregor – 9.740 49.148 Webb – 9.567 |
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 |
BARS Green – 9.840 Sievers – 9.830 Young – 9.825 Ledesma – 9.815 Johnson – 9.780 49.090 Paz – 9.765 |
BEAM Young – 9.860 Diaz – 9.810 Paz – 9.810 Sievers – 9.750 Converse – 9.685 48.915 Converse – 9.685 |
FLOOR Young – 9.895 Ledesma – 9.860 Paz – 9.830 Green – 9.810 Middelkoop – 9.755 49.150 Sievers – 9.730 |
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 |
FLOOR Crouse – 9.855 Schweihofer – 9.850 Houchin – 9.845 Williams – 9.805 Epperson – 9.744 49.099 Breen – 9.596 |
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 |
BARS Engler – 9.875 Cerio – 9.865 Day – 9.860 Krippner – 9.825 Milliet – 9.808 49.233 Becker – 9.655 |
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 |
FLOOR Mattern – 9.895 Merkle – 9.845 Harrison – 9.810 Stone – 9.805 Huang – 9.785 49.140 Aepli – 9.775 |
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 |
BEAM Gillette – 9.800 Koshinski – 9.795 Kaufman – 9.795 Galpin – 9.775 Wright – 9.670 48.835 Muhammad – 9.663 |
FLOOR Koshinski – 9.905 Muhammad – 9.850 Cluchey – 9.830 Cumber – 9.795 Bernard – 9.770 49.150 Kaufman – 9.770 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
FLOOR Tsang – 9.885 Garcia – 9.860 Schuller – 9.805 Politz – 9.790 Hosek – 9.663 49.003 McCracken – 9.325 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
BARS Kaplan – 9.865 Janowicz – 9.840 Plaska – 9.745 Wright – 9.700 Pedrick – 9.683 48.833 Campbell – 9.670 |
BEAM Clements – 9.880 Memmel – 9.700 Porter – 9.567 Janowicz – 9.546 Pedrick – 9.538 48.231 Hilliker – 9.463 |
FLOOR Hilliker – 9.905 Clements – 9.880 Pedrick – 9.850 Janowicz – 9.844 Plaska – 9.815 49.294 Kaplan – 9.780 |
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.
All I want for Christmas/Birthday/Life in General is for Kentucky to make Nationals. Super Six would be a cherry on top.
Yes! I’d be happy if these rankings just held for the season haha
Yes, please!!
Any plans to extend this for the next 10-12 teams that might have a shot at being top 32 this season? Or naw?
Yes, I second that! I’d love to see an under-the-radar team come in and surprise everyone this season!
It’s primary a reflection of a) number of returning routines b) regular season overscoring
I mean a) is kind of the entire point…and then, from there, you evaluate the freshmen who are likely to contribute. For example, Florida is already on top based on returning routines, plus they have by far the strongest freshman class, which means really they should be the title favorites. LSU can expect to get some routines out of Desiderio, plus they could get lucky and hope Priessman is healthy enough to do leg events this year and Kelly doesn’t fall apart when she tries to vault. So I think LSU has a solid outside chance.
Oklahoma doesn’t have as much coming in from their freshman class that I’m aware of, so they will need some KJ Level 10 magic to get up to Florida’s level, but they’ve done that plenty of times before.
Alabama has Ernst and Key, so they’re going to be much higher than 7th, most likely, but still probably too far behind the top dogs to challenge.
UCLA lost way more than I thought, and they aren’t gaining enough from their freshmen to really contend, especially if Kocian is out. That’s sad.
UCLA is already one of the best on Bars and Beam, and I can see Dennis pulling those number up a bit. Pauline Tratz could end up doing wonders for them on vault and floor, which is their main problem. Tratz has a 10 vault, and in the UCLA preseason Woodward montage, Kyla did the Omelianchick. However, Kyla also showed an amazing Omelianchick a month before last season and then gave us solid FTY after solid FTY. If Kyla could get a fitting floor routine and show some of her nationals semifinals, I could see her being a safe 9.9 score in their lineup. However, if Kocian is out, It will be devastating to their lineup, and their only solution will to be smuggle international superstars onto their lineup.
I’m interested to see Bruins vault this season. Maddy Preston should be healthy enough for a 10 start value along with some of their fresh and soph group. I hope their floor looses the slightly juvenile look this year also. Utah is a dark horse. Waiting to see the recovery level of Tessen and Schwab. Really pulling for Sabrina as she is one of the loveliest gymnasts to watch. Solosky could be an interesting addition. Mcnatt has possibilities also. Love the fact that all teams are vastly improved so it isn’t a top 6 cake walk any more. Looking forward to a great year and I appreciate all the commentary. Also hope we can all play nice. (That comment is as much for me as everyone else- I’ve turned over a new leaf). Happy flips to all
Madison Preston medically retired.
So sad. Loved her intensity
PS. Maddy Kocian. Please be healthy but also safe. Doctors need to have healthy arms and shoulders. Wish you the best