Now that we have some actual NQS rankings to go by, let’s look in at the new rankings, where they come from, and whether they’re weird or not.

No team has competed in 6 home meets yet, so we don’t have to apply any of the new fiddly rules to the NQSs, with everyone just dropping the high and low and averaging the rest.

Rank	Team	NQS
1	Oklahoma	197.90000
Drop High		198.425
Drop Low		197.425
Count	198.200, 198.175, 198.075, 197.550, 197.500
This Week		198.075 (Count)
2	LSU	197.68750
Drop High		198.325
Drop Low		196.850
Count	198.050, 197.675, 197.525, 197.500
This Week		198.325 (High)
3	Alabama	197.47500
Drop High		197.950
Drop Low		197.275
Count	197.500, 197.475, 197.475, 197.450
This Week		197.950 (High)
4	Florida	197.45625
Drop High		198.050
Drop Low		196.500
Count	197.725, 197.575, 197.425, 197.100
This Week		197.575 (Count)
5	UCLA	197.40500
Drop High		198.150
Drop Low		196.975
Count	197.725, 197.550, 197.425, 197.325, 197.000
This Week		197.725 (Count)
6	Georgia	197.29000
Drop High		197.675
Drop Low		196.875
Count	197.650, 197.550, 197.200, 197.050, 197.000
This Week		197.650 (Count)
7	Arkansas	197.15500
Drop High		197.700
Drop Low		195.975
Count	197.475, 197.450, 197.250, 196.900, 196.700
This Week		196.900 (Count)
8	Missouri	197.09500
Drop High		197.500
Drop Low		196.825
Count	197.275, 197.225, 197.200, 196.925, 196.850
This Week		196.825 (Low)
9	Michigan	197.08750
Drop High		197.425
Drop Low		196.375
Count	197.375, 197.225, 196.975, 196.775
This Week		196.975 (Count)
10	Stanford	196.90625
Drop High		197.225
Drop Low		196.400
Count	197.100, 197.075, 196.975, 196.475
This Week		196.400 (Low)
11	Michigan State	196.87500
Drop High		197.525
Drop Low		195.675
Count	197.250, 197.125, 196.900, 196.225
This Week		197.250 (Count)
12	Minnesota	196.70500
Drop High		197.275
Drop Low		195.075
Count	197.150, 197.075, 197.050, 196.775, 195.475
This Week		197.075 (Count)
13	Utah	196.68000
Drop High		198.025
Drop Low		195.725
Count	197.300, 197.125, 196.625, 196.450, 195.900
This Week		198.025 (High)
14	Clemson	196.55500
Drop High		197.025
Drop Low		195.925
Count	196.900, 196.875, 196.550, 196.300, 196.150
This Week		196.875 (Count)
15	North Carolina	196.44000
Drop High		196.675
Drop Low		196.325
Count	196.525, 196.525, 196.400, 196.375, 196.375
This Week		196.325 (Low) 196.375 (Count)
16	Denver	196.42500
Drop High		196.950
Drop Low		195.850
Count	196,600, 196.575, 196.525, 196.000
This Week		196.600 (Count)
17	Cal	196.42000
Drop High		196.950
Drop Low		195.550
Count	196.875, 196.825, 196.350, 196.050, 196.000
This Week		196.875 (Count)
18	Auburn	196.39000
Dropped High		197.150
Dropped Low		196.050
Count	196.825, 196.700, 196.275, 196.075, 196.075
This Week		196.825 (Count) 196.075 (Count)
19	Penn State	196.30500
Drop High		197.250
Drop Low		196.000
Count	196.725, 196.275, 196.225, 196.125, 196.075
This Week		196.000 (Low)
20	Iowa	196.30000
Drop High		197.225
Drop Low		194.825
Count	196.775, 196.725, 196.400, 196.000, 195.600
This Week		196.725(Count)
21	Ohio State	196.29375
Drop High		197.075
Drop Low		195.750
Count	196.625, 196.300, 196.250, 196.000
This Week		196.300 (Count)
22	NC State	196.16000
Drop High		197.125
Drop Low		195.575
Count	196.625, 196.125, 196.100, 196.075, 195.875
This Week		196.625 (Count) 196.100 (Count)
23	BYU	196.00500
Drop High		196.975
Drop Low		195.200
Counting	196.300, 196.300, 196.025, 195.725, 195.675
This Week		196.025 (Count)
24	Kentucky	195.99375
Drop High		197.325
Drop Low		194.325
Count	196.800, 196.475, 195.775, 194.925
This Week		196.800 (Count)
25	Maryland	195.94375
Drop High		196.675
Drop Low		194.625
Count	196.275, 196.200, 195.700, 195.600
This Week		196.200 (Count)

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Changes and Notables

—Florida moves ahead of UCLA for 4th
Despite Florida putting up a lower score than UCLA this week, the switch to NQS allowed Florida to move into 4th place and bump UCLA to 5th by removing Florida’s season low—the bars debacle at Missouri—from the counting scores.

—Arkansas moves ahead of Missouri for 7th
Another minor switch in the top 10 owed itself to the same phenomenon. Arkansas lost to Alabama by a point but was able to drop its 195.975 (from when both Prices fell on floor at Florida) to enjoy a stronger slate of counting scores, while Missouri had a season low this week despite defeating Kentucky.

–Utah fixes things, falls in the rankings
Utah got its life together for a 198 this week, but that now becomes Utah’s season high and can’t count. Minnesota has been afflicted by a similar condition to Utah with two early-season 195s but also has more counting 197s thus far and used that to jump three spots.

–ACC chaos is alive and well
ACC #1 Stanford lost to ACC #4 Cal on Saturday, as Cal was able to remove its lone 195 on the season and jump three spots in the rankings (tying Minnesota for the best improvement in the top 25). Meanwhile, North Carolina lost to NC State on Friday, but then came back and beat NC State on Sunday, and fell behind Clemson in the rankings in the process. It’s getting good-weird.

–Penn is in regionals position
Yep. Penn currently sits in 36th, the final spot that qualifies to regionals. Penn has never finished higher than 45th, which was last season.

–If the season ended today…
Regional 1: Oklahoma, Missouri, Michigan, Denver (@ Kentucky)
Regional 2: LSU, Arkansas, Stanford, North Carolina (@ LSU)
Regional 3: Alabama, Georgia, Michigan State, Clemson (@ Arizona St)
Regional 4: Florida, UCLA, Minnesota, Utah (@ Oregon St)

I know.