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College Week 8 Doodads and Whatnots

Table of contents:
NQS Leaders
Regionals Bubble
Ranking Changes
Meet Upsets
Record Breakers
Postseason Outlook

Top 25 NQS Breakdown

The top 25 teams and the origin story of how their rankings came to be

RankTeamNQS
1Oklahoma197.93750
Drop High198.425
Drop Low197.425
Count198.200, 198.125. 198.175,
198.075, 197.550, 197.500
This Week198.125 (Count)
2LSU197.73500
Drop High198.325
Drop Low196.850
Count198.050, 197.925, 197.675,
197.525, 197.500
This Week197.925 (Count)
3Alabama197.57000
Drop High197.950
Drop Low197.275
Count197.950, 197.500, 197.475,
197.475, 197.450
This Week197.950 (Count)
4Florida197.48000
Drop High198.050
Drop Low196.500
Count197.725, 197.575, 197.575,
197.425, 197.100
This Week197.575 (Count)
5UCLA197.45000
Drop High198.150
Drop Low196.975
Count197.725, 197.675, 197.550,
197.425, 197.325, 197.000
This Week197.675 (Count)
6Georgia197.29583
Drop High197.675
Drop Low196.875
Count197.650, 197.550, 197.325,
197.200, 197.050, 197.000
This Week197.325 (Count)
7Missouri197.16250
Drop High197.550
Drop Low196.825
Count197.500, 197.275, 197.225,
197.200, 196.925, 196.850
This Week197.550 (High)
8Arkansas197.15000
Drop High197.700
Drop Low195.975
Count197.475, 197.450, 197.250,
197.125, 196,900, 196.700
This Week197.125 (Count)
9Michigan197.09000
Drop High197.425
Drop Low196.375
Count197.375, 197.225, 197.100,
196.975, 196.775
This Week197.100 (Count)
10Stanford196.97000
Drop High197.725
Drop Low196.400
Count197,225, 197.100, 197.075,
196.975, 196.475
This Week197.725 (High)
11Michigan State196.96000
Drop High197.525
Drop Low195.675
Count197.300, 197.250, 197.125,
196.900, 196.225
This Week197.300 (Count)
12Utah196.80416
Drop High198.025
Drop Low195.725
Count197.425, 197.300, 197.125,
196.625, 196.450, 195.900
This Week197.425 (Count)
13Minnesota196.68000
Drop High197.275
Drop Low195.075
Count197.150, 197.075, 197.050,
196.950, 196.775, 195.475
This Week196.950 (Count)
14Clemson196.55000
Drop High197.025
Drop Low195.925
Count196.900, 196.875, 196.550,
196.525, 196.300, 196.150
This Week196.525 (Count)
15Auburn196.51666
Drop High197.250
Drop Low196.050
Count197.150, 196.825, 196.700,
196.275, 196.075, 196.075
This Week196.525 (Count)
16Cal196.48333
Drop High196.950
Drop Low195.550
Count196.875, 196.800, 196.825,
196.350, 196.050, 196.000
This Week196.800 (Count)
17North Carolina196.47916
Drop High196.750
Drop Low196.325
Count196.675, 196.525, 196.525,
196.400, 196.375, 196.375
This Week196.750 (High)
18Iowa196.42916
Drop High197.225
Drop Low194.825
Count197.025, 196.775, 196.725,
196.400, 196.000, 195.600
This Week197.075 (Count)
19Ohio State196.40500
Drop High197.075
Drop Low195.750
Count196.850, 196.625, 196.300,
196.250, 196.000
This Week196.850 (Count)
20Penn State196.34167
Drop High197.250
Drop Low196.000
Count196.725, 196.525, 196.275,
196.225, 196.125, 196.075
This Week196.525 (Count)
21Denver196.32500
Drop High196.950
Drop Low195.850
Count196.600, 196.575, 196.525,
196.000, 195.925
This Week195.925 (Count)
22NC State196.22916
Drop High197.125
Drop Low195.575
Count196.625, 196.575, 196.125,
196.100, 196.075, 195.875
This Week196.575 Count)
23Kentucky196.22000
Drop High197.325
Drop Low194.325
Counting197.125, 196.800, 196.475,
195.775, 194.925
This Week197.125 (Count)
24BYU196.10000
Drop High196.975
Drop Low195.200
Count196.575, 196.300, 196.300,
196.025, 195.725, 195.675
This Week196.575 (Count)
25Maryland195.96500
Drop High196.675
Drop Low194.625
Count196.275, 196.200, 196.050,
195.700, 195.600
This Week196.050 (Count)

Drop Zone Watch

Who’s currently making the postseason top-36 cutoff, and who is set to be jettisoned in a fit of spring cleaning for the April meets

LAST IN

26Oregon State195.879
27Arizona195.742
28Southern Utah195.708
29Nebraska195.705
30Utah State195.700
31San Jose State195.545
32Arizona State195.440
33Central Michigan195.400
34Washington195.329
35Air Force195.238
36Penn195.235

FIRST OUT

37Ball State195.113
38Towson195.088
38Pittsburgh195.088
40Rutgers195.071
41Texas Woman’s195.029
41Illinois195.029
43Kent State195.020
44Western Michigan194.992
45New Hampshire194.935
46Boise State194.870
47Yale194.450

Changing It Up

The most significant ranking movement in week 8

–Missouri moves ahead of Arkansas for 7th
Despite Arkansas achieving its program-first 10.000 from Morgan Price on vault in rotation 1, the team then went to bars and immediately counted a fall, ending up with a 197.125 total and allowing Missouri to move ahead with a season-high 197.550. Next week, Missouri will have its 6th home meet of the season and will then have to start dropping a home high in addition to an overall high score, and if that were in place now, Missouri would still be behind Arkansas.

–Utah moves ahead of Minnesota for 12th
It’s sort of been .20 steps forward, .10 steps back (with a college stick) for Utah. A 197.425 allowed the Utes to move a little bit higher in the rankings this week, but a counting fall on beam kept the total from being in Ludicrous Zone, which is basically required at this point to make up for those early season 195s.

–Auburn and Cal into seeded spots, North Carolina and Denver out
A swap in the teens saw Auburn and Cal move into the coveted top 16 teams that will be seeded at regionals, bumping North Carolina and Denver into the geographical placement spots…with four weeks to go until that matters.

—Air Force into the regionals spots, Pitt out
Air Force jumped from 40th to 35th and into the good side of the regionals cutoff. Air Force last advanced to regionals in 2002.

Who’s Upsetting Me Now?

Meet winners who defeated teams ranked 5+ spots ahead of them (at time of meet)

—#45 Texas Woman’s defeated #26 Oregon State, #31 Arizona State, and #38 Kent State
While a couple late-January 193s saw TWU cede some of this season’s “they could make regionals unexpectedlyyyyyyy” fervor to Penn and Air Force, Texas Woman’s is still close and still in line for a best-ever season, especially after program-first wins over Oregon State, Arizona State, and Kent State.

—#40 Air Force defeated #32 San Jose State
A two-meet weekend saw Air Force notch wins over Illinois, Ball State, San Jose State, and UC Davis. At this point, the defeat of San Jose State is the only actual numerical upset, but in terms of the arc of college gymnastics history, those are all big upsets. Air Force beat Illinois and it wasn’t even an upset is a very new sentiment.

—#23 BYU defeated #16 Denver
BYU put up a 49.550 on floor to gain 0.750 on Denver in the final rotation of the meet as Denver counted three scores of 9.725 or lower on beam.

Record Breakers

Notable record-breaking (or tying) scores from week 8

Oldest Record Broken
On Sunday, Air Force scored a team record 49.325 on beam, breaking the previous record of 49.150, which had stood since March 9, 2004.

Oldest Record Broken (runner-up)
Kinley Rose at UW-Eau Claire scored 9.775 on bars, the best for Eau Claire on that event, surpassing the 9.750 that Hannah Lewis scored on March 24, 2018.

Team Total Records
Air Force scored a team record 196.300
Yale scored a team record 195.525
UW-Eau Claire scored a team record 192.900

Team Event Records
Iowa scored a bars record 49.450
Air Force scored a beam record 49.325
UW-Eau Claire scored a bars record 48.200

Individual School Records
Morgan Price 10.000 VT for Arkansas
Brie Clark 9.975 FX for Clemson
Kristina Jakubiak 9.875 BB for UW-Oshkosh
Kinley Rose 9.775 UB for UW-Eau Claire

Individual School Records (tied)
Kailin Chio 10.000 VT, BB for LSU
Avery Neff 10.000 VT for Utah
Maggie Slife 9.925 BB for Air Force
Delaney McMahon 9.925 BB for Ball State
Ashley Szymanski 9.925 BB for Ball State
Hareet Gehlon 9.825 BB for UW-Eau Claire
Kate Clairmont 9.775 BB for Gustavus Adolphus

If It Ended Today…

If the season ended today, the regionals draw would be

#1: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Michigan, Cal
(@ Kentucky)
#2: LSU, Missouri, Stanford, Auburn
(@ LSU)
#3: Alabama, Georgia, Michigan St, Clemson
(@ Arizona St)
#4: Florida, UCLA, Utah, Minnesota
(@ Oregon St)


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