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

Rank	Team	NQS
1	Oklahoma	197.93750
Drop High		198.425
Drop Low		197.425
Count	198.200, 198.125. 198.175, 198.075, 197.550, 197.500
This Week		198.125 (Count)
2	LSU	197.73500
Drop High		198.325
Drop Low		196.850
Count	198.050, 197.925, 197.675, 197.525, 197.500
This Week		197.925 (Count)
3	Alabama	197.57000
Drop High		197.950
Drop Low		197.275
Count	197.950, 197.500, 197.475, 197.475, 197.450
This Week		197.950 (Count)
4	Florida	197.48000
Drop High		198.050
Drop Low		196.500
Count	197.725, 197.575, 197.575, 197.425, 197.100
This Week		197.575 (Count)
5	UCLA	197.45000
Drop High		198.150
Drop Low		196.975
Count	197.725, 197.675, 197.550, 197.425, 197.325, 197.000
This Week		197.675 (Count)
6	Georgia	197.29583
Drop High		197.675
Drop Low		196.875
Count	197.650, 197.550, 197.325, 197.200, 197.050, 197.000
This Week		197.325 (Count)
7	Missouri	197.16250
Drop High		197.550
Drop Low		196.825
Count	197.500, 197.275, 197.225, 197.200, 196.925, 196.850
This Week		197.550 (High)
8	Arkansas	197.15000
Drop High		197.700
Drop Low		195.975
Count	197.475, 197.450, 197.250, 197.125, 196,900, 196.700
This Week		197.125 (Count)
9	Michigan	197.09000
Drop High		197.425
Drop Low		196.375
Count	197.375, 197.225, 197.100, 196.975, 196.775
This Week		197.100 (Count)
10	Stanford	196.97000
Drop High		197.725
Drop Low		196.400
Count	197,225, 197.100, 197.075, 196.975, 196.475
This Week		197.725 (High)
11	Michigan State	196.96000
Drop High		197.525
Drop Low		195.675
Count	197.300, 197.250, 197.125, 196.900, 196.225
This Week		197.300 (Count)
12	Utah	196.80416
Drop High		198.025
Drop Low		195.725
Count	197.425, 197.300, 197.125, 196.625, 196.450, 195.900
This Week		197.425 (Count)
13	Minnesota	196.68000
Drop High		197.275
Drop Low		195.075
Count	197.150, 197.075, 197.050, 196.950, 196.775, 195.475
This Week		196.950 (Count)
14	Clemson	196.55000
Drop High		197.025
Drop Low		195.925
Count	196.900, 196.875, 196.550, 196.525, 196.300, 196.150
This Week		196.525 (Count)
15	Auburn	196.51666
Drop High		197.250
Drop Low		196.050
Count	197.150, 196.825, 196.700, 196.275, 196.075, 196.075
This Week		196.525 (Count)
16	Cal	196.48333
Drop High		196.950
Drop Low		195.550
Count	196.875, 196.800, 196.825, 196.350, 196.050, 196.000
This Week		196.800 (Count)
17	North Carolina	196.47916
Drop High		196.750
Drop Low		196.325
Count	196.675, 196.525, 196.525, 196.400, 196.375, 196.375
This Week		196.750 (High)
18	Iowa	196.42916
Drop High		197.225
Drop Low		194.825
Count	197.025, 196.775, 196.725, 196.400, 196.000, 195.600
This Week		197.075 (Count)
19	Ohio State	196.40500
Drop High		197.075
Drop Low		195.750
Count	196.850, 196.625, 196.300, 196.250, 196.000
This Week		196.850 (Count)
20	Penn State	196.34167
Drop High		197.250
Drop Low		196.000
Count	196.725, 196.525, 196.275, 196.225, 196.125, 196.075
This Week		196.525 (Count)
21	Denver	196.32500
Drop High		196.950
Drop Low		195.850
Count	196.600, 196.575, 196.525, 196.000, 195.925
This Week		195.925 (Count)
22	NC State	196.22916
Drop High		197.125
Drop Low		195.575
Count	196.625, 196.575, 196.125, 196.100, 196.075, 195.875
This Week		196.575 Count)
23	Kentucky	196.22000
Drop High		197.325
Drop Low		194.325
Counting	197.125, 196.800, 196.475, 195.775, 194.925
This Week		197.125 (Count)
24	BYU	196.10000
Drop High		196.975
Drop Low		195.200
Count	196.575, 196.300, 196.300, 196.025, 195.725, 195.675
This Week		196.575 (Count)
25	Maryland	195.96500
Drop High		196.675
Drop Low		194.625
Count	196.275, 196.200, 196.050, 195.700, 195.600
This Week		196.050 (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

26	Oregon State	195.879
27	Arizona	195.742
28	Southern Utah	195.708
29	Nebraska	195.705
30	Utah State	195.700
31	San Jose State	195.545
32	Arizona State	195.440
33	Central Michigan	195.400
34	Washington	195.329
35	Air Force	195.238
36	Penn	195.235

FIRST OUT

37	Ball State	195.113
38	Towson	195.088
38	Pittsburgh	195.088
40	Rutgers	195.071
41	Texas Woman’s	195.029
41	Illinois	195.029
43	Kent State	195.020
44	Western Michigan	194.992
45	New Hampshire	194.935
46	Boise State	194.870
47	Yale	194.450

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)