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)

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.

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