Both should anchor lineups and pull in top-10 averagesif not a few perfect 10sall season long. Click on the date to see the national rankings from that week. Until it gives me a reason to change my opinion, I'm taking Oklahoma to win again. 2020 Fort Worth. Shop official NCAA team and championship gear. In the offseason, she won the elite national bars title and helped the U.S. win the team gold medal at the world championships, both of which bode well for her 2023 prospects. of the Wolverines have scored a 10.0 this season. BATON ROUGE - The No. 5 days ago. On floor, junior Sierra Ballard led off with a 9.850 followed by Jeffrey, who made her first appearance in the lineup for the Tigers and scored a 9.750. 3 Tennessee suspends baseball coach Vitello, FSU AD: Lagging ACC revenue 'has to change', Huskers volleyball set for outdoors to spike crowd, Road to the men's Frozen Four: Conference tournaments at a glance, College softball rankings: The top 25 teams in the NCAA this week, Previewing the 2023 college softball season: Players you need to watch, key storylines and WCWS predictions. April 11, 2022 (final NCATA Championships rankings) April 4, 2022 (includes third set of NCATA Championships rankings) March 28, 2022 (includes second set of NCATA Championships rankings) BATON ROUGE - The sixth-ranked LSU gymnastics team has been selected as the second seed in the Raleigh Regional and will compete for a spot in the 2022 NCAA Gymnastics Championships March 31 and . I think Florida will win the team title. Honorable Mention: Its not yet clear when or even if we can expect to see Olympic champion Lee in the all-around this season (she stuck to bars and beam only at the Auburn preview meet, and recent training video on vault has been sparse). She was one of five Wolverines to notch a perfect 10 and hasnt scored below 9.8375 since 2021. Bridget Sloan: I think this year's NCAA championship is going to be amazing. Her teammate Groth is also excellent, earning a remarkable eight 9.950s and two All-America honors in her freshman campaign. Haleigh Bryant, LSU 6. Alyssa Roenigk breaks down how the sport has been changed. Despite its lower start value, UCLA junior Campbells Yurchenko full is consistently excellent: Shes never scored below 9.800 in her career and scored below 9.900 just once last season. Chiles elevated to that mark as well this week as shes starting to find her landings on vault and beam to compliment her usually flawless bars and floor work. It's the best team in college gymnastics. They are confident, consistent and ready -- and because of their scoring potential in every spot in every lineup, if they hit, they win. Grace McCallum, Utah 5. Ohio State 196.025, Rutgers 195.750 - Jan. 30, 2022 Penn 194.425, Yale 194.200 - Jan. 30, 2022 Rhode Island College 183.500, Springfield 180.100 - Jan. 30, 2022 San Jose State 195.725, Sacramento State 192.325 - Jan. 30, 2022 Texas Woman's 191.575, Centenary 186.575 - Jan. 30, 2022 UCLA 196.400, Arizona 195.125 - Jan. 30, 2022 4. Utah The only program to qualify for every NCAA championship will like its chances again in 2023, losing only a trio of. Utah still put up a respectable total after she went down in the opening vault rotation, but losing an Olympic medalist and all-arounder would be a concern for any program. Utah 4. Oklahoma was tested over the weekend, trailing Alabama heading into the final rotation of the Metroplex Challenge, but responded as a defending champion does by casually putting up a new season high on floor to post a third straight 198. Teams who scored 198-mid already this season have an edge, but teams competing with the "nothing to lose, everything to gain" mindset could create an "all bets are off" dynamic, which is exciting for everyone. The shouldve-been 9.950 wasnt enough to earn a spot in the rankings this week, but it doesnt detract from the fact Thomas is one of the best beam workers in the country.PERFECT s: Career perfect 10 leaders in women's gymnastics. The squad also climbed the event rankings to place in the top-10 in all four events for the first time this season. The Louisiana native debuted on beam against Oklahoma and now owns a career high of 9.925 after her performance at Alabama. That said, so much talent is spread across the eight teams that qualified for nationals, upsets feel inevitable (if you can even call them upsets this year). Kathy Johnson Clarke: I believe any of the teams who make finals have an equal shot at winning because there is that much parity in scoring right now and more teams than ever are poised to upset top-ranked teams which pushes every team to greater performances. Denver 8. Charts : NCAA Gymnastics results, statistics, schedules, teams, and gymnasts. Or will defending champion Michigan pull off the repeat? However, I do think we could have stricter scoring, especially around the 9.9 and 9.95 routines. Lee couldnt follow up her perfect beam score in the same way as OKeefe, but she still nailed a pressure-packed routine to anchor an Auburn lineup that started with a fall. Sophomore Aleah Finnegan also ranks amongst the top-25 gymnasts in the country as she placed at No. BATON ROUGE The No. Head coach KJ Kindler retained all but a few routines from her championship squad in 2022, and with a talented freshman class capable of filling those holes immediately, Oklahoma shouldnt skip a beat. Freshman to Watch: Michigan State freshman Nikki Smith followed up her victory at last seasons prestigious Nastia Liukin Cup by winning the all-around, vault, bars and beam titles at the 2022 level 10 national championships. Sam Peszek: I think there have been the right amount of 10s, but some 10s were given and not deserved and other routines should have gotten a 10, but didn't. 23 Washington and George Washington for a quad meet inside the Raising Cane's River Center in Baton Rouge on Friday, March 3, at 6 p.m. CT. Drew Allar Medina (Medina, OH) QB. Arkansas 15. Oklahoma's season best score leads this week's women's college gymnastics power rankings, while Florida and Utah bounce Michigan from the top 3. On floor, Jordan Bowers (Oklahoma), Mya Hooten (Minnesota), Sydney Soloski (Utah), Lexi Graber (Alabama), Derrian Gobourne (Auburn). Kennedy Baker: I am team 10. 7 California, No. Miles Greig: No secret here in that I'm always rooting for Alabama! Roethlisberger: I watched California in the opening week of the season and immediately thought this is an NCAA-qualifying team. I also love to watch UCLA's Norah Flatley on floor. Go to Gymnastics r/Gymnastics by zxcv-qwerty MICHIGAN Current NCAA rankings . It seems we have more elite-level gymnasts (and Olympians and world team members) still competing in their prime. Also, they have Trinity Thomas! Weekly Rankings - National Collegiate Gymnastics Association Weekly Rankings All Around | Bars | Beam | Floor | Vault | Team ** to access Division III individual and team rankings, simply change "Regular Season" to "DIII Season" via the dropdown box at the top of the page. In their defense, these gymnasts are really good. Miles Greig: Kentucky is a sneaky good team. As a member of the up-and-coming Spartans, Smith is poised to be a key contributor on all four events right out of the gate. Her steady improvements, including a new career best this week, have been a major factor in the Sooners dominance. 16 Missouri. The championships, hosted by Texas Woman's University and Knight Eady, will be held at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, April 14-16. . The Wildcats missed the 2021 NCAA Tournament, and there was no NCAA Tournament in 2020, leaving a 2019 Elite Eight run as the program's last significant postseason success. In a list that'll surely need many revisions throughout the offseason, here's a way too early ranking of next year's top 20 teams: No. Thomas rebounded from an iffy beam record in 2021 to be absolutely unflappable last year with only one score below 9.900. 2022 Collegiate Gymnastics Rankings - Preseason Rankings courtesy of RoadToNationals.com . No sport has been transformed by the Name, Image and Likeness revolution across college athletics as much as women's gymnastics. Previewing the 2023 college baseball season: Teams and players to watch, key storylines. CSUN's Merren, East Bay's Smith win CalHOPE, New NCAA president readies for NIL, legal issues, Tennessee coach Vitello to return after suspension, No. 14 And I think it'll be a battle between Oklahoma and Florida. USA Gymnastics is the National Governing Body (NGB) for the sport of gymnastics in the United States, consistent with the Ted Stevens Olympic & Amateur Sports Act, the Bylaws of the United States . The senior owns season highs of 9.925 on vault, 9.875 on bars, 9.800 on beam and 9.925 on floor. Freshmen to watch: It was a standout week for freshmen on bars, with Oklahomas Faith Torrez exploding for a 9.975 to take the event title in a stacked field at Metroplex. Trinity Thomas, on floor as well, is about as good as it gets. NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY: All-time No. Honorable mention: It wasnt a conservative-scoring weekend for LSUs Aleah Finnegan, who doubled down on the 10.0 club membership she earned last weekend on floor with a stuck Omelianchik on vault for a perfect score this week. I think that might be actually impossible. It's been close, so this isn't exactly breaking news, but it has a nice combination of young talent and veterans. Look at the material: We have so many Olympians and world champions competing, and the quality of gymnastics is high. Lee gave the Auburn crowd exactly what it wanted on Friday night, as she was flawless on her best event with her 10 igniting the Tigers to an important SEC win. The Tigers own an overall record of 2-0-0 over California. We asked our experts to weigh in. As we anxiously await the official preseason coaches poll for 2022 on Road to Nationals and all the drama and laughs it will surely bring, we once again conducted our own to determine team rankings for the upcoming season in a similar vein to the AP Top 25 for college football. They just keep climbing, and that has to be our continued message. Tori Tatum, a sophomore from Chanhassen, Minnesota, made her debut on bars against Oklahoma after suffering from an injury last year. November 18, 2021 Jenna King Data, Elite, Featured, NCAA WAG, Recruiting. She nearly puts out a carbon copy of the same routine every weekend, and thats more than welcome for Oregon State when it consistently scores above 9.900. There is a delicate balance within collegiate rules to push the athletes but also not sacrifice the quality (and safety) of the gymnastics being performed. Chiles did the same on the west coast as the Bruins notched a new season best on bars, with just one judge disagreeing that her set was perfect. Freshmen Ashley Cowan and Bryce Wilson have stepped up in only their first season with their Tigers. The top two teams from each semifinal will advance to the championship final competition Saturday, April 16, at 1 p.m. Eastern time. Photo: UAA Communications photo by Hannah White. But my less-obvious crush is on 10-time national champion, Utah, the most consistently excellent team in NCAA gymnastics history and a squad full of stars poised to spoil Florida's weekend. Our methodology is simple. Women's gymnastics all-around rankings Jade Carey, Oregon State, 39.825 Jordan Chiles, UCLA, 39.825 Sunisa Lee, Auburn, 39.775 Trinity Thomas, Florida, 39.825 Jordan Bowers, Oklahoma, 39.750. NCAA gymnastics 2023: Who has surprised this season? Full schedule| Live blogs The senior swung a career high 9.975 in a tight win over Nebraska, and with a previous high of 9.950, it was no fluke. Maine: There's a valid argument for why it would be amazing for any of these eight programs to win, but I am a sucker for a good underdog story so I would love to watch Missouri shock the field. Michigan (2405 points) (37 first place votes) 2. All-Around 1. You can tell it competes calmly and confidently even when there are mistakes. Sloan: Helen Hu on bars and beam, Aleah Finnegan on everything and Lee on bars. Thomas and Carey dominated the all-around rankings last year, and 2023 is shaping up to be more of the same. LSU is undefeated against George Washington as they hold a 9-0-0 record over the Colonials and are 6-0-0 in the regular season. The SEC always gets involved with anything high-scoring, and Thomas and Gobournes routines were more than worthy. Michigan, who still has most of the talent from its 2021 NCAA championship on its roster, will be out for revenge after a shaky semifinal spoiled the Wolverines shot at a repeat. After hanging with Oklahoma to the last routine of the meet and hitting 198 in the process, the Crimson Tide makes its debut in the power rankings. 22 on vault and No. Bryant earned the first perfect 10 in 2023 for the Tigers after her vault against Missouri. Despite injury setbacks, the squad continued to climb as LSU battled for the win in Tuscaloosa. Team semifinal and individual competition will be conducted in two sessions Thursday, April 14, at 1 and 6 p.m. Eastern time. California 11. 2022 National Rankings 2022 Collegiate Gymnastics Rankings - Jan. 31 Rankings courtesy of RoadToNationals.com . Reigning NCAA beam champion Lee was quite literally hit or miss in her first collegiate season, but shes practically unbeatable when she does stay on. Last Time On The Floor Which 16 teams should you buy or fade ahead of March Madness? Our experts weigh in with predictions, the top routines in NCAA gymnastics -- and on the huge number of perfect 10s seen this season. Surprisingly, the two-time NCAA champion (bars, floor) has yet to win a title on her signature event; shell be looking to remedy that in 2023.