The Race to Regionals:  Week of March 20th

March 20th, 2006 Race to Regionals– The Final Edition We are now in the final week of the regular season, which means that it is possible to calculate the maximum RQS, which is the RQS that will be achieved if a team ties or beats its season high score this weekend.  It is also possible to figure the minimum and maximum ranks a team can hold at the end of the season.  Note that the more tightly clustered a team’s counting scores are, the less room there is to improve in the final week.  Conversely, if a team is currently counting a score in its RQS that is a great deal lower than its season high, this team has a much wider range between its current RQS and maximum RQS. In the table below, these statistics are displayed for the top 51 teams in the nation.  This encompasses all of the teams currently in position for the 36 Regionals berths nationwide.  The team's Region is grouped by color code.      Rank  Team Region Current RQS Max.  RQS Min. Rank Max. Rank Meets Left 1 Georgia, U. of SE 197.255 197.375 1 1 1A 2 Utah, U. of NC 196.595 196.705 5 2 1H 3 Florida, U. of SE 196.515 196.78 6 2 1A 4 Iowa State NC 196.505 196.71 8 2 1A 5 Alabama, U. of C 196.365 196.46 9 5 1A 6 Oklahoma, U. of SC 196.335 196.545 9 3 1A 7 Michigan, U. of NE 196.23 196.515 10 3 1A 8 L.S.U. C 196.205 196.515 11 3 1A 9 Arizona State SC 196.12 196.635 12 2 1A 10 Stanford Univ. W 196.085 196.29 12 7 1A 11 Nebraska, U. of SC 196.005 196.15 13 9 1H - UCLA W 196.005 196.23 13 7 1A 13 Missouri, U. of SC 195.79 195.885 16 13 1A 14 Auburn Univ. C 195.69 196.04 16 11 1A 15 Arizona, U. of SC 195.615 195.9 17 13 1A 16 Penn State NE 195.53 195.925 19 13 1A 17 Oregon State W 195.235 195.56 20 16 1H 18 Kentucky, U. of C 195.225 195.54 20 16 1A 19 Arkansas, U. of SC 195.165 195.63 21 15 1A 20 Denver, U. of NC 194.875 195.4 21 17 1A 21 Minnesota, U. of NC 194.805 195.225 21 18 1A 22 West Virginia Univ. SE 194.535 194.74 26 22 1A 23 Brigham Young Univ. NC 194.45 194.725 27 22 1A 24 North Carolina, U. o SE 194.355 194.69 28 22 1A 25 Southern Utah Univ. NC 194.325 194.715 28 22 1A 26 New Hampshire, U. of NE 194.065 194.195 31 26 1A 27 Illinois-Champaign SC 194.06 194.545 31 22 1A 28 Boise State Univ. W 193.995 194.495 32 23 1A 29 Michigan State C 193.89 194.435 32 24 1H 30 Sacramento State W 193.88 194.305 32 26 1A