Sunday, 22 February 2015 16:41

Women's National Rankings for the Week of February 23rd Featured

OU's KJ Kindler OU's KJ Kindler (c) Lloyd Smith 2014

This week's ranking switch to the Regional Qualifying Score, as compiled by Troester.com GymInfo.  As usual, there is a big reshuffling of the Top 25, as teams drop low scores in their average.  However, at the top, things remain the same.  OU takes the top spot in this week's rankings, followed by LSU and then Florida. 

The RQS is an average computed by taking a team's three highest AWAY scores, their three next highest scores, tossing OUT the HIGHEST, and AVERAGING the remainder.  This average is what will qualify the top 36 teams to Regionals.  Also, the standings will determine the Top 18 seeded teams, which is critical for the makeup of the Regional fields.  However, these are only the initial rankings.  We should see several changes over the next several weeks.   

As a team, Oklahoma leads on UB, BB and FX.  Utah leads the vault, just a 0.005 ahead of OU.   

Individually, many gymansts have dropped out of the rankings as they don't have enough meets to record a RQS.  As a result, Lindsay Mable of Minnesota now occupies the top spot in the AA rankings.  Utah's Georgia Dabritz is the top vaulter, while she shares the top spot on UB with OU's McKenzie Wofford.  Sooner Chayse Capps is the leader on BB, while LSU's Lloimincia Hall and Cal frosh Toni Ann Williams share the top spot on FX. 

Here's the Top 25.   The high score is relevant as it generally bounds how high a given average can rise after next week's meets.  Go to the link below to see the full rankings on every event. 

Rank Team RQS High
1 Oklahoma 197.640 198.150
2 L.S.U. 197.335 198.075
3 Florida 197.270 198.225
4 Utah 197.265 198.050
5 Alabama 197.055 197.800
6 Michigan 196.985 197.300
7 Auburn 196.610 197.300
8 Nebraska 196.595 197.325
9 Georgia 196.525 196.975
10 UCLA 196.315 197.075
11 Stanford 196.175 197.000
12 Oregon State 196.150 197.250
13 Penn State 196.125 197.025
14 Minnesota 196.010 196.875
15 Boise State 196.000 196.725
16 Illinois-Champaign 195.945 196.975
17 Arkansas 195.820 196.650
18 Denver 195.800 196.725
19 California 195.660 196.600
20 Arizona 195.615 196.625
21 Southern Utah 195.555 196.225
22 Washington 195.395 196.300
23 Missouri 195.315 195.975
24 Iowa 195.280 196.375
25 Kentucky 195.275 195.825

Link:  Troester GymInfo

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