Sunday, 01 March 2015 22:43

Women's National Rankings for the Week of March 2nd Featured

OU's Haley Scaman on UB OU's Haley Scaman on UB (c) Lloyd Smith 2014

This week's ranking from Troester.com GymInfo show a bit of a shakeup, as teams improve with their Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) by dropping low scoring early season meets.  Weather played a role for some teams, causing some squads to lose an opportunity to improve thier score.  OU takes the top spot in this week's rankings, followed by LSU and then Florida.   Florida narrowed the gap on LSU with a high score this past weekend.

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 taking the AVERAGE of 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. 

Keep an eye on the placement of the Regional hosts:  Iowa State, Auburn, Cal, Ohio State, WVU and OU.  A top 18 finish has important implications, which we'll explain later.    

As a team, Oklahoma leads on UB, BB and FX.  Utah leads the vault, with Florida in 2nd. 

Individually, with another week of competition, more gymnasts had an opportunity to add a score this week and/or drop a low score (perhaps caused by a fall).  Minnesota's Lindsay Mable leads the AA.  On vault, Florida frosh Alex McMurtry is the leader.  Utah's Georgia Dabritz leads on UB, while OU's Chayse Capps now how holds the sole lead on BB.  LSU senior Lloimincia Hall is the leader 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 Name RQS High
1 Oklahoma 197.740 198.150
2 L.S.U. 197.485 198.075
3 Florida 197.455 198.225
4 Utah 197.295 198.050
5 Michigan 197.065 197.300
6 Alabama 197.055 197.800
7 Nebraska 196.840 197.325
8 UCLA 196.785 197.350
9 Auburn 196.745 197.750
10 Georgia 196.720 196.975
11 Penn State 196.200 197.025
12 Illinois-Champaign 196.195 196.975
13 Stanford 196.175 197.000
14 Boise State 196.165 196.725
15 Oregon State 196.150 197.250
16 Minnesota 196.010 196.875
17 Denver 195.935 196.725
18 Arkansas 195.910 196.650
19 Arizona 195.860 196.625
20 California 195.845 196.600
21 Southern Utah 195.725 196.475
22 Kentucky 195.555 195.950
23 Michigan State 195.550 196.325
24 Missouri 195.460 195.975
25 Washington 195.395 196.300
- Iowa 195.395 196.375

Link:  Troester GymInfo

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