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Women's National Rankings for the Week of March 2nd, 2026 Featured

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We are heading into our final weeks of the regular season, as Top 16 seedings, non "play in" positions (Top 28) and spots at Regionals (Top 36) are up for grabs.  As a reminder the rankings are based on the new National Qualifying System formula whereby the five lowest home scores are selected and combined with the away scores, the high and low discarded, the remaining averaged.  Because of the increasing number of meets, the impact of any individual meet means upward movement can be muted by the simple math of an increasing denominator  But a low scoring meet (especially at home after five meets), can also cause changes, as we saw this past weekend.  OU remains #1, but LSU at #2 closed the gap this weekend after two meets.  Bama at #3 and Florida at #4 remain in the same places, and are tightly clustered together.  UCLA at #5 lost a bit of ground to #6 UGA.  Here are this week's rankings, as compiled by RoadtoNationals.

By event, OU remains the leader on VT and BB and LSU continues to lead on FX.  Florida retains its lead on UB.  Although changes in position are muted by the new formula, we will have a close race to follow in slots #4 and #5 plus #6 and #7, as these will have a strong impact on Regional placements.  The race for the top 16 remains tight, with #14 Clemson ahead of #21 NC State by 0.15.  Just 0.118 separates #35 Penn from #42 Kent State.          

The individual rankings and qualifications to the post-season will use the old formula, whereby the three highest away scores are taken, then the next three highest scores, the high score tossed, and the remaining five averaged.  This week, we saw a big change as LSU's Kailin Chio took over the top spot in the AA from UCLA's Jordan Chiles.  She is also the top ranked gymnast on VT and BB.  Bama's Chloe LaCoursiere remains the leader on UB and Chiles remains the leader on FX.       

Here's the Top 25: 

1. OU 197.943
2. LSU 197.836
3. Alabama 197.586
4. Florida 197.517
5. UCLA 197.382
6. Georgia 197.293
7. Missouri 197.20
8. Arkansas 197.161
9. Michigan 197.146
10. Stanford 197.096
11. MSU 196.904
12. Utah 196.861
13. Minnesota 196.821
14. Clemson 196.55
15. Cal 196.539
16. PSU 196.468
17. Auburn 196.464
18. North Carolina 196.457
19. Iowa 196.436
20. Ohio State 196.408
21. North Carolina State 196.4
22. Kentucky 196.354
23. Denver 196.288
24. BYU 196.082
25. Oregon State 195.982

Link: RoadToNationals.com 

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