NQS Standings Updated including Monday's Utah at Washington meet Blue indicates high score 2022 Bold indicates SEC member Italics indicate Regional Host Site Rank Team NQS 1. Michigan 197.920 Ave 197.961 High 198.525 2. Utah 197.685 Ave 197.600 High 198.000 3. Oklahoma 197.640 Ave 197.686 High 198.200 4. Florida 197.630 Ave 197.629 High 198.250 5. Auburn 197.375 Ave 197.239 High 197.750 6. LSU 197.360 Ave 197.475 High 198.050 7. Alabama 197.355 Ave 197.218 High 197.875 8. Minnesota 196.865 Ave 196.996 High 197.650 9. Missouri 196.790 Ave 196.933 High 197.650 10. Michigan St. 196.720 Ave 196.656 High 197.425 11. Denver 196.640 Ave 196.550 High 197.600 12. BYU 196.420 Ave 196.364 High 197.225 13. Iowa 196.275 Ave 196.263 High 196.825 14. Utah State 196.180 Ave 196.093 High 196.800 15. Arizona St. 196.160 Ave 196.433 High 197.800 ... 26. Georgia 195.500 Ave 195.717 High 196.800 -- Arkansas 0.000 Ave 196.442 High 197.200 -- Kentucky 0.000 Ave 196.958 High 197.450 Other Teams of Interest 18. UCLA 195.975 Ave 196.254 High 197.650 19. Stanford 195.940 Ave 196.100 High 196.900 20. Illinois 195.910 Ave 195.761 High 196.450 24. Rutgers 195.525 Ave 195.025 High 195.950 29. North Carolina State 195.375 Ave 195.600 High 196.725 38. Washington 195.050 Ave. 195.346 High 196.825 Rank Team NQS Ave High VT 1. Michigan 49.550 Ave 49.579 High 49.875 2. Florida 49.375 Ave 49.386 High 49.550 3. LSU 49.360 Ave 49.383 High 49.500 4. Oklahoma 49.340 Ave 49.343 High 49.550 5. Utah 49.330 Ave 49.332 High 49.550 6. Auburn 49.300 Ave 49.304 High 49.475 7. Minnesota 49.250 Ave 49.304 High 49.575 8. Alabama 49.215 Ave 49.218 High 49.575 9. Georgia 49.165 Ave 49.208 High 49.425 Rank Team NQS Ave High UB 1. Oklahoma 49.500 Ave 49.518 High 49.650 2. Michigan 49.495 Ave 49.496 High 49.600 3. LSU 49.395 Ave 49.413 High 49.500 4. Alabama 49.375 Ave 49.364 High 49.550 5. Utah 49.370 Ave 49.393 High 49.550 5. Florida 49.370 Ave 49.364 High 49.725 7. Denver 49.295 Ave 49.282 High 49.400 8. Auburn 49.420 Ave 49.282 High 49.400 9. Minnesota 49.250 Ave 49.288 High 49.475 Rank Team NQS Ave High BB 1. Florida 49.420 Ave 49.414 High 49.700 2. Auburn 49.390 Ave 49.361 High 49.625 3. Alabama 49.345 Ave 49.354 High 49.650 4. Utah 49.340 Ave 49.350 High 49.725 5. Oklahoma 49.330 Ave 49.346 High 49.700 6. Michigan 49.285 Ave 49.293 High 49.500 7. Michigan St 49.280 Ave 49.216 High 49.500 7. LSU 49.280 Ave 49.342 High 49.650 9. Missouri 49.275 Ave 49.300 High 49.425 Rank Team NQS Ave High FX 1. Michigan 49.600 Ave 49.593 High 49.700 2. Minnesota 49.475 Ave 49.517 High 49.725 3. Utah 49.470 Ave 49.493 High 49.675 4. Oklahoma 49.455 Ave 49.479 High 49.625 5. Florida 49.435 Ave 49.464 High 49.800 6. Iowa 49.390 Ave 49.388 High 49.650 7. Auburn 49.375 Ave 49.336 High 49.550 8. Alabama 49.355 Ave 49.282 High 49.625 9. Michigan State 49.350 Ave 49.281 High 49.575 10. Missouri 49.300 Ave 49.350 High 49.600 Individual Florida Gymnast NQS Ave High VT 6. Trinity Thomas 9.895 9.918 10.000 7. Nya Reed 9.890 9.904 9.975 42. Savannah Schoenherr 9.835 9.854 9.950 UB 9. Trinity Thomas 9.895 9.886 9.975 17. Leanne Wong 9.875 9.875 10.000 17. Savannah Schoenherr 9.875 9.882 9.975 23. Megan Skaggs 9.870 9.871 9.900 BB 15. Megan Skaggs 9.885 9.889 9.950 16. Leah Clapper 9.880 9.879 9.975 21. Sloane Blakely 9.865 9.839 9.950 30. Leanne Wong 9.845 9.836 9.925 131. Alyssa Baumann 9.730 9.743 9.925 FX, AA No NQS for Florida Individual
this is for real now. can't take meets or individual performances off. it wouldn't take much to fall out of top 4. season scores and championships matter.
Our two lowest road scores are 196.975, 197.575 (road). Oklahoma moved ahead of us because-despite having to count a 196.650 road score- they were able to count two 198+ scores (currently we can only use one 198+). We have three chances- Auburn, N.C. State tri-meet and SECs- to eliminate our two lowest road scores and I bet my Manhattan studio apartment we will score 198+ vs Oklahoma on Friday. Go Gators!!
Link to Road to Nationals: Standings (roadtonationals.com) In the home stretch of the season, UF needs to improve scores on the uneven bars and the floor. Both can be done. Hopefully we put our best in each event lineup against Oklahoma. The Sooners will be coming in gunning for a top score and to beat UF in Gainesville. It would be the highlight of their season if they could pull off the road win.
Here's the Balance Beam Situation's team-by-team in-depth analysis on this week's NQS standings, including Utah's Monday meet at Washington where they scored 197.950 and moved them up to #2. Here are the top 12 teams and SEC: 1. Michigan Road Score 1 198.525 Road Score 2 198.025 Road Score 3 197.950 Home/Road Score 1 197.950 Home/Road Score 2 197.925 Home/Road Score 3 197.750 Current NQS: 197.920 This is already the highest NQS in Michigan’s team history, and there’s not really much that needs changing. Still, Utah is closing in and Oklahoma and Florida are lurking with 196s still to get rid of. Plus, Oklahoma has more 198s than Michigan so far this season. So Michigan will still look to improve upon that 197.750 this week to try to fend off the others, among whom Oklahoma has the highest peak after this weekend. A 197.925 would ensure that Michigan stays #1 in next week’s rankings. 2. Utah Road Score 1 197.950 Road Score 2 197.750 Road Score 3 197.275 Home/Road Score 1 198.000 Home/Road Score 2 197.775 Home/Road Score 3 197.675 Current NQS: 197.685 Utah’s road 197.950 against Washington on Monday night pulled the team just ahead of Oklahoma and Florida and into second place. Unlike Oklahoma, Utah doesn’t have a low score left to get rid of to drastically increase its NQS, so Utah cannot catch Michigan this weekend and will instead be looking for fend off OU and Florida. That will take a combination of a good score and some help from Oklahoma not being awesome. 3. Oklahoma Road Score 1 198.175 Road Score 2 197.900 Road Score 3 196.650 Home/Road Score 1 198.200 Home/Road Score 2 198.050 Home/Road Score 3 197.425 Current NQS: 197.640 Oklahoma’s third 198 of the season on Saturday proved just enough to bypass Florida in this week’s rankings. While catching Michigan this week will largely be dependent on what Michigan scores, Oklahoma can at least give itself a shot with another 198. Meanwhile, it would take a 197.625 to move back ahead of Utah regardless of what Utah scores, while it would take only a 197.175 to ensure that Oklahoma stays ahead of Florida in next Monday’s rankings since Florida hosts their meet. 4. Florida Road Score 1 197.775 Road Score 2 197.575 Road Score 3 196.975 Home/Road Score 1 198.250 Home/Road Score 2 198.150 Home/Road Score 3 197.675 Current NQS: 197.630 Florida hosts Oklahoma this Friday, and since Florida’s home scores are already the better half of the team’s NQS picture, there’s unlikely to be a lot of maneuvering Florida can do in the rankings next week—though it will be possible to pass both Utah and Oklahoma if they put up clunkers. That’s more in Utah and Oklahoma’s hands. Still, there’s room to pop a third 198 home score in there to set up Florida for a chance to zoom up given strong road scores in coming weeks, which always helps. 5. Auburn Road Score 1 197.750 Road Score 2 197.250 Road Score 3 197.175 Home/Road Score 1 197.575 Home/Road Score 2 197.525 Home/Road Score 3 197.350 Current NQS: 197.375 Auburn moved ahead of LSU and Alabama this week for the #2 position in the conference, but because Auburn and Alabama are at home this weekend, while LSU competes away with a 196.850 that can be dropped, it will be LSU’s performance on Friday that most determines the order of these three teams in next week’s rankings. LSU needs 197.350 this weekend to clinch a position ahead of both for week 8. As for Auburn and Alabama, Auburn has a verrrry slightly higher peak than Alabama does this week and can therefore guarantee staying ahead of Alabama with a 197.675. Basically, it will be about whoever has the better competition on Friday. 6. LSU Road Score 1 197.825 Road Score 2 197.200 Road Score 3 196.850 Home/Road Score 1 198.050 Home/Road Score 2 197.975 Home/Road Score 3 196.950 Current NQS: 197.360 LSU used a two-meet weekend to get itself both a juicy, juicy 198 and a full NQS slate of six scores. With two 196s still hanging around, there’s lots of room to improve on this number and move up the rankings (see notes under Auburn). LSU still does have a long way to go to challenge the top four since Sunday’s second meet score was just 197.200, which isn’t a top-4 score, but would need three big scores out of four meets to get right up there, which is doable. 7. Alabama Road Score 1 197.600 Road Score 2 197.125 Road Score 3 196.925 Home/Road Score 1 197.875 Home/Road Score 2 197.650 Home/Road Score 3 197.475 Current NQS: 197.355 Another strong 197 over the weekend has Alabama hanging close, but with Alabama competing at home for the next couple meets, there won’t be too much space to make a move in the rankings until the Elevate meet on March 6th, at which point they can start getting rid of the 196.9 and 197.1. For now, Alabama looks comfortable in the top 7 but dependent on the other teams for any chance to move higher. NR. Cal Road Score 1 196.925 Road Score 2 196.675 Road Score 3 Home/Road Score 1 197.575 Home/Road Score 2 197.525 Home/Road Score 3 197.350 Current NQS: N/A Cal does not yet have a third road score and therefore can’t have an NQS because of the cancellation of the Collegiate Challenge in week 1, but the team’s current average of 197.063 would settle in here. For Sunday’s visit to Arizona State, Cal will be looking at the minimum score goal of 196.875 in order to confirm this #8 ranking for next Monday, (though, really, getting some road 197s out there will be imperative). NR. Kentucky Road Score 1 196.700 Road Score 2 196.275 Road Score 3 Home/Road Score 1 197.450 Home/Road Score 2 197.450 Home/Road Score 3 197.350 Current NQS: N/A Like Cal, Kentucky has an average of 196.958 but not enough road scores for an NQS. After Friday’s meet, Kentucky will have an opportunity to go as high as 8th, though Cal enjoys the higher peak, so that will be dependent on what Cal does. A 197.325 on Friday at Auburn would make sure Kentucky is ahead of Minnesota regardless of what Minnesota scores at home. 8. Minnesota Road Score 1 197.125 Road Score 2 196.500 Road Score 3 196.225 Home/Road Score 1 197.650 Home/Road Score 2 197.575 Home/Road Score 3 196.900 Current NQS: 196.865 Minnesota remains in 8th place this week, but the presence of Cal and Kentucky (and Oregon State) as lurking contenders to pass once they have actual NQSs speaks to the danger that Minnesota’s recent beam problems have put the team in. Two straight beampocalypses have saddled Minnesota with a couple unusable 196s and exactly two road meets left (March 4, March 19) to fix it. Competing at home this weekend means Minnesota has a lower NQS peak than Cal, Kentucky, or Missouri so may find itself falling in the rankings for a moment if they all have good ones. NR. Oregon State Road Score 1 197.150 Road Score 2 196.575 Road Score 3 Home/Road Score 1 197.375 Home/Road Score 2 197.275 Home/Road Score 3 197.000 Current NQS: N/A Oregon State’s current average of 196.821 compares quite well and would nestle right in among the teams challenging for spots in the top 10. This weekend’s home finale, however, won’t give Oregon State a full NQS, so we’ll have to wait until the very last minute to see if the Beavs’ remaining road scores are going to be enough to challenge. 9. Missouri Road Score 1 196.875 Road Score 2 196.850 Road Score 3 196.275 Home/Road Score 1 197.650 Home/Road Score 2 197.350 Home/Road Score 3 196.600 Current NQS: 196.790 Missouri has very competitive bold scores right now, which augurs well for how high the team can climb—provided that exactly all of the remaining meets are good ones. This week, Missouri enjoys a higher potential peak than both Kentucky and Minnesota. It would take a serious score well into the 197s to absolutely ensure it, but even if Minnesota goes say 197 flat, Missouri would need to go only 196.775 in order to pass, which seems very doable. 10. Michigan State Road Score 1 196.975 Road Score 2 196.775 Road Score 3 196.500 Home/Road Score 1 197.425 Home/Road Score 2 196.875 Home/Road Score 3 196.475 Current NQS: 196.720 Michigan State’s scores at this point are all pretty representative of the team’s performance this year with no clunkers hanging around, so mostly it will be about holding the fort for the next month. With a lower peak after this weekend than the teams above (including the unranked teams), MSU would be reliant on them not putting up a great score for any chance to improve its ranking. 11. Denver Road Score 1 197.600 Road Score 2 196.625 Road Score 3 196.600 Home/Road Score 1 197.000 Home/Road Score 2 196.850 Home/Road Score 3 196.125 Current NQS: 196.640 It was a disastrous floor rotation that did in Denver this weekend as Mia Sundstrom joined the thanks-I-hate-it club of being out for the rest of the season. It’s getting harder and harder to fill out these lineups, but there should still be six who can go. Denver now has just one road meet remaining on the schedule and will have to count that 196.625, which is not a bad score but is not going to get a team into the top 10 this year, which means a home 197.0 this weekend would be extremely welcome. NR. Arkansas Road Score 1 196.800 Road Score 2 196.475 Road Score 3 Home/Road Score 1 197.200 Home/Road Score 2 197.050 Home/Road Score 3 195.675 Current NQS: N/A Like Oregon State, Arkansas still needs a road score but competes at home this weekend so cannot get an NQS until the following week. The team’s current average of 196.442 is medium-fine, but NQS will help a team like Arkansas because there’s still a chance to drop some of those weaker numbers if they can put together hit meets. There’s still a lot of room to grow for Arkansas (Sunday’s performance was only OK and got 196.800), but is there time? 12. BYU Road Score 1 196.575 Road Score 2 196.450 Road Score 3 196.425 Home/Road Score 1 197.225 Home/Road Score 2 196.775 Home/Road Score 3 196.700 Current NQS: 196.585 A two-meet weekend allowed BYU to get rid of all of its low scores in one fell swoop to create a picture that’s pretty competitive. Still, 196.4s and 196.5s are not going to be high enough this season to get a spot in the top 16, so BYU will still be looking to its remaining road meets to get those numbers a little higher. ..... 28. Georgia Road Score 1 196.800 Road Score 2 196.125 Road Score 3 194.500 Home/Road Score 1 196.300 Home/Road Score 2 196.100 Home/Road Score 3 194.475 Current NQS: 195.500 Georgia is hanging on. We can assume those 194s will fly shortly even if the performances continue being kind of meh, which should get Georgia to a safe-ish ranking. But if it’s still 196.3s, Georgia won’t sleep well for a while.
