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Women's National Rankings for the Week of March 9th, 2026 Featured

Alabama's Gabby Gladieux is Tied for 4th on FX Alabama's Gabby Gladieux is Tied for 4th on FX (c) Lloyd Smith 2023, Used by Permission

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 can also cause big changes, because in a change from the past, a low scoring meet can accelerate a team's downward movement.  OU remains #1, but LSU at #2 is just 0.07 behind.  After their big score on Sunday, Florida is #3, with Bama in 4th.  UCLA is 5th, just 0.062 ahead of 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.  The battle for Regional placements was shaken up a bit with Florida moving ahead of Bama.  The Regional hosts are ASU, LSU, Kentucky, and Oregon State.  The Race for the last spot in Regionals is getting very tight, with #35 Ball State ahead of #40 Illinois by just 0.06 points.  However teams outside of that range are not yet out of the picture, but a low score could be very damaging at this point.     

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.  LSU's Kailin Chio retains her first place position in the AA, VT and BB.  Chloe LaCouriere of Bama retains the top spot on UB while Jordan Chiles of UCLA is still #1 on FX.       

Here's the Top 25: 

1. OU 197.967
2. LSU 197.897
3. Florida 197.593
4. Alabama 197.508
5. UCLA 197.431
6. Georgia 197.369
7. Missouri 197.213
8. Arkansas 197.203
9. Michigan 197.157
10. Stanford 197.143
11. MSU 196.993
12. Utah 196.959
13. Minnesota 196.834
14. Clemson 196.644
15. Auburn 196.603
16. Cal 196.591
17. Ohio State 196.504
18. North Carolina 196.494
19.  Penn State 196.478
20. Iowa 196.444
21. North Carolina State 196.425
22. Kentucky 196.4
23. Denver 196.35
24. BYU 196.141
25. Oregon State 196.003

Link: RoadToNationals.com 

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