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Women's National Rankings for the Week of February 18th Featured

Minnesota's Lexy Ramler is #1 on BB Minnesota's Lexy Ramler is #1 on BB (c) Lloyd Smith 2018, Used by Permission

OU holds onto the top spot in the Women's Nationals Rankings for the week of February 18th, as published by RoadToNationals.com. UCLA has moved into 2nd, with Florida 3rd.  Utah is in 4th, but both LSU and DU are closing the gap. 

We will be switching to Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) next week, and so we'll see movements in the rankings. 

OU has the top spot on VT, UB and BB.  Florida takes over the top spot on FX. 

Individually, OU's Olivia Trautman remains the top AAer (she has not competed AA since her debut).  Her teammate Maggie Nichols remains the top vaulter (returning to action this past weekend on that event) and holds the top spot on UB.  Minnesota's Lexy Ramler takes over the top spot on BB, while UCLA's Katelyn Ohashi has the top spot on FX.  We'll see new AA and VT leaders next week, as six scores are required for a ranking. 

LSU and DU are closing the gap on Utah, following big scores this past weekend.  The teams remain tightly bunched, with a little over a point separating #5 to #19 and less than 0.5 from #9 to #19. There is also a super tight bunch for the last Regional qualifying spots;  just 0.108 separates #34 Illinois from #41 UNC.

They will switch to the RQS next week, which is calculated by taking a team's top three away meet scores, then selecting the other three highest scores, tossing out the highest, and averaging the remaining five.  We will see a lot of movement and a lot of tight bunching as we move through the last few weeks.  As you may recall, staying in the Top 28 is critical in order to avoid an extra "play-in" meet at Regionals. 

Here's the Top 30:

1.  OU  197.85

2.  UCLA 197.639

3.  Florida 197.613

4.  Utah 197.179

5.  LSU 197.0

6.  Denver 196.879

7.  UGA 196.656

8. Michigan 196.482

9.  Bama 196.386

10.  Boise State 196.367

11.  Auburn 196.293

12.  Oregon State 196.254

13.  Kentucky 196.196

14.  Minnesota 196.046

15(t).  Cal 195.975

15(t).  Nebraska 195.975

17.  BYU 195.967

18.  Washington 195.958

19.  Missouri 195.934

20.  ASU 195.764

21. Arkansas 195.596

22.  Ohio State 195.457

23.  Stanford 195.343

24.  PSU 195.296

25.  Arizona 195.279

26.  WVU 195.182

27.  NC State 195.157

28.  SUU 195.146

29.  Iowa State 195.136

30.  SUU 194.904

Link:  RoadToNationals.com

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