The Alabama gymnastics team moved up to No. 3 in the national rankings after closing out its regular season with a 197.525 last Friday, which it used to knock off then No. 1 Oklahoma. It was the Crimson Tide’s fifth consecutive 197-plus score of the season.
Rankings are calculated by Regional Qualifying Score at this point in the season. The formula takes a team’s three highest road scores and its next three highest scores, home or away, drops the highest score and averages the remaining five.
The Florida Gators regained the top spot in the nation, while the Sooners dropped one spot to No. 2 this week. With the Tide’s bounce to No. 3, Michigan moved down to No. 4, while Georgia overtook LSU for the No. 5 spot.
The Tide is ranked second on the floor exercise and third on the balance beam and vault, after tying for its best team vault score of the season against Oklahoma. Alabama is also ranked sixth on the uneven bars, following its season-high 49.425 on the event against the Sooners.
Junior Kim Jacob is ranked 25th in the all-around competition, as well as fifth on the floor exercise and eighth on the balance beam. Junior Diandra Milliner is ranked 12th on vault and moved up in the floor exercise to claim the No. 16 spot. Senior Ashley Priess is ranked 14th on balance beam. Junior Sarah DeMeo is No. 18 on the uneven bars and senior Ashley Sledge moved up to claim the No. 25 spot.