Men’s NCAA Gymnastics Week 4 Snapshot

The Big Picture

Stanford and Michigan didn’t compete this weekend, but Stanford held onto the number one spot, with Oklahoma in second, and Ohio State jumping over Michigan. Michigan, Penn State, and Nebraska round out the top six.

Ohio State defeated Nebraska 316.3 to 313.05. Nebraska started out in the lead, increasing its margin to 3.2 points, until trouble on parallel bars allowed Ohio State to catch up and extend its lead even further with a great high bar rotation to finish 3.25 points ahead of Nebraska.

Springfield defeated William and Mary 310.55 to 303.1 (William and Mary took an injury deduction). William and Mary had a narrow lead after floor, but starting with a pommel horse rotation anchored by newcomer Devon Felsenstein and veteran Peyton Cramer, Springfield took the lead and never looked back. Springfield also put up the highest total team execution so far this season (209.45).

Penn State led start to finish to defeat Illinois 316.8 to 311, in another rough meet for the Illini. It’s still early in the season, so hopefully Illinois can get on track for a good showing at Nationals in Champaign. Sam Phillips of Illinois competed a 5.6 D score high bar routine, the highest difficulty done so far this year.

In the Springfield and Penn State meets, the winners finished ahead of teams with close to the same difficulty, with large winning margins mostly achieved with execution.

Oklahoma defeated Greenville 320 to 305.6. Oklahoma rested Sasha Bogonosiuk and Nathan Roman. Fuzzy Benas only competed two events. Pommel guy Ignacio Yockers got to take his shot at still rings. Of note, Logan Watterston is back in the Greenville lineup, after taking a year off.

Rankings, videos, and results at Road to Nationals - NCAA Gymnastics Rankings

For more summaries, check out (171) Neutral Deductions - YouTube (podcast towards the beginning of the week) and News — College Gymnastics Association for power rankings and hot takes.

The Details

Team with the most sticks - Penn State

Teams with the fewest neutral deductions (aside from injury substitutions) - Greenville, Illinois, William and Mary.

Highest Team total score - Oklahoma (320)

Highest Team total D score - Nebraska (115.1)

Highest Team total E score - Springfield (209.45)

14 + Club (excluding VT)

Payton Cramer (Spr) - PH (5.2/14.45)

Ignacio Yockers (OU) - PH (5.5/14.35)

Devon Felsenstein (Spr) - PH (4.8/14.3)

Luke Esparo (PSU) - SR (14.1/5.4)

Fuzzy Benas (OU) - HB (5.1/14.05)

Jesse Pakele (OSU) - FX (14/5.1)

14.5 + Club (vault)

Luke James (Neb) - VT (14.35/4.8)

5.2 + VT

Garrett Schooley (Ill) - (14.4/5.2)

Met USAG “Target D score”- 5.6, except 5.4 for PB and SR

Luke Esparo (PSU) - SR (14.1/5.4)

Brandon Dang (Ill) - PH (13.8/5.6)

Sam Phillips (Ill) - HB (13.5/5.6)

Home scores are in red. Please point out any errors.

Full results, school official releases, and full video (if available) are linked below the score breakdowns. Team neutral deductions were not included. Affected total scores are in purple.

Margins are based on rotations - meet snapshot will note if the meet was head-to-head or alternating.