Men’s NCAA Gymnastics Weeks 10/11 Snapshot

California celebrates Senior Night. Around this time 15 years ago, they were facing what was possibly their last season. This picture was made possible by donors and $$$.

The Big Picture

This will be a double issue, because I got too busy with Mexican food and Margaritas in Arizona.

The subject of bringing the 10 back to men’s NCAA gymnastics has come up again. It seems to be a seasonal thing that often appears in the spring.

My personal answer to that is no, I would not. At least in the beginning, it would drive me crazy. I was never familiar with the 10 system. The confusing part for me and probably everyone else who isn’t or wasn’t a gymnast, coach, or judge is the Code of Points, not the numbers used in the scoring. One of the comments on Ian’s post was “don’t ask the purists”.

Well, I’m not one. I’m just some rando that happened to be watching the Olympics when Paul Hamm dramatically won the AA. I don’t remember what score he got. The emotion came from the story.

I rely heavily on the information in the separate D and E scores to tell me what’s going on. For example, this information I can access through E scores:

Army is up there with the big boys. They got the highest road total E score of the season. I’m not good enough with the FIG code to have ever figured this out on my own. This gives teams that can’t pile on the difficulty a way to shine, which most people would never see without this information.

The Inside Gym post mentioned that there is no emotion associated with a number like 14.4. To me, that number is information. I can see Oklahoma having a PH rotation with all 14s or above (same with Nebraska and vault), and I know these are great scores. Some numbers are bigger than others. The information from the scores also tells me vault rotations score higher than other events mainly because of the E scores.

This blog is filled with charts filled with numbers because the numbers are like words in a story. FIG numbers are the language I use to understand the story of the meets or make predictions.

During the competitions, the score breakdowns are readily available to anyone with a smartphone (at least at the institutions that use Virtius).

Of course, this isn’t just about what I want. It should be what is good for the sport. I just don’t think the 10 is the answer people are looking for.

There was a point where the NCAA was considering eliminating the men’s NCAA gymnastics championships because the number of teams was dropping. That it did not was due to men’s NCAA gymnastics being part of the Olympic pipeline. Sure, the meets would “look” closer if the scores were compressed to a 10 scale, but it would also cease to “look” like an Olympic sport.

The numbers in the scoring do not appear to have any relationship to troubles of men’s NCAA gymnastics. The women also went through a period of decline, but are better off now because of a combination of Title lX protections, starting with a larger initial population, and greater cultural acceptance of women doing gymnastics.

Coming into the final weeks of the season, Michigan, Oklahoma, and Stanford look to be the teams to beat. Michigan broke 120 points in total difficulty. The only other team to do so this season is Stanford. Oklahoma is coming in a little behind those two in difficulty but can make up for it in execution. This isn’t one of those seasons where everyone pretty much knows who is going to win Nationals before it even starts.

Army won its first USAG Championship in program history, with the highest total road E score in the NCAA.

Results and rankings are at Road to Nationals - NCAA Gymnastics Rankings

The Details

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

Week 10

Teams with the most sticks - California and Simpson with 8.

Teams with the fewest neutral deductions - Ohio State with none.

Highest team total - Michigan 328.7

Highest team total D score - Stanford 121.5

Highest team total E score - Michigan 208.7

80+ AA

David Ramirez (OSU) - 80.95

14 + Club (excluding VT)

Parker Thackston (OSU) - PH (15.3/5.9)

Junnosuke Iwai (Stan) - FX (14.7/5.6)

Preston Ngai (Ill) - PH (14.6/5.6)

Carson Eshelman (MI) - HB (14.6/5.2)

Aaronson Mansberger (MI) - PH (14.4/5.1)

Sam Phillips (lll) - HB (14.3/5.8)

Junnosuke Iwai (Stan) - HB (14.3/5.1)

David Shamah (Stan) - PB (14.3/5.5)

Fred Richard (MI) - HB (14.2/5.8)

Charlie Larson (MI) - FX (14.2/5.5)

Asher Hong (Stan) - PB (14.25/5)

Cooper Kim (Stan) - FX -(14.2/5.2)

Nick Kuebler (Stan) - FX (14.2/5.1)

Asher Cohen (Neb) - SR (14.15/5.4)

JD Ehinger (Cal) - FX (14.15/4.7)

Garrett Schooley (Ill) - FX (14.1/5.4)

Nathan York (Neb) - PB (14.1/5.2)

Asher Hong (Stan) - SR (14.05/5.3)

Chase Davenport-Mills (OSU) - FX (14.05/4.9)

Benjamin Thurlow Lam (Navy) - FX (14/4.9)

Danilo Viciana (Navy) - FX (14/5)

Nathan York (Neb) - PH (14/5.5)

Ashkay Puri (MI) - SR (14/14.9)

5.2 VT

Garrett Schooley (Ill) - (14.05/5.2)

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

Sam Phillips (lll) - HB (14.3/5.8)

Junnosuke Iwai (Stan) - FX (14.7/5.6)

Preston Ngai (Ill) - PH (14.6/5.6)

Brandon Dang (Ill) - PH (5.6/13.6)

David Shamah (Stan) - PB (14.3/5.5)

Asher Cohen (Neb) - SR (14.15/5.4)

Air Force and California @ Stanford 3/14/26

Week 11
Team with the most sticks - Penn State with 9

Team with the fewest neutral deductions - Nebraska with none.

Highest team total - Michigan 330.4

Highest team total D score - Michigan 119.1

Highest team total E score - Army 211.75

80+ AA

Fred Richard - Michigan 82.95

14 + Club (excluding VT)

Charlie Larson (MI) - FX (14.7/5.5)

Asher Cohen (Neb) - SR (14.7/5.1)

Colby Aranda (OU) - PH (14.5/5.5)

Ignacio Yockers (OU) - PH (14.45/5.3)

Fred Richard (MI) - HB (14.4/5.8)

Landen Blixt (MI) - HB (14.35/5.1)

Maddox Pabellon (Army) - PH (14.3/5.5)

Max Odden (Neb) - HB (14.3/5)

Nathan Roman (OU) - PB (14.25/5.4)

Matthew Underhill (PSU) - SR (14.2/5.3)

Tyler Flores (OU) - PH (14.15/5.1)

Landon Simpson (PSU) - PB (14.15/4.8)

Blaise Rousseau (Springfield) - SR (14.1/4.8)

Francisco Velez Belendez (OU) - SR(14.05/5.1)

Peyton Cramer (Springfield) - PH (14/5.4)

Jaxon Clapper (Greenville) - PB (14.15/4.9)

Fred Richard (MI) -PB (14.15/5.5)

Aaronson Mansberger (MI) - PH(14.15/5.4)

Kelton Christiansen (OU) - HB (14/5.3)

Kristian Grahovski (OSU) - HB (14/4.9)

Akseli Karsikas (PSU) - HB (14/4.8)

5.2 VT

Ty Roderiques (Neb)- (14.25/5.2)

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

Nathan Roman (OU) - PB (14.25/5.4)

Fred Richard (MI) - HB (14.4/5.8)

Fred Richard (MI) - FX (14.15/5.5)

Fred Richard (MI) - PB (14.15/5.5)

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