Florida is #1 on the official Troester rankings this week.
But if you use the Regional Qualifying Score used to determine who competes where in the NCAA “playoffs“, it’s a different story.
Balance Beam Situation explains:
… RQS won’t officially come into play until next week …
For the uninitiated, RQS is calculated by taking a team’s top 6 scores (at least 3 of which must be away), dropping the highest score, and averaging the remaining 5. Anyone who tells you it’s complicated is lying. It took 27 words.
RQS Rankings for February 20th, 2012 (unofficial)
1. Oklahoma – 196.995
2. Florida – 196.925
3. UCLA – 196.725
4. Georgia – 196.660
5. Utah – 196.555
6. Arkansas – 196.545
7. Alabama – 196.525
8. Oregon State – 196.180
9. Nebraska – 196.095
10. Penn State – 195.950
11. LSU – 195.935
12. Ohio State – 195.735
13. Stanford – 195.580
14. Missouri – 195.485
15. Auburn – 195.245
Click through for nuanced analysis of where teams stand looking forward to the post-season.
… Most teams have just three or four regular season meets left. It’s time to start getting those postseason lineups out onto the floor this week and next week …
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