BBS NCAA Preseason Ranking

While we wait on the official annual preseason coaches’ poll, here’s the Balance Beam Situation ranking:

1. Florida
2. Alabama
3. UCLA
4. Oklahoma
5. Utah
6. Stanford

1. Florida

The Gators are the most talented team in the country. I don’t see any valid argument against putting them at #1. With Sloan and B. Caquatto joining Hunter, King, Dickerson, Johnson, and M. Caquatto, this team will have 9.900s to spare and will be able to absorb whatever latest injury has befallen one of the Caquattuses. While the other top contenders will excel on vault and floor, look for Florida to be nearly unstoppable on bars with consistent 49.500+ rotations that won’t be matched even by the second tier of contenders. …

9. LSU
I’m unexpectedly high on LSU this year, and it has nothing to do with Jay Clark. On vault and floor last year, this team was just one or two routines away from being nationally competitive. Throw in Britney Ranzy, Jessica Savona, and Randii Wyrick (who, let’s recall, won Senior D last year), and LSU is basically an acceptable bars rotation away from contending for Super Six. Maybe Jay Clark will be more important than I thought. …

Balance Beam Situation Preseason Ranking

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Update – the official pre-season coaches’ top-25 was just posted.

1. Alabama
2. UCLA
3. Florida
4. Oklahoma
5. UTAH
6. Stanford
7. Nebraska
8. LSU
9. Oregon State
10. Michigan