As we’ve always known, NCAA judges apply the rules more accurately when at Div III competitions. It’s one of the worst aspects of the silly College judging scheme.
Spencer crunched the numbers on the recent GymCastic podcast:
- Using data from every meet for the DIII WIAC teams (the 8 teams in Wisconsin/Minnesota) for theΒ last 10 yearsβ679 team scoresβthe average score when they compete away at a DI or DII school isΒ 186.104.Β
- Compared to when they compete at home or at other DIII schools or neutral venues, when the average score isΒ 183.776.Β
- Thatβs a difference of 2.328 in the team scoreβor greater than four fallsβmaintained across an entire decade of meets for an entire division of teams.
- Far from being an urban myth, DIII teams scoring far higher at DI and DII schools is a long-standing and verifiable reality.

