Sooners Earn No. 1 Seed for SEC Championship

NORMAN — After claiming its second SEC regular season title and first outright, the No. 1 Oklahoma women's gymnastics team earned the No. 1 seed at the SEC Championships by virtue of boasting the highest National Qualifying Score (NQS).

For 2026, an updated NQS proposal was submitted to the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA). Beginning with week seven, NQS is calculated as an average of meets, dropping the high and low scores. After conference championships, NQS will be calculated by ordering all scores from highest to lowest, confirming at least five away meets and no more than five home meets, dropping the highest and lowest scores and averaging the remaining scores. All away meets will be included in the calculation prior to dropping the highest and lowest scores.

The top five include three fellow SEC members: No. 2 LSU (197.917), No. 3 Florida (197.700) and No. 4 Alabama (197.500). UCLA remains No. 5 with a 197.478 NQS.

LSU, Florida, and Alabama will join the Sooners in the evening session at 7 p.m. CT at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. The afternoon session will feature No. 5 seed Georgia (197.385), No. 6 seed Arkansas (197.192), No. 7 seed Missouri (197.191), No. 8 seed Auburn (196.547) and No. 9 seed Kentucky (196.503).

The Sooners are ranked in the top five on all four events, coming in at No. 1 on vault (49.563), No. 2 on beam (49.513), and No. 4 on bars (49.428) and floor (49.438).

Six athletes combined for 14 individual rankings, including five spots in the top five.

Sophomore Addison Fatta holds steady at No. 3 in the all-around (39.660) while holding spots on three individual events. She holds the No. 2 spot on vault (9.955), No. 19 spot on beam (9.910), and No. 20 spot on bars (9.915).

Freshman Mackenzie Estep holds three rankings, including No. 4 on vault (9.940), No. 12 on floor (9.930), and shares the No. 20 spot with Fatta (9.915).

Two Sooners hold a pair of rankings, as sophomore Elle Mueller holds the No. 12 spot on floor (9.930) and No. 13 spot on vault (9.910), while junior Keira Wells owns the No. 5 spot on vault (9.935) and No. 17 spot on beam (9.915).

Senior Faith Torrez holds the No. 3 spot on beam (9.955), and freshman Ella Murphy holds No. 6 on the same event (9.945). Junior Hannah Scheible holds the No. 17 spot on vault (9.905).

The Sooners will head to their second SEC Championship on Saturday, March 21. As the No. 1 seed, OU will compete in the evening session at 7 p.m. CT on SEC Network. Tickets are available here.

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