BATON ROUGE – The LSU gymnastics team remained at No. 5 in the sixth edition of the RoadToNationals.com rankings.
The Tigers have now ranked in the top-five of the rankings for 34-straight weeks. LSU (3-3, 1-3 SEC) owns a team average score of 196.850 and a season-high team score of 197.450 on the road at Alabama.
National rankings are based on a team’s overall season average for the first few weeks of the season before switching to the regional qualifying score (RQS).
In addition to the team rankings, LSU is also fourth on vault and beam, seventh on bars and eighth on floor.
Senior Sarah Finnegan is ranked seventh overall in the all-around with an average score of 39.612 and high of 39.700. Finnegan owns top-15 rankings on all four events, highlights by the No. 5 rankings on beam and floor.
The Tigers will return to competition for a double weekend beginning Friday at the GymQuarters Invitational in St. Charles, Missouri. The squad will then return home to face Missouri at 2:30 p.m. Sunday inside the Maravich Center.
Road To Nationals Gymnastics Top 25
February 12, 2019
Rank, Team, Average
1. Oklahoma, 197.813
2. Florida, 197.67
3. UCLA, 197.575
4. Utah, 197.196
5. LSU, 196.85
6. Denver, 196.73
7. Georgia, 196.564
8. Michigan, 196.383
9. Alabama, 196.371
10. Boise State, 196.205
11. Auburn, 196.158
12. Oregon State, 196.115
13. Kentucky, 196.025
14. California, 195.946
15. Missouri, 195.921
16. Minnesota, 195.913
17. Nebraska, 195.904
18. Washington, 195.9
19. Arizona State, 195.783
20. BYU, 195.78
21. Arkansas, 195.5
22. Ohio State, 195.408
23. Iowa State, 195.396
24. Penn State, 195.388
25. Arizona, 195.329