LOGAN, Utah – Utah State's gymnastics team is ranked No. 14 in the country in Week 7 of the Road to Nationals rankings, which were released Monday.
 
This is the first week that rankings are determined by National Qualifying Score (NQS), which is calculated with the six-highest scores of the season, at least three of which must be from away meets. The highest of the six scores is dropped, and the remaining five scores are averaged.
 
Utah State's NQS:
195.875 – Away (Jan. 7, at Rio Tinto Best of Utah Meet)
196.350 – Away (Jan. 22, at Arizona Quad Meet)
196.450 – Away (Jan. 28, at BYU)
196.425 – Home (Feb. 4, vs. Southern Utah and Ball State)
196.800 – Away (Feb. 11, at Southern Utah)
195.800 – Away (Feb. 18, at Boise State)
NQS: 196.180
 
Utah State's initial NQS of 196.180 is the highest in school history.
 
Three of the four teams from the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference are ranked in the top 25 this week as BYU jumped six spots to No. 12, while Southern Utah also climbed six spots to No. 17. Boise State has only competed in four meets this season, therefore does not have an NQS ranking.
 
TEAM NATIONAL RANKINGS
Overall: 14th (196.180 NQS)
Vault: T-30th (48.900)
Bars: 18th (49.025)
Beam (–): 12th (49.125)
Floor: 19th (49.100)
 
In their MRGC dual meet against Boise State last Friday at ExtraMile Arena in Boise, Idaho, the Aggies finished with a 195.800. Utah State recorded a season-high 49.500 on floor, which is tied for second all-time in school history.
 
TEAM MRGC RANKINGS
Vault: 3rd (48.900)
Bars: 3rd (49.025)
Beam: 1st (49.125)
Floor: 2nd (49.100)
 
INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL RANKINGS
Junior Sofi Sullivan
Beam: T-21st (9.865)
 
Sophomore Brianna Brooks
Bars: T-23rd (9.870)
 
Freshman Brie Clark
Floor: T-2nd (9.930)
 
Clark notched her second 9.950 of the season on floor against Boise State. It is tied for the 14th-best floor score in the nation. Brooks had a career-high-tying 9.900 on bars last weekend.
 
INDIVIDUAL MRGC RANKINGS
Junior Jessica Gutierrez
Bars: T-9th (9.790)
 
Junior Sofi Sullivan
Beam: 2nd (9.865)
 
Junior Rebecca Wells
Vault: 4th (9.830)
Beam: 3rd (9.850)
Floor: 7th (9.819)
 
Sophomore Brianna Brooks
Vault: 8th (9.790)
Bars: 2nd (9.870)
Beam: 4th (9.840)
 
Freshman Trinity Brown
Vault: 7th (9.810)
Floor: 7th (9.815)
 
Freshman Brie Clark
Vault: 10th (9.760)
Beam: T-6th (9.780)
Floor: 1st (9.930)
 
Freshman Kielyn McCright
Beam: 5th (9.835)
 
No. 14 Utah State (7-5, 3-3 MRGC) returns to the friendly confines of the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum for a dual-meet weekend beginning on Friday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m., when the Aggies host No. 12 BYU (6-3, 5-2 MRGC) and No. 23 Towson (12-3, 5-2 EAGL). USU will then host Towson on Sunday, Feb. 27, at 3 p.m., in a non-conference dual meet.
 
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