With the 2024 NCATA National Championships just a month away from April 25-28 in Fairmont, West Virginia, the National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) announced its first set of 2024 Championship Rankings on Wednesday afternoon.

This year’s championship will be hosted by Fairmont State at Joe Retton Arena and the Feaster Center. The eight-team, single-elimination tournament will begin on Thursday, April 25 with four quarterfinal matchups. The semifinals are set for Friday evening, while the National Championship meet will be contested on Saturday evening. National event finals are scheduled for Sunday morning. The complete bracket and additional event information will be announced in mid-April.

The eight-time defending national champion Baylor Bears topped the first set of championship rankings on Wednesday. The Bears are currently 7-0 on the season and have the association’s highest scoring average this season. Quinnipiac, ranked No. 2 this week, is also unbeaten at 5-0 on the season. Gannon checks-in at No. 3 with a 6-1 record, while Oregon and Azusa Pacific round out the top five.
 
The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor is looking for its first-ever berth in the NCATA Tournament, and currently ranks sixth with an overall record of 5-1 on the season. Unbeaten Limestone (9-0) is seventh, followed by Fairmont State at No. 8 with a 5-1 mark. Frostburg State (4-2) and Augustana (4-2) round out the initial set of rankings in 2024.

The NCATA championships committee considers the overall performance of teams throughout the season thus far and utilized the following criteria to consider team rankings: W/L record, strength of schedule, head-to-head competition, common opponents, average meet score (adjusted to remove high/low), average meet start value (adjusted to remove high/low), score differential (adjusted to remove high/low) and the teams’ progression throughout the season.

Two more sets of regular season rankings will be released on April 3 and April 10. The 2024 championship field and at-large qualifiers for event finals will be released on Monday, April 15.

NCATA Championship Rankings (Release #1 - March 27, 2024)
1. Baylor University
2. Quinnipiac University
3. Gannon University
4. University of Oregon
5. Azusa Pacific University
6. University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
7. Limestone University
8. Fairmont State University
9. Frostburg State University
10. Augustana University
 
* The top 8 teams in final ranking will qualify for 2024 NCATA National Championships
** Results as of 3/24/24 considered in this week’s rankings
*** Next set of rankings will be released on Wednesday, April 3, 2024