The National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) announced its third set of regular season rankings on Wednesday afternoon, with little movement taking place in the Top 15 ranking.
This year’s championship will be hosted by Augustana University at the Elmen Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The eight-team, single-elimination tournament will begin on Thursday, April 24 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.
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The nine-time defending national champion Baylor Bears topped this week’s rankings. The Bears are currently 9-0 on the season and have the association’s highest scoring average this season. Oregon, ranked No. 2 this week, is 5-2 on the season with a score of 270.000 or higher in each meet. Baylor edged Oregon in a high-scoring 1 vs. 2 matchup over the weekend. Quinnipiac checked in at No. 3 with a 7-1 record, while unbeaten Augustana (6-0) and Fairmont State (8-1) rounded out the top five.
Iona (3-3) is looking for its first-ever berth in the NCATA Tournament and currently ranks sixth. The Gaels have competed against six nationally-ranked opponents this season. Coming off its first NCATA postseason berth a season ago, Mary Hardin-Baylor (4-3) is seventh, followed by Limestone (12-1) at No. 8, Azusa Pacific (3-3) at No. 9, and Gannon (3-5) moved up a spot to occupy the No. 10 spot this week.
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.
The 2025 championship field and at-large qualifiers for event finals will be released on Sunday afternoon (April 13).
NCATA National Rankings (Regular Season Release #3 – April 9, 2025)
- Baylor University
- University of Oregon
- Quinnipiac University
- Augustana University
- Fairmont State University
- Iona University
- University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
- Limestone University
- Azusa Pacific University
- Gannon University
- Saint Leo University
- Duquesne University
- Glenville State University
- Coker University
- Lander University
* The top 8 teams in final ranking will qualify for 2025 NCATA National Championships
** Results as of 4/6/25 considered in this week’s rankings