NCAA gymnastics regionals 2025: Oklahoma, Alabama women advance, highlights

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Oklahoma and Missouri were the last teams to advance out of regional competition Sunday evening, filling out the NCAA bracket with the final eight.

Missouri beat Auburn in a nailbiter, edging its fellow SEC competitor by .100 at the regional final in Seattle. A strong finish by Helen Hu on beam helped Missouri hang on to second. The top two teams from each regional final earned NCAA berths.

Earlier in the evening, Florida and Alabama advanced from the regional in Tuscaloosa. Half of the NCAA championships field was set Saturday as LSU, Michigan State, Utah and UCLA advanced.

Here’s a look at today’s regional finals:

Oklahoma gymnastics dominant in regional win

Oklahoma finished on vault with a 49.475 to win the regional final in Washington and punch its ticket to Fort Worth. The Sooners led from the start and finished with the top three in all-around: Jordan Bowers, Faith Torrez and Addison Fatta.

• Oklahoma, 198.450
• Missouri, 197.425
• Auburn, 197.325
• Arizona, 196.250

Jordan Bowers posts another perfect 10

Jordan Bowers ended her night with another perfect 10, her third of the day. This time it was on vault.

Joscelyn Roberson, Jade Carey on unofficial list of NCAA individual qualifiers

Jade Carey of Oregon State and Joscelyn Roberson of Arkansas are among the individual gymnasts to advance to the NCAA championships, according to ESPN's unofficial list of qualifiers. They're both in the all-around along with Denver's Madison Ulrich and Washington's Mary McDonough.

Missouri grabs second team spot behind Oklahoma

Missouri is NCAA bound following a dramatic finish at the Washington regional final. In the final rotation, Helen Hu's 9.925 on beam was enough to allow the Missouri Tigers to grab the second team spot behind winner Oklahoma. Auburn fell just short, .100 behind Missouri.

Missouri, Auburn battling it out in the Washington regional

Missouri and Auburn are battling for the second spot out of the Washington regional behind leader Oklahoma. After three rotations, Missouri had a .200 lead over Auburn.

Sooners post back-to-back perfect 10s

The Sooners were spectacular on floor to open up their lead after three rotations. Jordan Bowers earned her second perfect 10 of the night, this time on floor. Then teammate Faith Torrez matched her with a 10 in the anchor spot. With 49.800, OU scored its highest floor score this season.

Oklahoma leads after two rotations

Faith Torrez had the Sooners' top score on beam, scoring a 9.950 as Oklahoma (99.175) maintained the lead with Missouri in second (98.850). Auburn was third, .125 behind Missouri.

Jordan Bowers scores a perfect 10

Jordan Bowers of Oklahoma scored a perfect 10 on bars, helping lift the Sooners into the early lead with 49.650. Missouri (49.550) and Auburn (49.450) were neck in neck followed by Arizona.

Jade Carey takes the all-around

Jade Carey won the all-around in Tuscaloosa, scoring 39.700 to top Madelyn Williams of Cal with 39.600. Florida's Leanne Wong tied for third with Alabama's Lilly Hudson (39.550). While Carey's Oregon State team didn't qualify for Fort Worth, Carey is expected to advance as an individual qualifer in the all-around.

According to ESPN, Cal's Mya Lauzon (beam, floor) and Maddie Williams (bars) and North Carolina's Kaya Forbes (vault) are also unoffical individual qualifiers.

Here's a look at Maddie Williams on bars:

Florida, Alabama advance out of regional final

Florida has done it, winning the regional final after posting 49.350 on vault. The Gators finished on top with a score of 197.700 followed by Alabama's 197.675 in second. Both advance to the NCAA championships in Fort Worth.

Cal came close but finished third with a score of 197.575 and Oregon State was fourth with 196.875.

Alabama on the move with spectacular beam rotation

In their home gym, the Alabama women got the job done on beam, scoring five “spectacular” routines in the words of ESPN’s Bart Conner. Alabama went ahead of Cal with a 49.500 on beam, the Tide's best score this season.

Florida still stands on top after three rotations with 148.350. Alabama is second with 148.150, followed closely by Cal (148.125) and Oregon State.

Alabama's beam scores:

• Gabby Gladieux, 9.950
• Shania Adams, 9.925
• Gabby Ladanyi, 9.900
• Lilly Hudson, 9.900
• Chloe LaCoursiere, 9.825

Florida still on top after beam

Selena Harris-Miranda, who transferred from UCLA in the summer of 2024, led the way for the Gators on beam, scoring 9.900. Victoria Nguyen and Alyssa Arana finished with 9.875 and Florida stood on top after the second rotation with 98.850, followed by Cal's 98.675.

Florida starts strong on uneven bars

Florida got off to a strong start on bars as Skye Blakely, Alyssa Arana and Riley McCusker all scored 9.925. After the first rotation, Florida had the top score of 49.550. Cal was second (.175 behind), followed by Alabama and Oregon State.

Four more teams to qualify today

From 36 teams, the field gets down to just eight by the end of the day. Here’s who advanced to the NCAA championships so far:

• Utah: Finished first in Utah regional final with 197.825
• UCLA: Finished second in Utah with 197.625
• LSU: Finished first in Pennsylvania regional final with 198.050
• Michigan State: Finished second in Pennsylvania with 198.00

NCAA gymnastics schedule

Alabama regional final

No. 3 Florida, No. 6 Cal, No. 11 Alabama, No. 14 Oregon State

Where: Coleman Coliseum, Tuscaloosa

When: 6 p.m. ET Sunday, April 6

Streaming: ESPN+

Florida’s Leanne Wong helped lead the Gators to the regional final, scoring a 9.950 on beam Friday night, tied for the top mark along with Jade Carey of Oregon State. Wong was second in the all-around with a score of 39.775 behind Carey (39.85). Wong, who has been a member of the U.S. senior and junior national teams, was the 2024 NCAA co-champion on uneven bars.

Washington regional final

No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 7 Missouri, No. 15 Auburn, Arizona

Where: Seattle

When: 8 p.m. ET, Sunday, April 6, 2025

Streaming: ESPN+

Oklahoma’s Faith Torrez scored a perfect 10 of her career on beam Friday night to lead the Sooners to a 198.025 victory. Auburn was second with a score of 196.950 to also advance to the Seattle regional final. Torrez claimed four titles in the all-around, bars, beam and floor. She was co-champion on bars with teammates Jordan Bowers and Audrey Davis.

NCAA gymnastics championships

The 2025 NCAA women's gymnastics championships will be held April 17-19 at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. Eight teams, four all-around competitors and 16 event specialists will advance from regional competition to the national championships, according to the NCAA. LSU is the defending champion.

NCAA gymnastics bracket

The bracket now has the final two teams decided as Oklahoma and Missouri advanced Sunday night out of the Washington regional. Here's a link to the NCAA gymnastics bracket.

Sooners tease a new look

Oklahoma seeks its 15th consecutive regional championship today. The Sooners will compete in style, according to their post on X.

OU's Faith Torrez and the perfect 10

Oklahoma junior Faith Torrez scored a perfect 10 on beam at regionals on Friday, the first of her career in the event. Her first perfect 10 this season came on a floor routine in February as the Sooners hosted Florida.

In February, Torrez’s 10 gave the Sooners a 49.775 on floor, and the Sooners went on to claim their 90^th consecutive victory at home.

Last season Torrez scored her first perfect 10 on floor to win the Big 12 title.

Jade Carey on a roll heading into regional final

Oregon State’s Jade Carey enters the regional final on a roll, having won or tied for first in all five events during the semifinal round. Her perfect 10 came on floor, as the Beavers scored a 49.525 in their last rotation of the day. The two-time Olympic gold medalist holds several Oregon State program records, and last season won silver at the NCAA championships in the all-around and on floor.

Michigan State advances to NCAA championships for first time since 1988

The Spartans head to their first NCAA championships since 1988, led by Nikki Smith’s season-high score of 39.650 to win the all-around. Smith, a junior, was the Big Ten gymnast of the year and finished the regular season ranked fourth nationally on vault.

Michigan State finished second to top-seeded LSU at the regional final Saturday in University Park, Pennsylvania. MSU kept it close, finishing with 198.000 behind LSU’s 198.050.

Contributing: Ryan Aber