The 2024 college gymnastics season is off to an already historic start, with perfect 10s coming from what feels like every direction. 
This week in the Southeastern Conference was no different, with multiple long-standing historic streaks coming to an end over the weekend.
Here who’s stock is shooting up and down after all the action:
Rising 
Kentucky’s two perfect 10’s
Ten thousand fans packed Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky, to watch the No. 7 Kentucky face off against Georgia. As the Wildcats closed out their first rotation, Makenzie Wilson recorded the first perfect 10 the program has seen since 1996 on an incredibly acrobatic vault performance.
Not only was it the first perfect 10 the program has seen in nearly three decades, but it’s also the first that Rupp Arena, which opened in 1976, has ever seen in its almost 50-year existence. Let’s just say it’s been a long time coming.
Speaking of a long wait, fifth-year senior Raena Worley notched the first perfect 10 of her collegiate career, ending the historic night on the highest of notes.
It felt like a night that Kentucky gymnastics needed and the Wildcat faithful deserved. 
Oklahoma’s resilience
The No. 1 Sooners played host to No. 12 Denver, a team they previously topped in the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad Meet. But, for the first time this season, in this meet, they found themselves trailing. While some may find this concerning, this was Oklahoma’s first chance to show its resiliency this season. 
Jordan Bowers once again led the charge with a 9.975 on bars and a 9.95 on floor, with Ragan Smith also assisting in the Sooners’ comeback, winning the contest’s beam title with a 9.975. 
“I think it was the first time that we were behind this season and they didn’t give up, they kept pushing their way forward and it wasn’t easy,” Oklahoma head coach K.J. Kindler said.
Oklahoma stayed calm, righted the ship and avoided the upset with a 197.775-197.150 comeback win over the now No. 10 Denver. This outcome didn’t occur for most of the top teams in the SEC this week. 
Kindler just seems happy that his team found a way to win.
“There’s a lot of little things and details I think we left out today overall. For us the lesson was, we fight back, you keep fighting, you don’t give up no matter what,” he said. 
Arkansas wins in front of sold out home crowd
The No. 4 Razorbacks earned their first home victory over Auburn since 2018, defeating the Tigers 197.225-196.675 at a sold-out Barnhill Arena on Friday night. 
The Hogs went over the 197-point benchmark for the third consecutive week, only the second time that’s happened in program history, the other coming in 2021, also under current head coach Jordyn Wieber.
Arkansas did it in front of 7,147 fans, matching the attendance record the Razorback faithful set last year against the LSU Tigers.
While we’ll have to wait and see if the Hogs are genuine national title contenders later down the line, Gymnastics is currently thriving in Fayetteville.
Falling
The LSU Tigers
No. 3 LSU trailed No. 9 Missouri on the road following the first rotation, but superstar Kiya Johnson’s 9.90 on floor put her squad back in the fray entering the contest’s final event: the balance beam.
Two weeks ago, freshman Konner McClain earned the first perfect 10 of her collegiate career on a flawless bar routine. On Friday, she did it again, this time on the balance beam.
Right before fans eyes, McClain is becoming a superstar, and her team might need even more from the first-year gymnast in the coming weeks.
Even with McClain’s perfect 10, LSU’s weak spot failed them yet again.
It came down to the final gymnast, but thanks to freshman Kennedy Griffin’s earlier clutch score of 9.975 on the floor, Missouri pulled out the narrow 197.325-197.225 home victory in the battle of the Tigers.
This is Missouri’s highest-ranked win in program history, and it did it in front of a crowd of over 7,000 fans.
“We are obviously disappointed with that result. We still had a chance to win going into the last routine,” LSU head coach Jay Clark said.
While LSU dropped to No. 5 nationally, Clark doesn’t seem worried about his team’s misstep.
“The good news is that it’s a regular-season meet, but the bad news is that it’s a missed opportunity,” Clark said. “If we’re going to be the team that I think we are, then we can’t have this drop in execution on the road. We’re going to go home and get better.”
Florida’s home win streak
It was a close battle, but thanks to Lily Hudson’s perfect 10 on vault and 9.925 on floor, the No. 6 Crimson Tide narrowly escaped the teeth of the No. 8 Gators, 197.575-197.425.
“I’m so proud of the team tonight,” Alabama head coach Ashley Johnston said following the win.
It was an imposing road win for Alabama, as Florida hadn’t lost a regular-season home meet since 2019.
“This was a really important meet for us because it’s easy to get to a meet like this and try to be perfect, and I’m really proud of the way that the team focused on just making progress. Progress over perfection,” Johnston said.