The 2024 college gymnastics season has been astounding, with new records being broken and history being made nearly every week. Every time it feels like the sport has hit its peak, the 2024 campaign continues to surprise everyone with the new heights it reaches.

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Here’s who’s stock is going up and down after a historic first five weeks:
Rising
LSU sets a new school record
Following a disappointing loss on the road to Missouri in Week 4, LSU head coach Jay Clark knew how vital the team’s meet against the No. 7 Arkansas Razorbacks was.
“Certainly when you’re coming out of a disappointment, getting back in front of your home crowd can be a tremendous boost,” Clark said earlier in the week. “We want our fans to continue to come out in force and pack the PMAC.”
It felt like the No. 5 Tigers and their fans had to show up and show out, and indeed they did.
A raucous LSU crowd packed the PMAC on Friday night to watch the Tigers shatter the school’s team score record and set the new highest score from a school this season: 198.475.
Haleigh Bryant continued to lead the charge with a flawless floor routine to end the night on an exclamation point for LSU. It’s the 12th perfect 10 of her LSU career, and she’s already set the record for most ever by a Tiger in program history. 
Bryant and Kiya Johnson finished first and second place, respectively, all around, and both notched a 9.90 or better in all four of the night’s events.
Best of all, LSU improved where they’ve struggled the most in the past this season: the balance beam. The Tigers set a new season high and matched their sixth-best score on beam: 49.625. A large part of that effort came from freshman Konner McClain, who turned in a 9.975 on both beam and floor.
When asked how his group found their groove on the beam, Clark told his team, “Just stay the course.” 
The whole night was a huge rebound for now No. 3 LSU, who are back in the national title conversation as quickly as it had previously left it. 
“Well, we got better. That’s what this week was about,” Clark said. “The focus and the main goal was to get a good performance, a complete performance. I know everyone wants to talk about the score tonight, and that’s great.
“I do not focus on whether we get a low or high score. It’s about our performance. We did our job tonight and we can do that same performance somewhere else.”
Oklahoma tops California in heavyweight bout
The No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners and the No. 2 California Golden Bears traveled to Tempe, Arizona, to compete in a tri-meet hosted by No. 23 Arizona State. It was the most anticipated matchup of the season thus far, and it more than lived up to the excitement.
All three teams were at their best, each setting new season high scores respectively. With how dominant it’s been, it might be surprising to some that it took this long for Oklahoma to record its first perfect 10 of the season, but it finally happened.
Jordan Bowers’ impeccable performance on bars helped the title favorites stay perfect in 2024.
The event was a spectacle to behold for the world of college gymnastics, and Sun Devils head coach Jay Santos loved every second of it, despite his squad finishing last.
“I’m thrilled, I’m really happy with how they performed. I thought the atmosphere was great. The crowd was great. I think all three teams did a fantastic job. I think it was just a really exciting competition tonight,” Santos following the meet.
Kentucky’s emergence as title contenders
The No. 3 Kentucky made history on Friday night, getting its first-ever win in Tuscaloosa in program history.
Last week, senior Raena Worley earned the first perfect 10 of her collegiate career. On Friday, she did it again. Her second perfect 10 on the floor in two weeks and 24th all-around title helped her Wildcats pass the Crimson Tide, 197.600-196.975.
While Kentucky dropped two spots in the national rankings to No. 5 due to some great performances from LSU and Utah, its big road win has it rising in this week’s SEC gymnastics stock watch.
The Wildcats are the topped ranked vault team in the nation, spearheaded by Mackenzie Wilson, who recorded a 9.95 on Friday night.
Kentucky has a few nice wins over No. 14 Auburn, No. 11 Michigan and now No. 7 Alabama.
While the Wildcats have made it to the NCAA Championships twice but have never made it to the tournament’s final day, this could be the year that Kentucky makes a run at a national title.

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Falling 
Alabama
While the Wildcats are soaring, the Crimson Tide are falling. No. 6 Alabama had a great chance to knock off the No. 3 ranked team in the country at home, a place that Kentucky had yet to win at in its program history.
Despite the loss, the Crimson Tide only dropped one spot in the national rankings. Their loss, however, did earn them a spot in this week’s stock watch. 
Georgia
Just like it’s infamous rivals, No. 21 Georgia also had a huge opportunity to knock off one of the top teams in the country at home on Friday night. The Bulldogs were right there, too. Trailing by a tenth of a point heading into the final rotation/ Georgia needed a clutch performance to escape the No. 8 Florida Gators.
Instead, Florida finished the night on the balance beam with three marks of 9.9 or better to squeak by the Bulldogs, 197.475-197.30. 
While it was both teams’ best performances of the season, Georgia has struggled to beat the team across from them this season. The Bulldogs have lost their last four meets, with their last win coming back from Week 1 in their opener against the unranked North Carolina State.
Come tournament time, No. 19-ranked Georgia can no longer afford to finish in second place.