NCAA 2026 Week 1: Friday January 2-Sunday January 4

[irichluck21]

It's finally here!

2026 Week 1 — Schedule & Links

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MEET WEEK 1​

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Friday, January 2​

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[td]7:30pm ET/
4:30pm PT[/td][td]LSU Exhibition[/td]

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SEC+​

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[td]9:00pm ET/
6:00pm PT[/td][td]Minnesota
Iowa
@ Utah[/td]

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SCORES​

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ESPN+​

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Saturday, January 3​

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[td]3:00pm ET/
12:00pm PT[/td][td]Stout
Greenville
Winona State
@ Oshkosh[/td]

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SCORES​

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FREE​

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[td]6:00pm ET/
3:00pm PT[/td][td]UCLA
Cal
Oregon State
@ Washington[/td]

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SCORES​

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BTN+1
BTN+2​

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Sunday, January 4​

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[td]1:00pm ET/
10:00am PT[/td][td]Wilberforce
@ W. Michigan[/td]

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SCORES​

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[td]2:00pm ET/
11:00am PT[/td][td]Towson
@ Clemson[/td]

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SCORES​

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ACC+​

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[td]2:00pm ET/
11:00am PT[/td][td]Temple
Brockport
@ Rutgers[/td]

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SCORES​

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BTN+​

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[td]3:00pm ET/
12:00pm PT[/td][td]Iowa State
@ Missouri[/td]

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SCORES​

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SEC+​

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Minnesota, Iowa, Utah is a great start to the season. Interesting to see what happens in the "Pac 12 Invitational" between UCLA, Washington, Cal, and Oregon State. Specifically how Cal looks post Howells and OSU post Jade Carey.

 

[makam]

Formatting is wonky. You might have to put it through plain text before copying to strip out some of the spreadsheet stuff.

 

[irichluck21]

Ah bummer it looked good in the post before I sent.

I linked Spencer's page anyway at least.

 

[cuuf]

Yessss! Despite all the whining and moaning about NCAA gymnastics, I am very excited for it to be back! Get to see some intriguing teams right off the bat!

 

[BB12]

So happy it's finally back.

 

[RedBirdie]

I have seen far too many wolf turns on floor and it's only the 4th routine.

Already heard complaining about how meeeeeean the NCAA is to Utah with the new neutral site rule.

Beam scoring is taking WAY too long.

 

[BB12]

LSU looked great on bars but I wasn't convinced on their floor or vault yet. They will need a lot of improvement in a week if they want to win the Sprouts meet.

Utah easily the best at their meet. Overall, looking very solid and much improved on vault compared to this time last year. I enjoyed Minnesota on floor and that should be a good event from them once they tidy up the landings. And great to see Henderson bak for Iowa.

 

[cuuf]

Utah is my darkhorse. They did not lose that much scoring and have some good new pieces that can help. The core of their scoring is back from last year and more experienced.

LSU just has too much to make up with sooo many new faces. Im sorry, you dont just replace two of the greatest gymnasts of their program history along with a large cast of contributing role players like KJ and Sierra.with a few transfers and freshman (no offense to them) They are very talented and will be there in the mix, but I dont see them a real threat for at least another year.

 

[RedBirdie]

Virtius re-did their mobile interface for this season. It is much improved and so much easier to use (at least for the Utah tri-meet)