No. 12 Stanford Battles No. 3 Bruins in LA

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• No. 12 Stanford travels to Los Angeles, Calif. for a Sunday-night showdown with its former conference opponent UCLA inside Pauley Pavilion. 
• The meeting of the Cardinal and Bruins is set for a 5:30 p.m. start and will be televised by Big Ten Network with AJ Kanell and JaNay Honest on the call.
• Then-No. 14 Stanford recorded its third 197.000-or-better total at home this season, finishing second at its quad meet Friday evening in Maples Pavilion. No. 5 California won the meet with a team total of 197.675, Stanford placed second with a total of 197.025, No. 12 Oregon State finished third with a score of 196.625 and UC Davis earned a fourth-place finish with a final tally of 195.300. Senior Brenna Neault brought home the Cardinal’s lone event win of the night, sharing the beam’s top score—her team-leading third title of the year.
• Stanford and UCLA meet for the first time since becoming members of new conferences-- the Cardinal joined the ACC ahead of the 2024-25 school year while UCLA joined the Big Ten. The former Pac-12 conference opponents met last on The Farm, as the Bruins topped the Cardinal 197.175-196.725. Stanford's last dual-meet win over UCLA came in the 2022 season, as the Cardinal bested its in-state foe by .05 points led by the tied-for-fifth best floor rotation in program history.  
• The Cardinal enters week nine of the women's gymnastics season ranked 12th in the country with an NQS of 197.000, supported by four top-20 apparatus rankings. Stanford's current ranking is its best week 9 all-around status since the 2014 season, when the Cardinal were ranked 10th in the nation with an NQS of 196.465. The 2014 season was one to remember, as it was a year that saw the Cardinal make its third-consecutive NCAA Championship Appearance and finish the year ranked ninth in the nation. Stanford's current NQS on three of four apparatuses is better than its 2014 standings, and the Cardinal's NQS is more than a half-point greater than its 2014 mark. 
  • 2025 Rankings (Week 9)
    • Vault Ranking: 19th, NQS- 49.070
    • Bars Ranking: 11th, NQS- 49.290
    • Beam Ranking: 14th, NQS- 49.240
    • Floor Ranking: 14th, NQS- 49.340
  • 2014 Rankings (Week 9)
  • Vault Ranking: 11th, NQS- 49.235
  • Bars Ranking: 11th, NQS- 49.160
  • Beam Ranking: 6th, NQS- 49.165
  • Floor Ranking: T-16th, NQS- 49.110
• Stanford sits in a great position to continue to grow its NQS throughout the rest of the 2025 season. Including Sunday's meet, the Cardinal competes four more times before the NCAA Regional Championship selections are made, including three away meets. NQS averages a program's top six scores, dropping the highest, with the caveat that three of the calculated scores must have been earned on the road. As of Week 9 of NCAA competition, the Cardinal can replace up to four of the six counted scores before the regional section show. 
  • The Cardinal's NQS through seven competitions-- 197.000
    • 197.400 at Berkeley (Away)- dropped (highest score), locked into Stanford's NQS
    • 197.250 vs. UNC (Home)- locked into Stanford's NQS 
    • 197.025 vs. Stanford Quad (Home)
    • 197.025 vs. NC State (Home)
    • 196.925 at Clemson (Away) - can only be replaced by an away meet score  (three chances left: at UCLA, at California Quad, at ACC Championships)
    • 196.775 at Southern Utah (Away) - can only be replaced by an away meet score (three chances left: at UCLA, at California Quad, at ACC Championships)