Women's Gymnastics Picked No. 6 in Preseason Poll
12/4/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's gymnastics team is ranked No. 6 in the 2007 GymInfo Preseason Coaches Poll, released Monday (Dec. 4). Michigan is the top-ranked Big Ten team in the coaches poll, ahead of No. 14 Penn State, No. 21 Minnesota and No. 22 Michigan State. Three other conference teams -- Illinois, Ohio State and Iowa -- received votes in the poll, but did not make the top 25.
Defending national champion Georgia topped the preseason poll, followed by Utah, Florida and Alabama. Michigan will face three of the top 10 teams during the season, visiting No. 1 Georgia on March 9 and No. 2 Utah on Feb. 23, and hosting No. 7 Nebraska on Feb. 9.
The Wolverines finished the 2006 campaign with a seventh-place performance the NCAA Championships. U-M advanced to nationals for the 14th straight season after winning the program's eighth regional crown.
The Maize and Blue hosts the team's intrasquad meet on Friday (Dec. 8) at 7:30 p.m. in Crisler Arena, and is set to begin the regular season at No. 24 West Virginia on Friday, Jan. 12.
GymInfo 2007 Preseason Coaches Poll
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank, Team Points 1. Georgia (28) 793 2. Utah (7) 758 3. Florida 697 4. Alabama 684 5. UCLA 615 6. MICHIGAN 594 7. Nebraska 592 8. Stanford 583 9. LSU 526 10. Oklahoma 504 11. Arizona State 451 12. Oregon State 409 13. Iowa State 345 14. Penn State 344 15. Arkansas 340 16. Arizona 314 17. Denver 288 18. Missouri 265 19. North Carolina 243 20. Auburn 179 21. Minnesota 178 T22.Kentucky 112 T22.Michigan State 112 24. West Virginia 87 25. Boise State 51
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