Last week, Stanford took the high score of the weekend with a 326.450 at the Stanford Open. Oklahoma narrowly beat out Michigan for the second highest score– 321.800 to the Wolverines’ 320.650. And in an unexpected turn of events, Penn State and Illinois tied at the Sam Mikulak Invitational. They’ll get their shot at a rematch this week and there’s plenty more excitement to come in Week 4 of the 2026 season.

Nebraska @ Ohio State - 2 pm ET (Saturday, January 31)

Kicking off the weekend, the Huskers will be travelling to Ohio State. Nebraska–ranked third–did not compete last week, so it’s hard to know exactly what to expect from them this weekend. Ohio State, on the other hand, had a huge score improvement between NCAA Weeks 2 and 3, going from a 311.300 to a 318.050. These teams are most closely matched up on Floor, so that should be a key event to watch. 

Watch: https://www.bigtenplus.com/en-int/livestream/nebraska-at-ohio-state/2055000 

Live Scores: https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=643313

Illinois @ Penn State - 1:00 pm ET (Sunday, February 1)

Illinois and Penn State will get their rematch from the Sam Mikulak Invitational this weekend. This meet will be interesting for a variety of reasons. Beyond the tie, Penn State and Illinois are really close in both high team score and average team score on every event but Vault, where the Nittany Lions have shown an advantage so far. But this weekend they showed that they would really need a hit meet on all six events to overtake the Illini. One rotation (High Bar) stood in their way this weekend. With Illinois athletes Nathan Whitaker, Brandon Dang, and Vahe Petrosyan leading the NCAA on Floor, Pommel Horse, and Parallel Bars respectively, this is sure to be an exciting match up.

Watch:  https://www.bigtenplus.com/en-int/livestream/illinois-at-penn-state/2080418 

Live Scores: https://scores.virti.us/?s=UUEBPxER70 

William & Mary @ Springfield - 1:00 pm ET (Sunday, Feburary 1)

William & Mary will be taking on Springfield College this weekend. William & Mary has still yet to break 300 this season. Springfield on the other hand has not yet beat their score from week 1. The key routine to look out for at this meet will be Springfield junior Kaleb Palacio’s Vault. Earlier in the season, he was competing a Kas 1.5 and held the leading score in the NCAA on the event until this weekend. At the Navy Open, he competed a Dragulescu and touched the mat. If he can clean it up and compete it again, he may just take back the high score on vault from Cal’s Jasper Smith-Gordon.

Watch: 

Live Scores:  https://scores.virti.us/?s=K6p-s3tXUi 

Greenville @ OU - 2pm CT (Sunday, Feburary 1)

Greenville will be traveling to Oklahoma this weekend. Oklahoma is certainly poised to win the meet, leading the entire NCAA, not to mention their conference. That said, Greenville currently leads the ECAC. The big question for this meet is: can the ECAC and MPSF leaders keep their conference standings? 

Watch: 

Live Scores:  https://scores.virti.us/?s=Ouk6I4aqxa 

Article by: Matt Woodward

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