Section 6: Scoring
- NCAA scoring: 10.0 maximum scale per routine (different from FIG open-ended Code of Points)
- Composed of D-Score (difficulty/composition) + E-Score (execution); NCAA caps at 10.0 by combining
- Each routine evaluated by 2-4 judges; high+low dropped; remaining averaged
- Team total: sum of 6 individual event totals; W's drops lowest of 6 per event = 5 scores; M's all 5 count
- National Qualifying Score (NQS) formula overhaul (2026 season, NCAA Women's Gymnastics): NQS — used to rank and seed teams for postseason qualification — now requires a minimum of nine meets, replacing the prior formula's fixed count of six meets regardless of schedule size. Up to five home-meet scores are counted (if a team has more than five home meets, only the lowest five home scores are retained and the rest are dropped), plus all road-meet scores; the single highest and single lowest scores across that pool are then dropped and the remainder are averaged. A minimum of five away meets is required to generate an NQS. Per the 2025-26 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Rules Modifications and the accompanying NQS Detail and Examples document.
- All teams are ranked by NQS beginning in week seven of the season, regardless of how many road meets a given team has completed by that point. Per the 2025-26 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Rules Modifications.
- NCAA Championship: top 4 teams in semifinals advance to "Super Six" final (W's) / similar M's bracket