In collegiate gymnastics the win-loss records mean very little. All teams advance to their respective conference championships and seedings for the NCAA Championships are based on score averages, not records.
So why then is it so important for the Utes to win at Oregon State on Saturday? The Utes know there still is something to be said for reputation.
“If you do well in the regular season Pac-12, then when you get to championships people are like, ‘oh they belong,” senior MaKenna Merrell-Giles said.
“But if you don’t do well [in the regular season] and you do well at championships, people might think, ‘eh, it’s just a good day for them and they don’t really deserve the scores.