SALT LAKE CITY—
The Utah gymnastics team was picked fourth in the preseason coaches’ poll released today. Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama captured the most votes, while Utah, LSU and UCLA rounded out the top six. The 2015 NCAA runner-up Utes collected the third-most first-place votes with 14 and their 2,171 total votes was just three shy of third place.
“We feel good about our preseason national ranking,” said first-year co-head coach Tom Farden. “We lost possibly the best senior class in the nation, so this ranking shows that the coaches respect not only our returners, but also our freshman class of recruits.