U. gymnasts back at No. 2

Utah's gymnastics team bounced back up to No. 2 in Monday's NCAA rankings.

The Utes dropped Florida, the previous No. 2, to third in the rankings. Utah is at Florida Friday night.

Brigham Young dropped one spot to 23rd, Southern Utah two spots to 33rd and Utah State two spots to 34th.

In event rankings, the Utes moved up three spots to second on vault, up one to second on bars, up two to fifth on beam and up three to 12th on floor. BYU is 17th on beam and 23rd on bars.

Individually, Utah's Nicolle Ford remained 11th in all-around. She ranks fourth on bars and eighth on beam, with teammate Ashley Postell third. U. freshman Kristina Baskett is ninth on bars and vault. No state schools other than Utah are represented in this week's individual top 25s.