Catch up on all the highlights from the second week of NCAA gymnastics action, including another dazzling performance from Maggie Nichols, the first perfect 10 of the season, and Georgia rebounding after a rough first week.

Maggie Nichols shines (again)

Nichols' debut was fantastic, and her second meet for Oklahoma was even better on Sunday. The freshman did not score lower than a 9.925 on any event and finished with a 39.750 total in the all-around in a top 10 matchup against UCLA in Norman, OK. She remains the top-ranked gymnast in the country. She won the all-around and took the title on floor exercise with a 9.950. She shared the titles on vault and uneven bars with a 9.925 on each event.

Oklahoma hits the 198 mark

The Sooners posted the top score in the country in Sunday's win over then-No. 8 UCLA when they tallied a 198.025. Oklahoma didn't get quite the same uneven bars rotation as it did in week one, but the Sooners counted five scores of 9.875 or higher on balance beam for a 49.600 total. They were led by Chayse Capps' near-perfect 9.975 and Nichols' 9.950.

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Oklahoma jumped to No. 1 in the overall rankings and is the top-ranked team on every event except for vault.

Perfect 10 alert

LSU's Ashleigh Gnat scored six career perfect 10s entering Friday's meet against Alabama. She notched her seventh perfect score on her double-twisting Yurchenko to nab the season's first perfect mark.

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Exorcising the beam demons

A week after a disastrous performance on the balance beam against LSU, Georgia put together two solid meets on balance beam against Auburn on Friday and in the Gymdogs' home opener on Monday. Georgia did have to contend with a fall from Rachel Dickson on Friday night but rebounded with four solid routines. The Gymdogs put up match team totals of 49.225 in both meets. Rachel Schick, who struggled against LSU on beam, led the team with a 9.900 and a 9.925.

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Non-power conferences represent in top 15

While teams from the SEC, Big 12, Big Ten and Pac-12 sit in the top 15, there are two teams from outside the top conferences making an appearance in the top tier.

George Washington, which competes in the EAGL conference, sits at No. 14 after putting together two solid meets. The Colonials scored a 195.225 this weekend at the Lindsey Ferris Invitational. The Colonials put up the top team totals on vault and balance beam. They were led by a pair of 9.9s on beam from Alex Zois and Jillian Winstanley.

Just behind GWU is Boise State at No. 15. The Broncos compete in the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference and opened up the season by topping Stanford, Yale, and host UC Davis in a quad meet on Friday. Courtney McGregor, who represented New Zealand at the Olympics last summer in Rio, paced the 15th-ranked Broncos by securing her first all-around win. Diana Mejia posted the top score of the meet on uneven bars to earn conference honors for her performance.

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Ray makes coaching debut against former team

Elise Ray won a bronze medal with the 2000 Olympic team in Sydney. She went on to compete for Michigan, where she was a three-time national champion on uneven bars (2004), the balance beam (2002) and tied for the all-around title (2001). After five years as an assistant coach with the Washington Huskies, Ray took over the head coaching job last spring. On Saturday, she made her head coaching debut at a quad meet featuring her former team. Washington posted a 195.175 to take third behind Ohio State and Michigan.


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