How To Watch The 2026 NCAA Gymnastics Championships
TL;DR
The 2026 NCAA Gymnastics Championships will take place from April 16 to April 18 in Fort Worth, Texas, featuring top collegiate gymnasts competing for national titles.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS - APRIL 19: Danae Fletcher of the Oklahoma Sooners hoists the national champion trophy alongside teammates after winning the Division I Women's Gymnastics Championshipss held at Dickies Arena on April 19, 2025 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
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It all comes down to two days in the Lone Star State.
The 2026 NCAA Gymnastics Championships will run from April 16 through April 18, bringing the nation’s top collegiate gymnasts to Fort Worth, Texas, to compete for multiple national titles.
This is the fourth consecutive year Fort Worth’s Dickies Arena has hosted the championship, making the stockyards city the de facto home of NCAA gymnastics.
The No. 1-ranked Oklahoma Sooners arrive as the defending national champions and seek revenge after a disappointing second-place finish at the 2026 SEC Championship to No. 3 Florida.
Though the Sooners are favored, the competition is fierce.
The 2026 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championships bracket.
NCAA.com
NCAA Gymnastics ‘Elite Eight’ will face off across two semifinals, both held on Thursday, April 16. Each semifinal will feature four teams alongside top individual athletes competing without their programs in attendance.
National Semifinal I will feature No. 2 LSU, No. 3 Florida, No. 6 Georgia, and No. 7 Stanford. Later that day, No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 4 UCLA, No. 9 Arkansas, and No. 13 Minnesota will convene for National Semifinal II.
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Thursday’s semifinals will also determine the individual national champions. The top all-around finisher and finisher on each of the four events will be crowned following the conclusion of the second semifinal. There are no tiebreaks.
The top two teams from each semifinal will compete for the national championship on Saturday, April 18, at 4 p.m. ET. No scores will carry over from the semifinals; each team will compete with a clean slate.
The semifinals will be broadcast on ESPN2, and the final will be broadcast on ABC. All three sessions will also be broadcast online on ESPN+ streaming services. For fans looking to follow a specific team or athlete, ESPN+ offers localized apparatus feeds for each event. Scoring will be updated automatically on Virtius.
For those who can’t wait until 4 p.m on Saturday, ABC will provide an NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championship Preview at 3:30 p.m ET.
Thursday, April 16
Semifinal I: 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2/ESPN+ | Virtius
Semifinal II: 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2/ESPN+ | Virtius
Saturday, April 18
National Championship Preview: 3:30 p.m. on ABC
National Championship: 4 p.m. on ABC/ESPN+ | Virtius
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This article was originally published on Forbes.com
Q&A
What are the dates for the 2026 NCAA Gymnastics Championships?
The championships will be held from April 16 to April 18, 2026.
Where will the 2026 NCAA Gymnastics Championships be held?
The event will take place in Fort Worth, Texas.
Who are the defending champions in NCAA gymnastics?
The Oklahoma Sooners are the defending champions, having won the Division I Women's Gymnastics Championships in 2025.
