NCAA Women's Gymnastics Semifinals 2025: When and Where to Watch

The NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Semifinals event has arrived.

The 2025 NCAA women’s gymnastics championship will be held in Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, over the next three days. The privilege to lift the national championship trophy will be contested by the final eight teams out of the 36-team competition.

The rest of the lineup is dominated by SEC teams, featuring five out of the eight squads from the conference known for its intensity. These include the top-seeded LSU, the second-seeded Oklahoma, the third-seeded Florida, the seventh-seeded Missouri, and the eleventh-seeded Alabama. Rounding out the competition are Utah, UCLA, and Michigan State, which hold the fourth, fifth, and eighth seeds, respectively.

For the third straight year, defending national champion LSU, led by Aleah Finnegan, Kailin Chio, and Lexi Zeiss, is back in the national semifinals. They hope to become the second consecutive national champions this decade, following Oklahoma, who won in 2022 and 2023. Additionally, the Sooners are making their first appearance at Dickies Arena as an SEC member and for the 21st consecutive season.

The only team not in the top eight of the NCAA women’s gymnastics competition that is vying for a spot in the national semifinals is Alabama. With a final score of 197.675, the Crimson Tide advanced with No. 3 Florida and finished second in the Tuscaloosa Regional Final, just a tenth of a point ahead of No. 6 seed Cal (197.575).

A closer look at the NCAA women’s gymnastics championship is provided here, along with information on start time and how to watch the semifinals:

2025 women’s gymnastics championship teams

Eight teams qualified for the 2025 NCAA women’s gymnastics championship in Fort Worth, Texas, and they are as follows:

Points from regional finals in parentheses

Semifinal 1

No. 2 Oklahoma (198.450)
No. 3 Florida (197.425)
No. 7 Missouri (197.425)
No. 11 Alabama (197.675)

Semifinal 2

No. 1 LSU (198.050)
No. 4 Utah (197.825)
No. 5 UCLA (197.625)
No. 8 Michigan State (198.000)

The entire SEC will be represented in the first round of the NCAA women’s gymnastics championship semifinals, including No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 Florida, No. 7 Missouri, and No. 11 Alabama. The Tuscaloosa Regional gave Florida its 22nd NCAA regional championship, while the Seattle Regional gave Oklahoma its 15th consecutive. Missouri and Alabama, who finished second in their regions, respectively, advanced.

No. 1 LSU, No. 4 Utah, No. 5 UCLA, and No. 8 Michigan State will be in the second session. With a score of 198.050, the Tigers won the University Park Regional, securing their place in the national semifinals. Utah’s victory in the Salt Lake Regional guaranteed its place. Second-place finishers UCLA and Michigan State join them, respectively.

On Saturday, the top two teams from each session will move on to the championship game. Eight teams, four all-around competitors, and sixteen event specialists compete in the women’s gymnastics championship, according to the NCAA.

Which channel is showing today’s NCAA women’s gymnastics championship?

TV channel: ESPN2
Options for streaming: ESPN+ | ESPN app

Both sets of Thursday’s NCAA women’s gymnastics championship semifinals will be broadcast on ESPN2. The network’s eponymous subscription streaming service, ESPN+, and the ESPN app (with a TV login) are available for streaming.

NCAA women’s gymnastics championship semifinals start time

Date: Thursday, April 17
Session 1 time: 4:30 p.m. ET
Session 2 time: 9 p.m. ET

Thursday is the date of the NCAA women’s gymnastics championship’s two national semifinals. 4:30 p.m. ET will mark the start of the first semifinal. The second session will begin at 9 p.m. ET when it finishes.

Where is the NCAA women’s gymnastics championship?

Location: Fort Worth, Texas’s Dickies Arena

Fort Worth, Texas’s Dickies Arena will host the 2025 NCAA women’s gymnastics championship. The tournament is being held in Fort Worth, Texas, for the seventh time overall and for the fifth year in a row.