The No. 5 seeded University of Florida gymnastics team appears in the evening session of the NCAA Championships’ semifinal competition on Friday, April 15 at 6 p.m. (ET). Semifinal II contains three conference champions – Alabama (Southeastern), Oregon State (Pacific 10) and Nebraska (Big 12) – with Utah and Kent State taking the other two spots. Semifinal I (which begins at noon ET) consists of defending NCAA champion UCLA, 2010 NCAA runner-up Oklahoma, Big Ten champion Michigan, Arkansas, Georgia and Illinois. The 2011 NCAA Gymnastics Championships make its first appearance in the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio from April 15-17.
The National Qualifying Score (NQS) determined the semifinal assignments of the NCAA Championships' team competition. The NQS ranks teams 1-12 by adding a team's regional qualifying score (RQS) and score from regional competition. Teams 2, 3, 6, 7, 10 and 11 were placed in Friday’s Semifinal I and teams 1, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 12 placed in Semifinal II. Florida is the No. 5 seed after its runner-up finish in the NCAA North Central Regional held Saturday, April 2 at the University of Denver.
The top three teams in each of Friday’s sessions will advance to the NCAA Super Six on Saturday, April 16 at 4 p.m. (ET), where the national team champion is determined.
2011 NCAA Championships
Competition Rotations
Semifinal I – Friday, April 15 @ noon (ET)
| Rot. | Vault | Bye | Bars | Beam | Bye | Floor |
| I | Arkansas | Illinois | Georgia | Michigan | UCLA | Oklahoma |
| II | Oklahoma | Arkansas | Illinois | Georgia | Michigan | UCLA |
| III | UCLA | Oklahoma | Arkansas | Illinois | Georgia | Michigan |
| IV | Michigan | UCLA | Oklahoma | Arkansas | Illinois | Georgia |
| V | Georgia | Michigan | UCLA | Oklahoma | Arkansas | Illinois |
| VI | Illinois | Georgia | Michigan | UCLA | Oklahoma | Arkansas |
Semifinal II – Friday, April 15 @ 6 p.m. (ET)
| Rot. | Vault | Bye | Bars | Beam | Bye | Floor |
| I | Nebraska | Kent State | Utah | Florida | Alabama | Oregon St. |
| II | Oregon St. | Nebraska | Kent State | Utah | Florida | Alabama |
| III | Alabama | Oregon St. | Nebraska | Kent State | Utah | Florida |
| IV | Florida | Alabama | Oregon St. | Nebraska | Kent State | Utah |
| V | Utah | Florida | Alabama | Oregon St. | Nebraska | Kent State |
| VI | Kent State | Utah | Florida | Alabama | Oregon St. | Nebraska |
The NCAA conducted a blind draw to set the start order for each of Friday's sessions. This is the ninth time that Florida starts NCAA Championships’ competition on balance beam, with the last coming in 2006.
| 2011NCAA Championship Field | |||||
| Seed | School | Region Score | RQS | NQS | Region Result |
| 1 | Alabama | 197.275 | 197.120 | 394.395 | Central Region champion |
| 2 | UCLA | 197.425 | 196.685 | 394.11 | Southeast Region champion |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 197.350 | 196.695 | 394.045 | South Central champion |
| 4 | Oregon State | 197.025 | 196.770 | 393.795 | West champion |
| 5 | Florida | 196.425 | 197.190 | 393.615 | North Central runner-up |
| 6 | Michigan | 197.075 | 196.500 | 393.575 | Northeast champion |
| 7 | Georgia | 196.750 | 196.535 | 393.285 | Southeast Region runner-up |
| 8 | Utah | 196.475 | 196.570 | 393.045 | South Central runner-up |
| 9 | Nebraska | 196.550 | 196.275 | 392.825 | West runner-up |
| 10 | Arkansas | 196.550 | 196.060 | 392.61 | North Central champion |
| 11 | Illinois | 195.925 | 195.925 | 391.85 | Central Region runner-up |
| 12 | Kent State | 195.450 | 195.245 | 390.695 | Northeast runner-up |
| Shading denotes teams in NCAA Championships’ Semifinal II on April 15 | |||||
