Dates and sites: National qualifying will be at Temple April 11, and the national championships will follow April 12-13.

Field: A national qualifier will consist of the top 10 teams; conference champions from the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference and the Big Ten Conference; the top 12 all-around competitors who are not members of a selected team; and 12 individuals per event. The top three teams, and the top three all-around competitors not on a team selected and three individual event competitors will advance to the national championship.

Selection date: April 1.

2002 team champion: Oklahoma.

Top team contenders: Oklahoma, Penn State, Iowa, Minnesota, William & Mary.

Top individual contenders: Daniel Furney, Oklahoma; Luis Vargas and Kevin Donohue, Penn State; Clay Strother, Minnesota.