Finally acquiring the nation’s top spot, the undefeated Oklahoma Sooners women’s gymnastics team will host No. 16 Iowa State (4-4, 0-1 Big 12) tonight in Oklahoma’s annual “Beauty and the Beast” night.

After displacing Alabama from their No. 1 ranking, the Sooners placed their name atop the latest Troester poll.

Reaching this achievement ends a 30-year long drought for the women’s gymnastics program and is the first OU women’s sport to be ranked No.1 during the regular season.

Tonight Oklahoma’s annual “Beauty and the Beast” event should offer a spectacle rarely witnessed in sports.

Showcasing two of the nations top ranked programs, the No. 9 OU men’s wrestling team and the first ever No. 1 women’s gymnastics team should provide a show for the ages. OU has never before had two highly ranked programs share a stage together to compete in their respected sports.

OU has dominated the Cyclones for seven straight victories under fourth-year head coach K.J. Kindler, who came to Norman after making her head coaching debut at ISU in 2001.

Kindler coached Iowa State for six seasons, leading them to its first Super Six appearance in 2006.

Leading the Sooners in from the floor will be last week’s high scorers, Kristin Smith (9.95), Kayla Nowak (9.925), Hollie Vise (9.925) and Megan Ferguson (9.9).