2019 NCAA Men’s Formchart #1 — Another Trophy For Florida?

If favored Florida takes the team crown that will give the Gators half of the No. 1s this decade. (TIM CASEY)

Florida has racked up quite the record in the NCAA Men’s Championships this decade. Since ’10, Mike Holloway’s Gators have finished, sequentially as No. 2, 3, 1, =1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2. The way things are currently projecting, the Gainesville Gang is going to walk off with yet another win in Austin come June. Florida’s big gun, of course, remains Grant Holloway, the 110H favorite who is also tabbed for 2nd in the long jump and will be a big factor in the placings of the favored 4×1 and second-rated 4×4.

With Holloway in the mix, the crystal ball says that Florida will beat SEC rival LSU by 8 points. Without him, it’s obviously a different ballgame. Although a perennial powerhouse, the Bayou Bengals haven’t reached the top step of the podium since ’02. The two schools will have plenty of chances to control their own destiny, as they’re currently scheduled to go head-to-head in 7 events: both relays, plus the 200, 110H, HJ, LJ & HT. At this point, it’s a very close call for the No. 3 position, with only 3 points separating Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Houston & defending champ Georgia.

The 10-deep predictions for each event (’ = athlete not eligible for U.S. international teams):

TOP 10 TEAMS
1. Florida 62
2. LSU 54
3. Texas Tech 41
4. Texas A&M 40
5. Houston 39
6. Georgia 38
7. Florida State 36
8. Stanford 30
9. Mississippi State 29
10. Alabama 27
(complete team scores below)
100 METERS
1. Andre Ewers Florida State Sr
2. Cravon Gillespie Oregon Sr
3. Raheem Chambers’ Auburn Jr
4. Mario Burke’ Houston Sr
5. Hakim Sani Brown’ Florida So
6. Divine Oduduru’ Texas Tech Jr
7. McKinely West Sn Mississippi Sr
8. Micah Larkins Northwestern Louisiana Sr
9. Demek Kemp South Carolina State Sr
10. Jo’vaughn Martin Sam Houston St Fr
200 METERS
1. Divine Oduduru’ Texas Tech Jr
2. Andre Ewers Florida State Sr
3. Jaron Flournoy LSU Sr
4. Kasaun James Florida State Jr
5. Hakim Sani Brown’ Florida So
6. Rodney Rowe North Carolina A&T Sr
7. Mustaqeem Williams Tennessee Sr
8. Akeem Sirleaf North Carolina A&T Jr
9. Jovaughn Martin Sam Houston St Fr
10. Cravon Gillespie Oregon Sr
400 METERS
1. Tyrell Richard South Carolina State Sr
2. Kahmari Montgomery Houston Sr
3. Wil London Baylor Sr
4. Dwight St. Hillaire’ Kentucky So
5. Obi Igbokwe Houston Sr
6. Mar’yea Harris Iowa Sr
7. Trevor Stewart North Carolina A&T So
8. Derrick Mokaleng’ TCU Jr
9. Zach Shinnick USC So
10. Jacory Patterson Virginia Tech Fr
800 METERS
1. Marco Arop’ Mississippi State So
2. Bryce Hoppel Kansas Jr
3. Devin Dixon Texas A&M Jr
4. Joseph White Georgetown Sr
5. Robert Heppenstall’ Wake Forest Sr
6. Isaiah Jewett USC Jr
7. Cooper Williams Indiana Jr
8. Carlton Orange Texas A&M Jr
9. Jonah Koech’ Texas Tech Sr
10. Daniel Kuhn Indiana Sr
1500 METERS
1. Oliver Hoare’ Wisconsin Jr
2. Yared Nuguse Notre Dame So
3. Carlos Villareal Arizona Jr
4. Sam Worley Texas So
5. William Paulson Arizona State Sr
6. Justine Kiprotich’ Michigan State Sr
7. Cameron Griffith’ Arkansas Sr
8. Geordie Beamish’ Northern Arizona Jr
9. Waleed Suliman Mississippi So
10. James West’ Oregon Sr
STEEPLE
1. Obsa Ali Minnesota Sr
2. Aidan Tooker Syracuse Jr
3. Steven Fahy Stanford Sr
4. Daniel Michalski Indiana Sr
5. Matt Owens BYU So
6. Clayson Shumway BYU Jr
7. Noah Affolder Syracuse So
8. Riley Osen Portland So
9. John Rice Texas Jr
10. Jacob Heslington BYU Jr
5000 METERS
1. Grant Fisher Stanford Sr
2. Morgan McDonald’ Wisconsin Sr
3. Joe Klecker Colorado Jr
4. Amon Kemboi’ Campbell Jr
5. Kyle Mau Indiana Jr
6. Edwin Kurgat’ Iowa State Jr
7. John Dressel Colorado Jr
8. Theo Quax’ Northern Arizona Fr
9. Luis Grijalva Northern Arizona So
10. Cooper Teare Oregon So
10,000 METERS
1. Tyler Day Northern Arizona Jr
2. Vincent Kiprop’ Alabama Sr
3. Conner Mantz BYU So
4. Gilbert Kigen’ Alabama Sr
5. Clayton Young BYU Sr
6. Gilbert Boit’ Arkansas Jr
7. Aaron Templeton Furman Sr
8. Blaise Ferro Northern Arizona Jr
9. Connor McMillan BYU Sr
10. Robert Brandt UCLA Jr
110 HURDLES
1. Grant Holloway Florida Jr
2. Daniel Roberts Kentucky Jr
3. Damion Thomas’ LSU So
4. Trey Cunningham Florida State So
5. Amere Lattin Houston Sr
6. John Burt Texas Sr
7. Isaiah Moore South Carolina Sr
8. Cory Poole Florida So
9. Luke Siedhoff Nebraska Jr
10. Eric Edwards Oregon Fr
400 HURDLES
1. Quincy Hall South Carolina Jr
2. Taylor McLaughlin Michigan Sr
3. Robert Grant Texas A&M Sr
4. Amere Lattin Houston Sr
5. Infinite Tucker Texas A&M Jr
6. Cory Poole Florida So
7. Ilolo Izu Texas A&M Sr
8. Cameron Samuel USC So
9. Maksims Sinčukovs’ Arizona So
10. James Smith Arizona Fr
4 x 100
1. Florida
2. Houston
3. LSU
4. Florida State
5. Texas Tech
6. North Carolina A&T
7. Sam Houston State
8. Oregon
9. Purdue
10. Illinois
4 x 400
1. Texas A&M
2. Florida
3. Iowa
4. Houston
5. LSU
6. Western Kentucky
7. South Carolina
8. North Carolina A&T
9. Baylor
10. Rutgers
HIGH JUMP
1. Shelby McEwen Alabama Sr
2. Tejaswin Shankar’ Kansas State So
3. Keenon Laine Georgia Sr
4. JuVaughn Harrison LSU So
5. Roberto Vilches’ Missouri Fr
6. Darryl Sullivan Tennessee Jr
7. Earnie Sears USC So
8. Clayton Brown’ Florida Jr
9. Randall Cunningham USC Sr
10. Antonios Merlos’ Georgia So
POLE VAULT
1. Mondo Duplantis LSU Fr
2. Chris Nilsen South Dakota Jr
3. Matt Ludwig Akron Sr
4. Jacob Wooten Texas A&M Sr
5. KC Lightfoot Baylor Fr
6. Zach Bradford Kansas Fr
7. Sondre Guttormsen’ UCLA Fr
8. Deakin Volz Virginia Tech Sr
9. Joel Benitez’ Virginia Tech So
10. Clayton Fritsch Sam Houston St So
LONG JUMP
1. Rayvon Grey LSU Jr
2. Grant Holloway Florida Jr
3. Charles Brown Texas Tech Sr
4. Odaine Lewis’ Texas Tech Sr
5. Jordan Latimer Akron Sr
6. Fabian Edoki’ Middle Tennessee Jr
7. Jacob Fincham-Dukes’ Oklahoma State Sr
8. Ja’Mari Ward Missouri So
9. Steffin McCarter Texas Sr
10. JuVaughn Harrison LSU So
TRIPLE JUMP
1. Jordan Scott’ Virginia Jr
2. Odaine Lewis’ Texas Tech Sr
3. Chengetayi Mapaya’ TCU So
4. John Warren Sn Mississippi Sr
5. Tuomas Kaukolahti’ Cal Jr
6. Armani Wallace Florida State Sr
7. Clayton Brown’ Florida Jr
8. O’Brien Wasome’ Texas Jr
9. Papay Glaywulu’ Oklahoma So
10. Ade Mason Oklahoma Jr
SHOT
1. Payton Otterdahl North Dakota State Sr
2. Jordan Geist Arizona So
3. Denzel Comenentia’ Georgia Sr
4. Tripp Piperi Texas So
5. Oghenakpobo Efekoro’ Virginia Sr
6. Andrew Liskowitz Michigan Jr
7. Dotun Ogundeji UCLA Sr
8. Matt Katnik USC Jr
9. Jonah Wilson Washington So
10. Brett Neelly Kansas State Sr
DISCUS
1. Payton Otterdahl North Dakota State Sr
2. Greg Thompson’ Maryland Sr
3. Roje Stona’ Clemson Fr
4. Eric Kicinski Texas Tech Sr
5. Kord Ferguson Alabama Sr
6. Reno Tuufuli Iowa Sr
7. David Lucas Penn State Sr
8. Ashmon Lucas Purdue Jr
9. Kai Schmidt Abilene Christian Sr
10. Iffy Joyner Cal So
HAMMER
1. Denzel Comenentia’ Georgia Sr
2. Anders Eriksson’ Florida Sr
3. Jake Norris’ LSU So
4. Daniel Haugh Kennesaw State Sr
5. Gleb Dudarev’ Kansas Jr
6. Morgan Shigo Penn State Sr
7. Thomas Mardal’ Florida So
8. A.J. McFarland Florida Sr
9. Hilmar Jonsson’ Virginia Sr
10. Joseph Ellis Michigan Sr
JAVELIN
1. Anderson Peters’ Mississippi State So
2. Ahmed Magour’ Georgia Jr
3. Curtis Thompson Mississippi State Sr
4. Sindri Gudmundsson’ Utah State Jr
5. Liam Christensen Stanford Fr
6. Chris Mirabelli Rutgers Sr
7. Trevor Danielson Texas Sr
8. Tzuriel Pedigo LSU Fr
9. Nick Mirabelli Texas A&M Fr
10. Aaron True Wichita State Sr
DECATHLON
1. Harrison Williams Stanford Sr
2. Johannes Erm’ Georgia So
3. Nathan Hite Texas A&M Sr
4. Gabe Moore Arkansas Sr
5. Markus Ballengee Arkansas Jr
6. Nick Guerrant Mississippi State Jr
7. TJ Lawson Kent State Jr
8. Trent Nytes Wisconsin Sr
9. Nathaniel Mechler Houston Jr
10. Gary Haasbroek’ UT San Antonio Fr
COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1. Florida 62
2. LSU 54
3. Texas Tech 41
4. Texas A&M 40
5. Houston 39
6. Georgia 38
7. Florida State 36
8. Stanford 30
9. Mississippi State 29
10. Alabama 27
11. North Dakota State 20
12. Wisconsin 19
13. BYU 17
14. Texas 16
15. Kansas 15
=16. Arkansas 14
=16. Arizona 14
=16. South Carolina 14
=16. Virginia 14
=20. Kentucky 13
=20. Northern Arizona 13
22. Iowa 12
=23. Indiana 11
=23. Michigan 11
=25. Akron 10
=25. Baylor 10
=25. Minnesota 10
=25. North Carolina A&T 10
=25. South Carolina State 10
=25. Syracuse 10
31. Oregon 9
=32. Colorado 8
=32. Kansas State 8
=32. Maryland 8
=32. Notre Dame 8
=32. South Dakota 8
=37. Sn Mississippi 7
=37. TCU 7
=37. USC 7
=40. Auburn 6
=40. Clemson 6
=42. Campbell 5
=42. Georgetown 5
=42. Kennesaw State 5
=42. Missouri 5
=42. Penn State 5
=42. Tennessee 5
=42. Utah State 5
=49. Arizona State 4
=49. Cal 4
=49. UCLA 4
=49. Wake Forest 4
=53. Iowa State 3
=53. Michigan State 3
=53. Middle Tennessee 3
=53. Rutgers 3
=53. Western Kentucky 3
=58. Furman 2
=58. Kent State 2
=58. Oklahoma State 2
=58. Sam Houston St 2
=62. Northwestern Louisiana 1
=62. Portland 1
=62. Purdue 1
=62. Virginia Tech 1