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
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