2019 NCAA Men’s Formchart #3 — LSU Increases Lead

Jumps-strong LSU figures to get the maximal 10 points from super-frosh Mondo Duplantis in the vault. (BRYAN WAYNE)

IN OUR FIRST chart of the year, Florida was an 8-point favorite over SEC rival LSU for the team title. Just 2 weeks after that, Dennis Shaver’s Bayou Bengals projected as 2-point favorites. Another 3 weeks on and now we find LSU not only as an 11-point choice, but also with a new closest challenger in Texas Tech. The change in the 2-3 positions came about because the Gators dropped 11 points in the projections while the Red Raiders stayed the same.

Jump-strong LSU is currently calculated to score in the 200 (5), 110H(3), 4×1 (2), 4×4 (2), HJ (3), PV (1), LJ (1-2) & HT (7).

There are 5 new predicted event winners since chart #2: Oregon’s Cravon Gillespie (100), North Carolina A&T’s Trevor Stewart (400), Kansas State’s Tejaswin Shankar (HJ), LSU’s JuVaughn Harrison (LJ) & Maryland’s Greg Thompson (DT).

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

(note: some unexpected Regionals scratches have already changed the nature of the chart; update coming on Monday, May 20)

TOP 10 TEAMS
Team Points Previous Chart
1. LSU 62 1
2. Texas Tech 51 3
3. Florida 48 2
4. Oregon 38 17
5. Texas A&M 33 6
6. Stanford 31 5
=7. Houston 28 7
=7. Mississippi State 28 9
9. Florida State 26 8
10. Georgia 25 4
(complete team scores after individual by-event top 10s)
100 METERS
1. Cravon Gillespie Oregon Sr
2. Divine Oduduru’ Texas Tech Jr
3. Andre Ewers Florida State Sr
4. Hakim Sani Brown’ Florida So
5. Raymond Ekevwo’ Florida Jr
6. Mario Burke’ Houston Sr
7. Rodney Rowe North Carolina A&T Sr
8. Raheem Chambers’ Miami Jr
9. Demek Kemp South Carolina State Sr
10. McKinely West Sn Mississippi Sr
200 METERS
1. Divine Oduduru’ Texas Tech Jr
2. Cravon Gillespie Oregon Sr
3. Rodney Rowe North Carolina A&T Sr
4. Andre Ewers Florida State Sr
5. Jaron Flournoy LSU Sr
6. Hakim Sani Brown’ Florida So
7. Mustaqeem Williams Tennessee Sr
8. Nick Gray Ohio State Sr
9. Andrew Hudson Texas Tech Sr
10. Keitavious Walter Alabama Sr
400 METERS
1. Trevor Stewart North Carolina A&T So
2. Kahmari Montgomery Houston Sr
3. Wil London Baylor Sr
4. Tyrell Richard South Carolina State Sr
5. Dwight St. Hillaire’ Kentucky So
6. Jacory Patterson Virginia Tech Fr
7. Derrick Mokaleng’ TCU Jr
8. Mar’yea Harris Iowa Sr
9. Akeem Sirleaf’ North Carolina A&T Jr
10. Tyler Terry LSU Jr
800 METERS
1. Marco Arop’ Mississippi State So
2. Bryce Hoppel Kansas Jr
3. Devin Dixon Texas A&M Jr
4. Isaiah Jewett USC Jr
5. Robert Heppenstall’ Wake Forest Sr
6. Joseph White Georgetown Sr
7. Cooper Williams Indiana Jr
8. Festus Lagat’ Iowa State Jr
9. Jonah Koech’ Texas Tech Sr
10. Roshon Roomes Iowa State Jr
1500 METERS
1. Oliver Hoare’ Wisconsin Jr
2. Yared Nuguse Notre Dame So
3. Sam Worley Texas So
4. William Paulson Arizona State Sr
5. Justine Kiprotich Michigan State Sr
6. Carlos Villareal Arizona Jr
7. Reed Brown Oregon So
8. Geordie Beamish’ Northern Arizona Jr
9. Waleed Suliman Mississippi So
10. Cameron Griffith’ Arkansas Sr
STEEPLE
1. Obsa Ali Minnesota Sr
2. Ryan Smeeton Oklahoma State So
3. Steven Fahy Stanford Sr
4. Daniel Michalski Indiana Sr
5. Matt Owens BYU So
6. Clayson Shumway BYU Jr
7. Nathan Mylenek Iowa Jr
8. Fitsum Seyoum Virginia Tech So
9. Riley Osen Portland So
10. Johannes Motschman’ Iona Sr
5000 METERS
1. Grant Fisher Stanford Sr
2. Morgan McDonald’ Wisconsin Sr
3. Amon Kemboi’ Campbell Jr
4. Cooper Teare Oregon So
5. Thomas Ratcliffe Stanford So
6. Edwin Kurgat’ Iowa State Jr
7. Luis Grijalva’ Northern Arizona So
8. Theo Quax’ Northern Arizona Fr
9. Gilbert Boit’ Arkansas Jr
10. Kyle Mau Indiana Jr
10,000 METERS
1. Tyler Day Northern Arizona Jr
2. Gilbert Kigen’ Alabama Sr
3. Conner Mantz BYU So
4. Clayton Young BYU Sr
5. Gilbert Boit’ Arkansas Jr
6. Connor McMillan BYU Sr
7. Rory Linkletter’ BYU Sr
8. Aaron Templeton Furman Sr
9. Iliass Aouani’ Syracuse Jr
10. Blaise Ferro Northern Arizona Jr
110 HURDLES
1. Grant Holloway Florida Jr
2. Daniel Roberts Kentucky Jr
3. Damion Thomas’ LSU So
4. Isaiah Moore South Carolina Sr
5. Trey Cunningham Florida State So
6. Eric Edwards Oregon Fr
7. Amere Lattin Houston Sr
8. Tai Brown Kansas Fr
9. John Burt Texas Sr
10. Omotade Ojora’ USC Fr
400 HURDLES
1. Quincy Hall South Carolina Jr
2. Norman Grimes Texas Tech So
3. Cameron Samuel USC So
4. Infinite Tucker Texas A&M Jr
5. Robert Grant Texas A&M Sr
6. Amere Lattin Houston Sr
7. Paramveer Chohan Cal Jr
8. Cory Poole Florida So
9. Ilolo Izu Texas A&M Sr
10. James Smith Arizona Fr
4 x 100
1. Florida Florida
2. LSU LSU
3. Houston Houston
4. Oregon Oregon
5. Texas Tech Texas Tech
6. Florida State Florida State
7. North Carolina A&T North Carolina A&T
8. Oklahoma Oklahoma
9. Arkansas Arkansas
10. Ohio State Ohio State
4 x 400
1. Texas A&M Texas A&M
2. LSU LSU
3. Houston Houston
4. Baylor Baylor
5. Iowa Iowa
6. Florida Florida
7. South Carolina South Carolina
8. Arkansas Arkansas
9. Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
10. Rutgers Rutgers
HIGH JUMP
1. Tejaswin Shankar’ Kansas State So
2. Shelby McEwen Alabama Sr
3. JuVaughn Harrison LSU So
4. Earnie Sears USC So
5. Keenon Laine Georgia Sr
6. Roberto Vilches’ Missouri Fr
7. Darryl Sullivan Tennessee Jr
8. Mayson Conner Nebraska Fr
9. Clayton Brown’ Florida Jr
10. Brenton Foster Virginia Jr
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. Deakin Volz Virginia Tech Sr
8. Clayton Fritsch Sam Houston St So
9. Branson Ellis SF Austin Fr
10. Sean Collins South Alabama Sr
LONG JUMP
1. JuVaughn Harrison LSU So
2. Rayvon Grey LSU Jr
3. Jamari Ward Missouri So
4. Grant Holloway Florida Jr
5. Odaine Lewis’ Texas Tech Sr
6. Charles Brown Texas Tech Sr
7. Jordan Latimer Akron Sr
8. Steffin McCarter Texas Sr
9. Yann Randrianasolo’ South Carolina Sr
10. Fabian Edoki’ Middle Tennessee Jr
TRIPLE JUMP
1. Jordan Scott’ Virginia Jr
2. Armani Wallace Florida State Sr
3. Odaine Lewis’ Texas Tech Sr
4. Chengetayi Mapaya’ TCU So
5. Tuomas Kaukolahti’ Cal Jr
6. O’Brien Wasome’ Texas Jr
7. John Warren Sn Mississippi Sr
8. Clayton Brown’ Florida Jr
9. Papay Glaywulu’ Oklahoma So
10. Christian Miller LSU Jr
SHOT
1. Payton Otterdahl North Dakota State Sr
2. Tripp Piperi Texas So
3. Jordan Geist Arizona So
4. Denzel Comenentia’ Georgia Sr
5. Dotun Ogundeji UCLA Sr
6. Oghenakpobo Efekoro’ Virginia Sr
7. Jalil Brewer Purdue So
8. Andrew Liskowitz Michigan Jr
9. Brett Neelly Kansas State Sr
10. Otito Ogbonnia UCLA Fr
DISCUS
1. Greg Thompson’ Maryland Sr
2. Payton Otterdahl North Dakota State Sr
3. Eric Kicinski Texas Tech Sr
4. Reno Tuufuli Iowa Sr
5. Roje Stona’ Clemson Fr
6. Kord Ferguson Alabama Sr
7. Jeremiah Evans Michigan State So
8. Elijah Mason Washington Fr
9. Kai Schmidt Abilene Christian Sr
10. Sam Welsh Harvard Fr
HAMMER
1. Denzel Comenentia’ Georgia Sr
2. Daniel Haugh Kennesaw State Sr
3. Hilmar Jonsson’ Virginia Sr
4. Thomas Mardal’ Florida So
5. Morgan Shigo Penn State Sr
6. Gleb Dudarev’ Kansas Jr
7. Jake Norris’ LSU So
8. A.J. McFarland Florida Sr
9. Anders Eriksson’ Florida Sr
10. Adam Kelly Princeton Sr
JAVELIN
1. Anderson Peters’ Mississippi State So
2. Curtis Thompson Mississippi State Sr
3. Sindri Gudmundsson’ Utah State Jr
4. Aaron True Wichita State Sr
5. Trevor Danielson Texas Sr
6. Chris Mirabelli Rutgers Sr
7. Ethan Dabbs Virginia Fr
8. Liam Christensen Stanford Fr
9. Tyriq Horsford’ Mississippi Fr
10. Sam Hardin Texas A&M Sr
DECATHLON
1. Harrison Williams Stanford Sr
2. Ayden Owens’ USC Fr
3. Johannes Erm’ Georgia So
4. Max Vollmer’ Oregon Fr
5. TJ Lawson Kent State Jr
6. Nathan Hite Texas A&M Sr
7. Axel Hubert’ Texas Tech Fr
8. Nick Guerrant Michigan State Jr
9. Gabe Moore Arkansas Sr
10. Trent Nytes Wisconsin Sr
COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1. LSU 62
2. Texas Tech 51
3. Florida 48
4. Oregon 38
5. Texas A&M 33
6. Stanford 31
=7. Houston 28
=7. Mississippi State 28
9. Florida State 26
10. Georgia 25
11. USC 24
12. BYU 23
13. Texas 22
14. Virginia 21
15. North Carolina A&T 20
16. Alabama 19
=17. North Dakota State 18
=17. Wisconsin 18
19. South Carolina 17
=20. Baylor 15
=20. Kansas 15
22. Northern Arizona 14
=23. Iowa 12
=23. Kentucky 12
=25. Kansas State 10
=25. Maryland 10
=25. Minnesota 10
=28. Arizona 9
=28. Missouri 9
=30. Akron 8
=30. Kennesaw State 8
=30. Notre Dame 8
=30. Oklahoma State 8
=30. South Dakota 8
=35. Indiana 7
=35. TCU 7
=37. Cal 6
=37. Campbell 6
=37. Michigan State 6
=37. Utah State 6
=37. Virginia Tech 6
=42. Arkansas 5
=42. Arizona State 5
=42. South Carolina State 5
=42. Wichita State 5
=46. Clemson 4
=46. Iowa State 4
=46. Kent State 4
=46. Penn State 4
=46. Tennessee 4
=46. UCLA 4
=46. Wake Forest 4
=53. Georgetown 3
=53. Rutgers 3
=55. Purdue 2
=55. Sn Mississippi 2
=57. Furman 1
=57. Michigan 1
=57. Miami 1
=57. Nebraska 1
=57. Ohio State 1
=57. Oklahoma 1
=57. Sam Houston St 1
=57. Washington 1