2021 NCAA Men’s Formchart #1 — Is LSU’s Lead Comfortable?

THE OLYMPIC TRIALS could play an outsized role in the NCAA men’s team battle, being staged as it is just a week later. Why? Because of the short turnaround’s effect on what might be considered “normal” doubles.

LSU’s 80-point total leads this chart comfortably over host Oregon’s 66. But we have taken the conservative route, making the assumption that projected Duck winners Cole Hocker (1500) and Cooper Teare (5000) will run only those events, having reasonable expectations of being forces to reckon with in the OT. In a normal year we’d expect Hocker to run the 800 as well, and Teare the 1500, combining to pick up enough points to make the battle with LSU very interesting.

The two powerhouses will almost be competing in different meets, with few event overlaps. Dennis Shaver’s Tigers are currently projected to score in the 200, 400, 110H, both relays, HJ, LJ, HT & JT, while Robert Johnson’s Ducks are tabbed for the 100, 800, 1500, 5000, 4×1, HJ, TJ & decathlon. Each is projected to win 4 events, with LSU getting a pair from HJ/LJ star JuVaughn Harrison.

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

TOP 10 TEAMS
1. LSU	80
2. Oregon	66
3. Georgia	45
4. Texas A&M	44
5. Texas	42
6. BYU	38
=7. Florida	37
=7. USC	37
9. North Carolina A&T	27
10. Iowa State	24
(complete team scores below event charts)

100 METERS
1. Micah Williams	Oregon	Fr
2. Joe Fahnbulleh	Florida	Fr
3. Matthew Boling	Georgia	Fr
4. Cravont Charleston	NC State	Sr
5. Raymond Ekevwo’	Florida	Sr
6. Rikkoi Brathwaite’	Indiana	Jr
7. Shaun Maswanganyi’	Houston	Fr
8. Xavier Nairne’	Oregon	Fr
9. Tavarius Wright	North Carolina A&T	Jr
10. Kasaun James	Florida State	Jr

200 METERS
1. Terrance Laird	LSU	Jr
2. Matthew Boling	Georgia	Fr
3. Joe Fahnbulleh	Florida	Fr
4. Micaiah Harris	Texas	Jr
5. Javonte Harding	North Carolina A&T	Fr
6. Shaun Maswanganyi’	Houston	Fr
7. Devon Achane	Texas A&M	Fr
8. Lance Lang	Kentucky	Fr
9. Cravont Charleston	NC State	Sr
10. Joseph Amoah’	Coppin State	Sr

400 METERS
1. Bryce Deadmon	Texas A&M	Sr
2. Noah Williams	LSU	So
3. Randolph Ross	North Carolina A&T	So
4. Dwight St. Hillaire’	Kentucky	Jr
5. Jacory Patterson	Virginia Tech	Jr
6. Ryan Willie	Florida	Fr
7. Trevor Stewart	North Carolina A&T	Sr
8. Jonathan Jones’	Texas	So
9. Tyler Johnson	Ohio State	Sr
10. Christopher Bailey	Tennessee	So

800 METERS
1. Devin Dixon	Texas A&M	Sr
2. Charlie Hunter’	Oregon	Sr
3. Finley McLear’	Miami/Ohio	So
4. Isaiah Jewett	USC	Sr
5. Festus Lagat’	Iowa State	Sr
6. Takieddine Hedeilli’	Texas Tech	Sr
7. Kameron Jones	Clemson	Sr
8. Carlton Orange	Texas A&M	Sr
9. Samuel Voelz	Notre Dame	Jr
10. Adam Swanson	Eastern Illinois	Fr

1500 METERS
1. Cole Hocker	Oregon	Fr
2. James West’	Oregon	Fr
3. Sam Tanner’	Washington	So
4. Eliud Kipsang’	Alabama	Fr
5. Mario García Romo’	Mississippi	Fr
6. Yared Nuguse	Notre Dame	Jr
7. Waleed Suliman	Mississippi	Jr
8. Sean Dolan	Villanova	Fr
9. Casey Comber	Villanova	Sr
10. Mick Stanovsek’	Washington	Sr

STEEPLE
1. Ryan Smeeton’	Oklahoma State	Jr
2. Kigen Chemadi’	Middle Tennessee	Sr
3. Clayson Shumway	BYU	Sr
4. Aidan Tooker	Syracuse	Jr
5. David Too’	Iowa State	Sr
6. Alec Basten	Minnesota	Jr
7. Matt Owens	BYU	Jr
8. Felix Kandie’	Liberty	Sr
9. John Rice	Texas	Sr
10. Noel Rotich’	Alabama	Jr

5000 METERS
1. Cooper Teare	Oregon	Jr
2. Wesley Kiptoo’	Iowa State	So
3. Eduardo Herrera	Colorado	Sr
4. Casey Clinger	BYU	Fr
5. Edwin Kurgat	New Mexico	Sr
6. Brandon Garnica	BYU	Jr
7. Thomas Ratcliffe	North Carolina	Sr
8. Morgan Beadlescomb	Michigan State	Jr
9. Amon Kemboi’	Arkansas	Jr
10. Vincent Kiprop’	Alabama	Sr

10,000 METERS
1. Conner Mantz	BYU	Jr
2. Wesley Kiptoo’	Iowa State	So
3. Edwin Kurgat	New Mexico	Sr
4. Isai Rodriguez	Oklahoma State	So
5. Eric Hamer	Colorado State	Sr
6. Robert Brandt	Georgetown	Sr
7. Vincent Kiprop’	Alabama	Sr
8. Adriaan Wildschutt’	Florida State	Sr
9. Aaron Bienenfeld’	Cincinnati	Sr
10. Patrick Dever’	Tulsa	Sr

110 HURDLES
1. Damion Thomas’	LSU	Jr
2. Trey Cunningham	Florida State	Jr
3. Jamal Britt	Iowa	Jr
4. Robert Dunning	Alabama	Sr
5. Tai Brown	Kentucky	So
6. Phillip Lemonious	Arkansas	So
7. Eric Edwards	LSU	So
8. Jaylan McConico	Iowa	Sr
9. Joey Daniels’	Nebraska	Sr
10. Rasheem Brown’	North Carolina A&T	Jr

400 HURDLES
1. Charles Brockman	Texas	Jr
2. Cameron Samuel	USC	Sr
3. Robert Dunning	Alabama	Sr
4. James Smith	Texas A&M	So
5. Moitalel Mpoke’	Texas A&M	Jr
6. Quivell Jordan	Houston	Sr
7. Nick Hilson	Arkansas	Sr
8. William Spencer	South Carolina	Jr
9. Travean Caldwell	Arkansas	Sr
10. Norman Grimes	Texas Tech	Sr

4 x 100
1. Houston	Houston
2. LSU	LSU
3. Texas A&M	Texas A&M
4. North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T
5. Oregon	Oregon
6. Texas	Texas
7. Florida	Florida
8. Baylor	Baylor
9. TCU	TCU
10. USC	USC

4 x 400
1. North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T
2. LSU	LSU
3. Texas A&M	Texas A&M
4. Texas	Texas
5. Kentucky	Kentucky
6. USC	USC
7. Tennessee	Tennessee
8. Baylor	Baylor
9. TCU	TCU
10. Georgia	Georgia

HIGH JUMP
1. JuVaughn Harrison	LSU	Jr
2. Earnie Sears	USC	Sr
3. Tejaswin Shankar’	Kansas State	Jr
4. Jonathan Wells	Illinois	Sr
5. Vernon Turner	Oklahoma	So
6. Clayton Brown’	Florida	Sr
7. Corvell Todd	Sn Mississippi	So
8. Ben Milligan	Oregon	Sr
9. Darryl Sullivan	Tennessee	Sr
10. Darius Carbin	Georgia	Sr

POLE VAULT
1. KC Lightfoot	Baylor	So
2. Zach McWhorter	BYU	Fr
3. Zach Bradford	Kansas	So
4. Hussain Al Hizam’	Kansas	Sr
5. Eerik Haamer	South Dakota	Fr
6. Clayton Fritsch	Sam Houston St	Jr
7. Kyle Rogers	Kansas	Jr
8. Ethan Bray	South Dakota	Sr
9. Caleb Witsken	BYU	So
10. Hunter Garretson	Akron	Fr

LONG JUMP
1. JuVaughn Harrison	LSU	Jr
2. Isaac Grimes	Florida State	Jr
3. Steffin McCarter	Texas	Sr
4. Ja’Mari Ward	Missouri	Jr
5. Justin Hall	Texas Tech	Sr
6. Matthew Boling	Georgia	Fr
7. Rayvon Allen	Oklahoma	Jr
8. Carey McLeod’	Tennessee	Jr
9. Rayvon Grey	LSU	Sr
10. Jeremiah Davis	Florida State	Jr

TRIPLE JUMP
1. Emmanuel Ihemeje’	Oregon	Fr
2. Du Mapaya’	TCU	Jr
3. Jordan Scott	USC	Sr
4. Carey McLeod’	Tennessee	Jr
5. O’Brien Wasome’	Texas	Sr
6. Clayton Brown’	Florida	Sr
7. Owayne Owens’	Virginia	So
8. Christian Edwards	Alabama	Sr
9. Isaiah Griffith	Oregon	Sr
10. Sean Dixon-Bodie	LSU	Fr

SHOT
1. Turner Washington	Arizona State	So
2. Tripp Piperi	Texas	Jr
3. Jordan Geist	Arizona	Jr
4. McKay Johnson	USC	Sr
5. Jonathan Tharaldsen	Georgia	Sr
6. Jordan West	Tennessee	So
7. Matt Katnik	USC	Sr
8. Josh Johnson	Cal	Jr
9. Jalil Brewer	Purdue	Jr
10. Connor Bandel	Florida	Sr

DISCUS
1. Turner Washington	Arizona State	So
2. Roje Stona’	Clemson	So
3. Claudio Romero’	Virginia	Fr
4. Elijah Mason	Washington	Jr
5. Mitchell Weber	Missouri	So
6. Gabe Oladipo	Texas Tech	Jr
7. Jacob Lemmon	Virginia	So
8. Charles Lenford	Kentucky	Sr
9. Jordan Johnson	Iowa	Fr
10. Jerimiah Evans	Michigan State	Sr

HAMMER
1. Gleb Dudarev’	Kansas	Sr
2. Thomas Mardal’	Florida	Sr
3. Jake Norris’	LSU	Jr
4. Jon Nerdal’	LSU	Sr
5. Israel Oloyede	Arizona	Sr
6. Kevin Arreaga’	Miami	Sr
7. Michael Bryan	Wichita State	Jr
8. Bobby Colantonio	Alabama	So
9. Kieran McKeag	Alabama	Sr
10. Alencar Pereira’	Georgia	So

JAVELIN
1. Sindri Gudmundsson’	Mississippi State	Sr
2. Arthur Petersen’	UT Arlington	Fr
3. DJ Jonsson’	Mississippi State	Fr
4. Tyriq Horsford’	Mississippi State	So
5. Cameron Bates	BYU	So
6. Tzuriel Pedigo	LSU	Fr
7. Donavon Banks	McNeese State	Sr
8. Mark Porter	Penn State	Jr
9. Nils Fischer’	Auburn	Sr
10. Cade Antonucci	Auburn	Sr

DECATHLON
1. Johannes Erm’	Georgia	Jr
2. Karel Tilga’	Georgia	So
3. Kyle Garland	Georgia	Fr
4. Ayden Owens’	Michigan	So
5. Max Vollmer’	Oregon	So
6. Felix Wolter’	Pitt	Sr
7. Alex Spyridonidis’	Auburn	Jr
8. Jacob Spotswood	Alabama	Jr
9. Markus Ballengee	Arkansas	Sr
10. Denim Rogers	Houston Baptist	Jr

COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1. LSU	80
2. Oregon	66
3. Georgia	45
4. Texas A&M	44
5. Texas	42
6. BYU	38
=7. Florida	37
=7. USC	37
9. North Carolina A&T	27
10. Iowa State	24
11. Kansas	23
=12. Alabama	21
=12. Mississippi State	21
14. Arizona State	20
15. Houston	18
16. Florida State	17
=17. Kentucky	15
=17. Oklahoma State	15
19. Baylor	12
=20. Tennessee	11
=20. Washington	11
=22. Arizona	10
=22. Clemson	10
=22. New Mexico	10
=22. Texas Tech	10
=22. Virginia	10
27. Missouri	9
=28. Middle Tennessee	8
=28. TCU	8
=28. UT Arlington	8
31. Iowa	7
=32. Colorado	6
=32. Kansas State	6
=32. Miami/Ohio	6
=32. Mississippi	6
=32. Oklahoma	6
=37. Arkansas	5
=37. Illinois	5
=37. Michigan	5
=37. NC State	5
=37. South Dakota	5
=37. Syracuse	5
=43. Colorado State	4
=43. Virginia Tech	4
=45. Georgetown	3
=45. Indiana	3
=45. Miami	3
=45. Minnesota	3
=45. Notre Dame	3
=45. Pitt	3
=45. Sam Houston St	3
=52. Auburn	2
=52. McNeese State	2
=52. North Carolina	2
=52. Sn Mississippi	2
=52. Wichita State	2
=57. Cal	1
=57. Liberty	1
=57. Michigan State	1
=57. Penn State	1
=57. South Carolina	1
=57. Villanova	1