2021 NCAA Men’s Formchart #3 — LSU Still Looks Unbeatable

400 favorite Noah Williams is also an integral part of LSU’s highly rated 4×1 and 4×4 foursomes. (ERROL ANDERSON/THE SPORTING IMAGE)

LSU’S BIG TOTAL from chart #2 dropped by 14 points after all the Conference dust had settled, but the host Ducks check in with 10 fewer. So overall Dennis Shaver’s Tigers are now projected to win by a mere 40, and to edge the meet’s previous high score, 88 for Oregon ’14, by 1.

LSU remains so good that it could (heaven forbid) lose the services of projected HJ/LJ double winner JuVaughn Harrison and still have a 20-point margin over the host Ducks. Harrison should have company on the top step of the podium, as 2 other Bengals are forecast to win: Terrance Laird (200) and Noah Williams (400). Overall, the LSU juggernaut is predicted to have 13 scorers.

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

TOP 10 TEAMS
School Score Previous Place
1. LSU 89 (-14) 1
2. Oregon 49 (-10) 2
=3. Texas A&M 37 (-4) 3
=3. USC 37 (+13) 10
5. BYU 31 (-1) 6
6. Florida State 30 (+3) 8
7. Texas 27 (-8) 5
8. North Carolina A&T 26 (+5) =12
=9. Northern Arizona 25 (+10) =18
=9. Tennessee 25 (+7) 16
(complete team scores below event charts)
100 METERS
1. JoVaughn Martin Florida State So
2. Terrance Laird LSU Jr
3. Micah Williams Oregon Sr
4. Shaun Maswanganyi’ Houston Fr
5. Davonte Burnett USC Jr
6. Joseph Amoah’ Coppin State Jr
7. Matthew Boling Georgia Fr
8. Cravont Charleston NC State Sr
9. Javonte Harding North Carolina A&T Fr
10. Joe Fahnbulleh Florida Fr
200 METERS
1. Terrance Laird LSU Jr
2. Joe Fahnbulleh Florida Fr
3. Matthew Boling Georgia Fr
4. Shaun Maswanganyi’ Houston Fr
5. Lance Lang Kentucky Fr
6. Micaiah Harris Texas Jr
7. JoVaughn Martin Florida State So
8. Devon Achane Texas A&M Fr
9. Javonte Harding North Carolina A&T Fr
10. Kasaun James Florida State Jr
400 METERS
1. Noah Williams LSU So
2. Bryce Deadmon Texas A&M Sr
3. Trevor Stewart North Carolina A&T Sr
4. Randolph Ross North Carolina A&T So
5. Elija Godwin Georgia So
6. Johnnie Blockburger Arizona Fr
7. Dwight St. Hillaire’ Kentucky Jr
8. Jacory Patterson Virginia Tech Jr
9. Tyler Johnson Ohio State Sr
10. Sean Bailey UTEP Sr
800 METERS
1. Isaiah Jewett USC Sr
2. Kameron Jones Clemson Sr
3. Brandon Miller Texas A&M Fr
4. Charlie Hunter’ Oregon Sr
5. Finley McLear’ Miami/Ohio So
6. Festus Lagat’ Iowa State Sr
7. Takieddine Hedeilli’ Texas Tech Sr
8. Yusuf Bizimana’ Texas Fr
9. Samuel Voelz Notre Dame Jr
10. Devin Dixon Texas A&M Sr
1500 METERS
1. Yared Nuguse Notre Dame Jr
2. Cole Hocker Oregon Fr
3. Eliud Kipsang’ Alabama Fr
4. Waleed Suliman Mississippi Jr
5. Mario García Romo’ Mississippi So
6. Ryan Adams Furman Sr
7. Talem Franco BYU Sr
8. Paul Ryan Washington State Sr
9. Casey Comber Villanova Sr
10. Sam Tanner’ Washington So
STEEPLE
1. Fitsum Seyoum’ Virginia Tech Sr
2. Ryan Smeeton’ Oklahoma State Jr
3. Ahmed Jaziri’ Eastern Kentucky Jr
4. Kigen Chemadi’ Middle Tennessee Sr
5. Alex Miley Duke Jr
6. Alec Basten Minnesota Jr
7. Colton Johnsen Washington State Jr
8. Joe Waskom Washington Fr
9. Jackson Mestler Oregon Sr
10. Albert Kosgei’ Louisville Sr
5000 METERS
1. Cooper Teare Oregon Jr
2. Cole Hocker Oregon Fr
3. Nico Young Northern Arizona Fr
4. Luis Grijalva’ Northern Arizona Jr
5. Casey Clinger BYU Fr
6. Wesley Kiptoo’ Iowa State So
7. Eduardo Herrera Colorado Sr
8. Brandon Garnica BYU Jr
9. Athanas Kioko’ Campbell Jr
10. Patrick Dever’ Tulsa Sr
10,000 METERS
1. Conner Mantz BYU Jr
2. Abdihamid Nur’ Northern Arizona Fr
3. Blaise Ferro Northern Arizona Sr
4. Wesley Kiptoo’ Iowa State So
5. Edwin Kurgat Iowa State Sr
6. Isai Rodriguez Oklahoma State So
7. Eric Hamer Colorado State Sr
8. Aaron Bienenfeld’ Cincinnati Sr
9. Vincent Kiprop’ Alabama Sr
10. Robert Brandt Georgetown Sr
110 HURDLES
1. Robert Dunning Alabama Sr
2. Damion Thomas’ LSU Jr
3. Trey Cunningham Florida State Jr
4. Jaylan McConico Iowa Sr
5. Eric Edwards LSU So
6. Phillip Lemonious’ Arkansas Fr
7. Jamal Britt Iowa Jr
8. Jamar Marshall Arizona State Fr
9. Tre’Bien Gilbert Arkansas So
10. Dayo Akindele Houston Sr
400 HURDLES
1. Moitalel Mpoke’ Texas A&M Jr
2. Sean Burrell LSU Fr
3. Cameron Samuel USC Sr
4. Isaiah Levingston Oklahoma Jr
5. Leonardo Ledgister’ A&M Corpus Christi So
6. Charles Brockman Texas Jr
7. Malik Metivier’ Auburn Sr
8. Jamal Britt Iowa Jr
9. Quivell Jordan Houston Jr
10. Caleb Dean Maryland So
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. Florida Florida
6. Florida State Florida State
7. Oregon Oregon
8. Georgia Georgia
9. Texas Texas
10. Baylor Baylor
4 x 400
1. North Carolina A&T North Carolina A&T
2. LSU LSU
3. Texas A&M Texas A&M
4. Kentucky Kentucky
5. Texas Texas
6. Baylor Baylor
7. Oklahoma Oklahoma
8. TCU TCU
9. USC USC
10. Florida State Florida State
HIGH JUMP
1. JuVaughn Harrison LSU Jr
2. Darryl Sullivan Tennessee Sr
3. Tejaswin Shankar’ Kansas State Jr
4. Brenton Foster’ Virginia Sr
5. Jordan Wesner Florida State Sr
6. Ethan Harris Grand Canyon Sr
7. Zack Anderson South Dakota Sr
8. Vernon Turner Oklahoma So
9. Ben Milligan Oregon Sr
10. Earnie Sears USC Sr
POLE VAULT
1. Zach McWhorter BYU Fr
2. Zach Bradford Kansas So
3. Hussain Al Hizam’ Kansas Sr
4. Branson Ellis SF Austin So
5. Clayton Fritsch Sam Houston St Jr
6. Eerik Haamer’ South Dakota Fr
7. Keaton Daniel Kentucky Fr
8. Ethan Bray South Dakota Sr
9. Ryan Lipe Alabama Jr
10. Trent Francom South Dakota State Jr
LONG JUMP
1. JuVaughn Harrison LSU Jr
2. Carey McLeod’ Tennessee Jr
3. Steffin McCarter Texas Sr
4. Isaac Grimes Florida State Jr
5. Rayvon Allen Oklahoma Jr
6. Laquan Nairn’ Arkansas Sr
7. Rayvon Grey LSU Sr
8. O’Brien Wasome’ Texas Sr
9. David Ejumeta’ Coastal Carolina Jr
10. Cameron Crump Mississippi State So
TRIPLE JUMP
1. Du Mapaya’ TCU Jr
2. Emmanuel Ihemeje’ Oregon Fr
3. Jordan Scott’ USC Sr
4. Carey McLeod’ Tennessee Jr
5. Jah-Nhai Perinchief’ Tennessee Sr
6. Jah Strange Kansas State Sr
7. O’Brien Wasome’ Texas Sr
8. Christian Edwards Alabama Sr
9. Laquan Nairn’ Arkansas Sr
10. Clayton Brown’ Florida Sr
SHOT
1. Turner Washington Arizona State So
2. Jordan Geist Arizona Jr
3. Andrew Liskowitz Michigan Sr
4. Matt Katnik USC Sr
5. Tripp Piperi Texas Jr
6. Isaac Odugbesan’ Alabama Jr
7. Darius King Northern Iowa Jr
8. Burger Lambrechts’ Nebraska Jr
9. McKay Johnson USC Sr
10. Alex Talley North Dakota State Jr
DISCUS
1. Turner Washington Arizona State So
2. Claudio Romero’ Virginia Fr
3. Roje Stona’ Clemson So
4. David Lucas Penn State Sr
5. Elijah Mason Washington Jr
6. Mitchell Weber Missouri So
7. Charles Lenford Kentucky Sr
8. Gabe Oladipo Texas Tech Jr
9. Sam Woodley’ Rice Fr
10. Milton Ingraham Florida State Fr
HAMMER
1. Gleb Dudarev’ Kansas Sr
2. Thomas Mardal’ Florida Sr
3. Nathan Bultman USC Sr
4. Jordan Geist Arizona Jr
5. Israel Oloyede Arizona Jr
6. Vlad Pavlenko Iowa State Sr
7. Jake Norris’ LSU Jr
8. Jon Nerdal’ LSU Sr
9. Alex Talley North Dakota State Jr
10. Alexios Prodanas’ Virginia Tech Sr
JAVELIN
1. DJ Jonsson’ Mississippi State Fr
2. Sindri Gudmundsson’ Mississippi State Sr
3. Arthur Petersen’ UT Arlington Fr
4. Tyriq Horsford’ Mississippi State So
5. Cameron Bates BYU So
6. Franck DiSanza’ Southeastern Louisiana Fr
7. August Cook Army Sr
8. Benji Phillips North Dakota State So
9. Nils Fischer’ Auburn Sr
10. Mark Porter Penn State Jr
DECATHLON
1. Karel Tilga’ Georgia So
2. Ayden Owens’ Michigan So
3. Will Daniels Iowa Sr
4. Markus Ballengee Arkansas Sr
5. Austin West Iowa Fr
6. Leo Neugebauer’ Texas Fr
7. Max Vollmer’ Oregon So
8. Isaiah Martin Purdue So
9. Alex Spyridonidis’ Auburn Jr
10. Daniel Spejcher Arkansas So
COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1. LSU 89
2. Oregon 49
=3. Texas A&M 37
=3. USC 37
5. BYU 31
6. Florida State 30
7. Texas 27
8. North Carolina A&T 26
=9. Northern Arizona 25
=9. Tennessee 25
11. Kansas 24
=12. Georgia 23
=12. Mississippi State 23
14. Arizona State 21
=15. Alabama 20
=15. Arizona 20
=15. Florida 20
=15. Houston 20
=19. Iowa 18
=19. Iowa State 18
21. Kentucky 15
=22. Clemson 14
=22. Michigan 14
24. Virginia 13
25. Oklahoma 12
=26. Arkansas 11
=26. Oklahoma State 11
=26. TCU 11
=26. Virginia Tech 11
30. Notre Dame 10
=31. Kansas State 9
=31. Mississippi 9
=33. Eastern Kentucky 6
=33. South Dakota 6
=33. UT Arlington 6
=36. Middle Tennessee 5
=36. Penn State 5
=36. SF Austin 5
=36. Washington 5
=40. A&M Corpus Christi 4
=40. Duke 4
=40. Miami/Ohio 4
=40. Sam Houston St 4
=44. Baylor 3
=44. Coppin State 3
=44. Furman 3
=44. Grand Canyon 3
=44. Minnesota 3
=44. Missouri 3
=44. Southeastern Louisiana 3
=44. Texas Tech 3
=44. Washington State 3
=53. Army 2
=53. Auburn 2
=53. Colorado 2
=53. Colorado State 2
=53. Northern Iowa 2
=58. Cincinnati 1
=58. Nebraska 1
=58. NC State 1
=58. North Dakota State 1
=58. Purdue 1