2022 NCAA Men’s Formchart #4 — Wait Till The 4×4

Florida’s CR-setting foursome of (l-r) Ryan Willie, Jacory Patterson, Champion Allison & Jacob Miley may need to win for the Gators to take the team title. (FLORIDA ATHLETICS)

HERE’S THE SCENARIO: assuming the rest of our formchart has shaken out as we have projected it — and yes, we know that’s a big if — the meet will come down to the climactic 4×4 with the team title very much up in the air. North Carolina A&T and Texas will be tied for the lead at 34; Florida and Georgia will be right behind, knotted at 32. And all four of the schools are predicted to score, and the order in which they shake would obviously determine everything.

With our crystal ball seeing Florida as the 4×4 winner, Mike Holloway’s Gators are back atop our predictions, as they were in Charts 1 & 2. Georgia was atop Chart 3.

When it comes to the event winners, only a single new No. 1 is now in place since Chart 3: Quivell Jordan Bacot (Houston) 400H.

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

TOP 10 TEAMS
School Score Previous Place
1. Florida 42 (–3) =2
2. Texas 40 (–5) =2
3. North Carolina A&T 38 (+3) 5
4. Georgia 35 (–9) 1
5. Stanford 34 (+13) =12
6. Florida State 31 (+8) 10
7. Texas Tech 25 (+4) =12
=8. Alabama 24 (–4) 8
=8. LSU 24 (–14) 4
=8. Tennessee 24 (–10) 6
(complete team scores below event charts)
100 METERS
1. Micah Williams Oregon So
2. Udodi Onwuzurike’ Stanford Fr
3. Javonte Harding North Carolina A&T So
4. Joe Fahnbulleh’ Florida So
5. Ismael Kone New Orleans So
6. Favour Ashe’ Tennessee Fr
7. Terrence Jones Texas Tech So
8. Micaiah Harris Texas Sr
9. Da’Marcus Fleming LSU So
10. Matthew Boling Georgia So
200 METERS
1. Joe Fahnbulleh Florida So
2. Udodi Onwuzurike’ Stanford Fr
3. Javonte Harding North Carolina A&T So
4. Courtney Lindsey Texas Tech Jr
5. Eric Harrison’ Ohio State Sr
6. Micaiah Harris Texas Sr
7. Matthew Boling Georgia So
8. Shaun Maswanganyi’ Houston So
9. Robert Gregory TCU So
10. Dorian Camel LSU Jr
400 METERS
1. Randolph Ross North Carolina A&T So
2. Jonathan Jones’ Texas Jr
3. Champion Allison Florida Jr
4. Jevaughn Powell’ UTEP So
5. Elijah Godwin Georgia Jr
6. Gamali Felix’ Arizona State Jr
7. Ismail Turner UCLA Jr
8. Ryan Willie Florida So
9. Tyler Johnson Ohio State Sr
10. Johnnie Blockburger USC So
800 METERS
1. Moad Zahafi’ Texas Tech Sr
2. Navasky Anderson’ Mississippi State Jr
3. Brandon Miller Texas A&M So
4. Yusuf Bizimana’ Texas So
5. Jason Gomez Iowa State Jr
6. Lorenz Herrmann’ Idaho So
7. Sean Dolan Villanova So
8. Ayman Zahafi’ Miami Sr
9. Cebastian Gentil’ Iowa State Jr
10. Sebastian Fernandez BYU Fr
1500 METERS
1. Mario García Romo’ Mississippi Jr
2. Eliud Kipsang’ Alabama So
3. Adam Spencer’ Wisconsin Fr
4. Jon Davis Illinois Sr
5. George Kusche’ Northern Arizona Sr
6. Thomas Vanoppen’ Wake Forest Jr
7. Luke Houser Washington So
8. Annas Essayi’ South Carolina Fr
9. Isaac Basten Drake So
10. Ryan Schoppe Oklahoma State So
STEEPLE
1. Ryan Smeeton’ Oklahoma State Sr
2. Ahmed Jaziri’ Eastern Kentucky Jr
3. Duncan Hamilton Montana State Jr
4. Ed Trippas’ Princeton Sr
5. Alec Basten Minnesota Sr
6. Kenneth Rooks BYU So
7. Ben Fleming Virginia Tech Sr
8. Colton Johnsen Washington State Sr
9. Parker Stokes Georgetown So
10. Estanis Ruiz’ Loyola-Marymount Fr
5000 METERS
1. Brian Fay’ Washington Jr
2. Nico Young Northern Arizona So
3. Olin Hacker Wisconsin Sr
4. Morgan Beadlescomb Michigan State Sr
5. Ky Robinson’ Stanford So
6. Athanas Kioko’ Campbell Sr
7. Amon Kemboi’ Arkansas Sr
8. Adriaan Wildschutt’ Florida State Sr
9. Dylan Jacobs Notre Dame Jr
10. Aaron Bienefeld’ Oregon Sr
10,000 METERS
1. Abdihamid Nur Northern Arizona Jr
2. Adriaan Wildschutt’ Florida State Sr
3. Charles Hicks’ Stanford So
4. Dylan Jacobs Notre Dame Jr
5. Amon Kemboi’ Arkansas Sr
6. Athanas Kioko’ Campbell Sr
7. Cole Sprout Stanford So
8. Kieran Lumb’ Washington Sr
9. Matthew Pereira Harvard Jr
10. Victor Kiprop’ Alabama Fr
110 HURDLES
1. Trey Cunningham Florida State Sr
2. Josh Zeller’ Michigan Jr
3. Eric Edwards LSU Jr
4. Giano Roberts Clemson Jr
5. Tre’Bien Gilbert Arkansas Jr
6. Devon Brooks Clemson Jr
7. Omotade Ojora’ USC Sr
8. Justin Leaston Charlotte So
9. Jaheem Hayles’ Syracuse So
10. Joel Bengtsson’ UT Arlington Jr
400 HURDLES
1. Quivell Jordan-Bacot Houston Sr
2. Isaiah Levingston Oklahoma Sr
3. Moitalel Mpoke’ Texas A&M Sr
4. Malik Metivier Texas Tech Sr
5. Sean Burrell LSU So
6. Nathaniel Ezekiel’ Baylor Fr
7. Caleb Cavanaugh Georgia So
8. Drake Schneider Montana State Sr
9. James Smith Texas A&M Jr
10. Jameson Woodell Rutgers Jr
4 x 100
1. Florida Florida
2. Florida State Florida State
3. North Carolina A&T North Carolina A&T
4. TCU TCU
5. USC USC
6. Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
7. Houston Houston
8. Tennessee Tennessee
9. Texas Texas
10. Texas Tech Texas Tech
4 x 400
1. Florida Florida
2. Kentucky Kentucky
3. Texas Texas
4. Texas A&M Texas A&M
5. North Carolina A&T North Carolina A&T
6. Georgia Georgia
7. TCU TCU
8. Baylor Baylor
9. USC USC
10. Alabama Alabama
HIGH JUMP
1. Vernon Turner Oklahoma Jr
2. Earnie Sears USC Sr
3. Darius Carbin Georgia Sr
4. Tejaswin Shankar’ Kansas State Sr
5. Corvell Todd Sn Mississippi Jr
6. Dontavious Hill Auburn Jr
7. Mayson Conner Nebraska Jr
8. Shaun Miller’ Ohio State So
9. Roberto Vilches’ Missouri Jr
10. Bryson DeBerry UT Arlington Sr
POLE VAULT
1. Clayton Fritsch Sam Houston St Sr
2. Sondre Guttormsen’ Princeton So
3. Zach McWhorter BYU So
4. Simen Guttormsen’ Princeton So
5. Caleb Witsken BYU Jr
6. Zach Bradford Kansas Jr
7. Kyle Rademeyer’ South Alabama So
8. Keaton Daniel Kentucky So
9. Trevor Stephenson Michigan State Jr
10. Branson Ellis SF Austin Jr
LONG JUMP
1. Wayne Pinnock’ Tennessee Fr
2. Carey McLeod’ Tennessee Jr
3. Brandon Hicklin North Carolina A&T Sr
4. Cameron Crump Mississippi State Jr
5. Isaac Grimes Florida State Sr
6. James Carter Iowa Jr
7. Stacy Brown Texas So
8. Jeremiah Willis Louisville So
9. A’Nan Bridgett Rutgers Jr
10. Treyshon Malone Idaho State Sr
TRIPLE JUMP
1. Emmanuel Ihemeje’ Oregon So
2. Du Mapaya’ TCU Sr
3. Keyshawn King Stanford Jr
4. R’Lazon Brumfield Tennessee State Sr
5. Sean Dixon-Bodie LSU So
6. Chris Welch Texas Tech Jr
7. Owayne Owens’ Virginia So
8. Georgi Nachev’ Missouri Jr
9. Russell Robinson Miami So
10. James Carter Iowa Jr
SHOT
1. Tripp Piperi Texas Sr
2. Isaac Odugbesan’ Alabama Sr
3. Darius King Northern Iowa Sr
4. John Meyer LSU So
5. Josh Sobota Kentucky Jr
6. Josh Johnson Cal Sr
7. Jordan West Tennessee Jr
8. Logan Calvin Illinois State Sr
9. Turner Washington Arizona State Jr
10. Max Otterdahl Nebraska So
DISCUS
1. Mykolas Alekna’ Cal Fr
2. Claudio Romero’ Virginia So
3. Ralford Mullings’ Arizona State Fr
4. Roje Stona’ Clemson Jr
5. Sam Welsh Harvard So
6. Robbie Otal Princeton Sr
7. Turner Washington Arizona State Jr
8. Iffy Joyner Cal Jr
9. Jacob Lemmon Virginia So
10. Elijah Mason Washington Jr
HAMMER
1. Logan Blomquist Southeast Missouri Sr
2. Bobby Colantonio Alabama Jr
3. Kostas Záltos’ Minnesota So
4. Tyler Merkley Penn State Jr
5. Trey Knight USC So
6. Mike Bryan Wichita State Sr
7. Decio Andrade’ Miami Jr
8. Alex Talley Nebraska Sr
9. Alencar Pereira’ Georgia Jr
10. Sean Mockler’ Indiana Fr
JAVELIN
1. Chinecherem Nnamdi’ Baylor Fr
2. Marc Minichello Penn So
3. Arthur Petersen’ UT Arlington So
4. Tzuriel Pedigo LSU Jr
5. Ethan Dabbs Virginia Jr
6. DJ Jonsson’ Mississippi State So
7. Ahmed Magour’ Georgia Jr
8. Ty Hampton Oregon Fr
9. Taran Taylor Wichita State Jr
10. Marten Gasparini Grand Canyon So
DECATHLON
1. Kyle Garland Georgia So
2. Ayden Owens-Delerme’ Arkansas Jr
3. Johannes Erm’ Georgia Sr
4. Leo Neugebauer’ Texas So
5. Austin West Iowa So
6. Ryan Talbot Michigan State So
7. Max Vollmer’ Oregon Jr
8. Kristo Simulask’ Oklahoma Jr
9. Hakim McMorris Cal Jr
10. Felix Wolter’ Pitt Sr
COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1. Florida 42
2. Texas 40
3. North Carolina A&T 38
4. Georgia 35
5. Stanford 34
6. Florida State 31
7. Texas Tech 25
=8. Alabama 24
=8. LSU 24
=8. Tennessee 24
11. Oregon 23
12. Northern Arizona 22
13. Princeton 21
14. Oklahoma 19
=15. Arkansas 18
=15. USC 18
17. Texas A&M 17
18. Mississippi State 16
19. TCU 15
=20. Baylor 14
=20. Cal 14
=20. Virginia 14
=23. BYU 13
=23. Clemson 13
=23. Houston 13
=23. Kentucky 13
=23. Washington 13
28. Wisconsin 12
29. Arizona State 11
=30. Minnesota 10
=30. Mississippi 10
=30. Oklahoma State 10
=30. Southeast Missouri 10
=30. Sam Houston St 10
=35. Eastern Kentucky 8
=35. Michigan 8
=35. Michigan State 8
=35. Penn 8
=39. Iowa 7
=39. Montana State 7
=41. Campbell 6
=41. Northern Iowa 6
=41. UT Arlington 6
=44. Illinois 5
=44. Kansas State 5
=44. Notre Dame 5
=44. Ohio State 5
=44. Penn State 5
=44. Tennessee State 5
=44. UTEP 5
=44. Virginia Tech 5
=52. Harvard 4
=52. Iowa State 4
=52. New Orleans 4
=52. Sn Mississippi 4
=56. Auburn 3
=56. Idaho 3
=56. Kansas 3
=56. Miami 3
=56. Nebraska 3
=56. Wake Forest 3
=56. Wichita State 3
=63. South Alabama 2
=63. UCLA 2
=63. Villanova 2
=66. Illinois State 1
=66. Louisville 1
=66. Missouri 1
=66. South Carolina 1
=66. Charlotte 1
=66. Washington State 1