2023 NCAA Men’s Formchart #1 — New Hogs Rule

Carey McLeod was a scorer for Tennessee at last year’s NCAA but this time around is tabbed to rack up 18 big points for team favorite Arkansas. (ROBERT BLACK)

IF ARKANSAS PULLS OFF the predicted NCAA men’s team win in Austin in June, the story will have been written in our Where They Are Going edition last fall. No fewer than 49 of the Razorbacks’ slated 57 individual event points are from athletes new to the roster this year. Also added was the anchor on their Indoor 4×4 champions.

The SEC clearly is the dominant conference these days as our projected top 3 teams — Arkansas, Georgia and LSU — rule the roost, with another 3 among the top 7 schools on this chart.

Our crystal ball says Chris Bucknam’s powerful Hog crew will already have the title sewed up, having an 11-point lead over Georgia as they line up for the climactic 4×4.

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

TOP 10 TEAMS
1. Arkansas 62
2. Georgia 56
3. LSU 45
4. Texas Tech 43
5. Alabama 39
=6. Florida 35
=6. Tennessee 35
8. Washington 23
=9. Stanford 22
=9. Texas 22
(complete team scores below events)
100 METERS
1. Terrence Jones’ Texas Tech Jr
2. Micah Williams Oregon Jr
3. Ismael Kone’ Florida State Sr
4. Favour Ashe’ Auburn So
5. Javonte Harding Tennessee Jr
6. Jo’Vaughn Martin Florida State Sr
7. Matthew Boling Georgia Jr
8. Shaun Maswanganyi’ Houston Jr
9. Udodi Onwuzurike’ Stanford So
10. PJ Austin Florida Sr
200 METERS
1. Matthew Boling Georgia Jr
2. Terrence Jones Texas Tech Jr
3. Tarsis Orogot’ Alabama So
4. Courtney Lindsey Texas Tech Sr
5. Robert Gregory Florida Jr
6. Javonte Harding Tennessee Jr
7. Udodi Onwuzurike’ Stanford So
8. Micah Williams Oregon Jr
9. Shaun Maswanganyi’ Houston Jr
10. Lance Lang Arkansas Jr
400 METERS
1. Elija Godwin Georgia Sr
2. Ryan Willie Florida Jr
3. Jonathan Jones’ Texas Sr
4. JeVaughn Powell’ Florida Jr
5. Matthew Moorer Baylor Sr
6. Johnnie Blockburger USC Jr
7. Emmanuel Bamidele’ Texas A&M So
8. Justin Robinson Arizona State So
9. Reheem Hayles North Carolina A&T So
10. Chris Bailey Arkansas Sr
800 METERS
1. Navasky Anderson’ Mississippi State Sr
2. Finley McLear’ Iowa State Jr
3. Yusuf Bizimana’ Texas Jr
4. Tiarnan Crorken’ Mississippi Sr
5. Crayton Carrozza Texas Jr
6. Baylor Franklin Mississippi Jr
7. Jason Gomez Iowa State Sr
8. Tarees Rhoden’ Clemson Jr
9. Will Sumner Georgia Fr
10. Samuel Rodman Princeton So
1500 METERS
1. Joe Waskom Washington Jr
2. Isaac Basten Drake Jr
3. Annas Essayi’ South Carolina So
4. Eliud Kipsang’ Alabama Jr
5. Luke Houser Washington Jr
6. Fouad Messaoudi’ Oklahoma State So
7. Thomas Vanoppen’ Wake Forest Sr
8. Nathan Green Washington So
9. Adam Spencer’ Wisconsin So
10. Conor Murphy Virginia Jr
STEEPLE
1. Duncan Hamilton Montana State Sr
2. Parker Stokes Georgetown Jr
3. Ed Trippas’ Washington Sr
4. Matt Wilkinson Minnesota Sr
5. Levi Taylor Montana State Jr
6. Kenneth Rooks BYU Jr
7. Derek Johnson Virginia Jr
8. Yasin Sado Virginia Jr
9. Patrick Thygesen’ Providence So
10. Carson Williams Furman Jr
5000 METERS
1. Nico Young Northern Arizona Jr
2. Dylan Jacobs Tennessee Sr
3. Ky Robinson’ Stanford Jr
4. Drew Bosley Northern Arizona So
5. Casey Clinger BYU Jr
6. Charles Hicks’ Stanford Jr
7. Sam Gilman Air Force Sr
8. Parker Wolfe North Carolina So
9. Patrick Kiprop’ Arkansas Jr
10. Brian Fay’ Washington Sr
10,000 METERS
1. Dylan Jacobs Tennessee Sr
2. Charles Hicks’ Stanford Jr
3. Casey Clinger BYU Jr
4. Drew Bosley Northern Arizona So
5. Alex Maier Oklahoma State Jr
6. Victor Kiprop’ Alabama So
7. Ky Robinson’ Stanford Jr
8. Cole Sprout Stanford Jr
9. James Mwaura Gonzaga Sr
10. Isai Rodriguez Oklahoma State Sr
110 HURDLES
1. Josh Zeller’ Michigan Jr
2. Giano Roberts Clemson Sr
3. Darius Luff Nebraska Jr
4. Devon Brooks Tennessee Sr
5. Caleb Dean Texas Tech Jr
6. Gratt Reed Iowa Jr
7. Kentre Patterson Ohio State Sr
8. Jaheem Hayles’ Syracuse Jr
9. Tade Ojora’ USC Sr
10. Tre’Bien Gilbert Arkansas Sr
400 HURDLES
1. Sean Burrell LSU Jr
2. Chris Robinson Alabama Jr
3. Nathaniel Ezekiel’ Baylor So
4. Caleb Dean Texas Tech Sr
5. Corde Long Alabama Jr
6. Jevon Williams Clemson Jr
7. Cass Elliott Washington Sr
8. James Smith Texas A&M Sr
9. William Spencer South Carolina Jr
10. Moitalel Mpoke’ Auburn Sr
4 x 100
1. LSU LSU
2. Iowa Iowa
3. Florida Florida
4. Tennessee Tennessee
5. Clemson Clemson
6. Houston Houston
7. Florida State Florida State
8. USC USC
9. Louisville Louisville
10. Arizona State Arizona State
4 x 400
1. Georgia Georgia
2. Alabama Alabama
3. UCLA UCLA
4. Arkansas Arkansas
5. Baylor Baylor
6. Florida Florida
7. Arizona State Arizona State
8. Oklahoma Oklahoma
9. Texas Texas
10. USC USC
HIGH JUMP
1. Vernon Turner Oklahoma Sr
2. Romaine Beckford’ South Florida Jr
3. Trey Allen Louisville Jr
4. Dontavious Hill Auburn Sr
5. Corvell Todd Florida Sr
6. Ushan Perera’ Texas A&M Jr
7. Shaun Miller’ Ohio State So
8. Roberto Vilches’ Missouri Jr
9. Mayson Conner Nebraska Sr
10. Donald Hatfield Jackson Southeast Missouri Jr
POLE VAULT
1. Sondre Guttormsen’ Princeton Jr
2. Zach Bradford Texas Tech Sr
3. Branson Ellis SF Austin Sr
4. Hunter Garretson Akron So
5. Kyle Rademeyer’ South Alabama Jr
6. Trevor Stephenson Michigan State Sr
7. Clayton Simms Kansas So
8. Caleb Witsken BYU Sr
9. Keaton Daniel Kentucky Jr
10. Tyler Burns Cal So
LONG JUMP
1. Carey McLeod’ Arkansas Sr
2. Cameron Crump Mississippi State Sr
3. Wayne Pinnock’ Arkansas So
4. Jeremiah Davis Florida State Jr
5. Jeremiah Willis Louisville Jr
6. Brandon Hicklin LSU Sr
7. Johnny Brackins USC So
8. Caleb Foster Florida Jr
9. Stacy Brown Texas Jr
10. PJ Austin Florida Sr
TRIPLE JUMP
1. Jaydon Hibbert’ Arkansas Fr
2. Carey McLeod’ Arkansas Sr
3. Apalos Edwards’ LSU So
4. Salif Mane Fairleigh Dickinson Sr
5. Sean Dixon-Bodie Florida Jr
6. Keyshawn King Texas Tech Sr
7. Russell Robinson Miami Jr
8. James Carter Iowa Sr
9. Clarence Foote-Talley Ohio State Jr
10. Owayne Owens’ Virginia Jr
SHOT
1. Jordan Geist Arizona Sr
2. Jonah Wilson Nebraska Sr
3. Turner Washington Arizona State Sr
4. Jordan West Arkansas Sr
5. John Meyer LSU Jr
6. Max Otterdahl Nebraska Jr
7. Fred Moudani Cincinnati Jr
8. Josh Sobota Kentucky Sr
9. Hayden Tobias Ohio State Jr
10. Alexander Kolesnikoff’ Harvard So
DISCUS
1. Mykolas Alekna’ Cal So
2. Claudio Romero’ LSU Jr
3. Ralford Mullings’ Arkansas So
4. Turner Washington Arizona State Sr
5. Roje Stona’ Arkansas Sr
6. Dallin Shurts BYU Jr
7. Djimon Gumbs’ Northwestern Louisiana Jr
8. Sam Welsh Rice Jr
9. Iffy Joyner Cal Sr
10. Robbie Otal Duke Sr
HAMMER
1. Kostas Záltos’ Minnesota Jr
2. Jordan Geist Arizona Sr
3. Tyler Merkley Penn State Sr
4. Bobby Colantonio Alabama Sr
5. Decio Andrade’ Miami Sr
6. Alencar Pereira’ Georgia Sr
7. Kenneth Ikeji’ Harvard So
8. Trevor Otterdahl North Dakota State Sr
9. Jeremiah Nubbe Texas Fr
10. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan Mississippi Fr
JAVELIN
1. Keyshawn Strachan’ Auburn Fr
2. Marc Minichello Georgia Jr
3. Ethan Dabbs Virginia Sr
4. Chinecherem Prosper Nnamdi’ Baylor So
5. Tzuriel Pedigo LSU Jr
6. Tyriq Horsford’ Mississippi State Jr
7. Cameron Bates BYU Jr
8. Arthur Petersen’ Nebraska Jr
9. Jackson Morris Colorado State Sr
10. Ty Hampton Oregon So
DECATHLON
1. Kyle Garland Georgia Jr
2. Ayden Owens-Delerme’ Arkansas Sr
3. Leo Neugebauer’ Texas Jr
4. Austin West Iowa Jr
5. Ryan Talbot Michigan State Jr
6. Johannes Erm’ Georgia Sr
7. Hakim McMorris Cal Sr
8. Kristo Simulask’ Oklahoma Sr
9. Peyton Bair Mississippi State Fr
10. Daniel Spejcher Arkansas Sr
COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1. Arkansas 62
2. Georgia 56
3. LSU 45
4. Texas Tech 43
5. Alabama 39
=6. Florida 35
=6. Tennessee 35
8. Washington 23
=9. Stanford 22
=9. Texas 22
11. Mississippi State 21
=12. Auburn 20
=12. Northern Arizona 20
=14. Baylor 19
=14. BYU 19
=16. Arizona 18
=16. Nebraska 18
18. Iowa 17
=19. Clemson 16
=19. Florida State 16
21. Minnesota 15
=22. Arizona State 14
=22. Montana State 14
=24. Cal 12
=24. Oklahoma 12
=26. Iowa State 10
=26. Louisville 10
=26. Michigan 10
=26. Princeton 10
=30. Oregon 9
=30. Virginia 9
=32. Drake 8
=32. Georgetown 8
=32. Mississippi 8
=32. South Florida 8
=36. Michigan State 7
=36. Oklahoma State 7
=38. Miami 6
=38. Penn State 6
=38. South Carolina 6
=38. SF Austin 6
=38. Texas A&M 6
=38. UCLA 6
=38. USC 6
=45. Akron 5
=45. Fairleigh Dickinson 5
=47. Houston 4
=47. Ohio State 4
=47. South Alabama 4
=50. Air Force 2
=50. Cincinnati 2
=50. Harvard 2
=50. Kansas 2
=50. Northwestern Louisiana 2
=50. Wake Forest 2
=56. Kentucky 1
=56. Missouri 1
=56. North Carolina 1
=56. North Dakota State 1
=56. Rice 1
=56. Syracuse 1