2026 NCAA Men’s Formchart #2 — Arkansas Takes Over

LOTS OF POINTS have been added to the top of the men’s chart in version 2. Arkansas, slotted at No. 1 on the first chart by a single point, was the biggest beneficiary, the crystal ball seeing a 13-point jump. Also tacking on double-digit improvements were Oregon (+11) and Georgia (+10).

Combine that with a single-digit loss by Auburn and the Razorbacks have gone from being just a 1-point winner to owning a 6-point edge over new runners-up Oregon with another 2 points back to Georgia. Going into the climactic 4×4, Arkansas is figured to have 52 points, while the Ducks will be at 48 with no team and Georgia will be at 38.

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

TOP 10 TEAMS
	projected score	change in score	previous place
1. Arkansas	54	+13	1
2. Oregon	48	+11	3
3. Georgia	46	+10	4
=4. Auburn	39	–1	2
=4. Texas A&M	39	+7	5
6. Nebraska	33	+8	15
7. LSU	30	+7	16
8. Texas	29	–1	=8
9. Texas Tech	26	≠	=13
10. Minnesota	24	–7	=6
(complete team scores below event picks.)

100 METERS
1.	Kayinsola Ajayi’	Auburn	Jr
2.	Jelani Watkins	Arkansas	So
3.	Louie Hinchliffe’	Houston	Jr
4.	Israel Okon’	Auburn	So
5.	Eddie Nketia’	USC	Jr
6.	Garrett Kaalund	USC	Sr
7.	Jaiden Reid’	LSU	Jr
8.	PJ Ize-Iyamu	Oregon	Jr
9.	Jayden Dailey	Georgia	Fr
10.	T’Mars McCallum	Tennessee	Sr

200 METERS
1.	Garrett Kaalund	USC	Sr
2.	Wanya McCoy’	Florida	Sr
3.	Jelani Watkins	Arkansas	So
4.	Jaiden Reid’	LSU	Jr
5.	Ajani Dwyer	Penn State	So
6.	Denzel Simusialela’	Kentucky	Sr
7.	Traunard Folson	Tennessee	Jr
8.	Israel Okon’	Auburn	So
9.	Sean Aigboboh’	Houston	Fr
10.	Tarsis Orogot’	Alabama	Sr

400 METERS
1.	Samuel Ogazi’	Alabama	Jr
2.	Jonathan Simms	Georgia	Fr
3.	Jayden Davis	Arizona State	Jr
4.	Josiah Wrice	South Carolina	So
5.	Justin Braun	Florida	Jr
6.	Devan Crumpton	South Carolina	So
7.	Alexander Rhodes	Washington	Jr
8.	Samuel Vessat’	Purdue	Jr
9.	David Akhalu’	Iowa	Fr
10.	DeSean Boyce’	Texas Tech	Sr

800 METERS
1.	Colin Sahlman	Northern Arizona	Sr
2.	Rivaldo Marshall’	Arkansas	Sr
3.	Sam Rodman	Virginia	Sr
4.	Tyrice Taylor’	Arkansas	Sr
5.	Dayton Carlson	Arizona State	Sr
6.	Tinoda Matsatsa	Georgetown	Jr
7.	Allon Clay’	Penn State	Sr
8.	Peter Narumbe’	Texas A&M	Fr
9.	Aidan McCarthy	Cal Poly SLO	Sr
10.	Camden Marshall	Indiana	Sr

1500 METERS
1.	Simeon Birnbaum	Oregon	Jr
2.	Colin Sahlman	Northern Arizona	Sr
3.	Trent McFarland	Michigan	Jr
4.	Gary Martin	Virginia	Sr
5.	Brendan Herger	Michigan	So
6.	Elliott Cook	Oregon	Sr
7.	Carter Cutting	BYU	Jr
8.	Jaouad Khchina’	South Carolina	Jr
9.	George Couttie’	Virginia Tech	So
10.	Oussama Allaoui’	Florida	Fr

STEEPLE
1.	Geoffrey Kirwa’	Louisville	So
2.	Nate Mountain	Virginia	Sr
3.	James Corrigan	BYU	Sr
4.	Titus Kimaru’	Texas Tech	So
5.	Joash Ruto’	Iowa State	So
6.	Collins Kipngok’	Kentucky	So
7.	Silas Kiptanui’	Tulane	So
8.	Ezekiel Pitireng’	Alabama	So
9.	Jackson Shorten	Princeton	Jr
10.	Cody Larson	South Dakota State	Sr

5000 METERS
1.	Marco Langon	Villanova	Jr
2.	Brian Musau’	Oklahoma State	Jr
3.	Habtom Samuel’	New Mexico	Jr
4.	Simeon Birnbaum	Oregon	Jr
5.	Denis Kipngetich’	Oklahoma State	Jr
6.	Ernest Cheruiyot’	Arkansas	Jr
7.	Rocky Hansen	Wake Forest	Jr
8.	Tayvon Kitchen	BYU	Fr
9.	Robin Bera’	Iowa State	So
10.	Evans Kiplagat’	New Mexico	Jr

10,000 METERS
1.	Habtom Samuel’	New Mexico	Jr
2.	Elsingi Kipruto’	Louisville	Fr
3.	Solomon Kipchoge’	Washington State	So
4.	Denis Kipngetich’	Oklahoma State	Jr
5.	Ernest Cheruiyot’	Arkansas	Jr
6.	Evans Kurui’	Washington State	So
7.	Dennis Kipruto’	Alabama	Jr
8.	Sanele Masondo’	Iowa State	Sr
9.	Robin Bera’	Iowa State	So
10.	Dismus Lokira’	Alabama	So

110 HURDLES
1.	Ja’Kobe Tharp	Auburn	Jr
2.	Malachi Snow	Texas Tech	Jr
3.	Kendrick Smallwood	Texas	Sr
4.	Le’Ezra Brown	Georgia	Fr
5.	Ja’Qualon Scott	Texas A&M	Sr
6.	Bradley Franklin	Samford	So
7.	Demario Prince’	Baylor	Jr
8.	Matt Sophia’	LSU	Sr
9.	Zach Extine	Arizona	Sr
10.	Kai Graves-Blanks	Oregon	Jr

400 HURDLES
1.	Ja’Qualon Scott	Texas A&M	Sr
2.	Kody Blackwood	Texas	Sr
3.	Mohamed Adoini’	Georgia	So
4.	Ryan Matulonis	Penn	Jr
5.	Marc Anthony Ibrahim’	Tennessee	Jr
6.	Isaac Lewis	LSU	Jr
7.	Njabulo Mbatha’	Auburn	Fr
8.	Josiah Johnson	Northern Arizona	So
9.	Xzaviah Taylor	North Carolina A&T	Jr
10.	Jayden Douglas	TCU	Jr

4 x 100
1.	Arkansas	Arkansas
2.	Auburn	Auburn
3.	Minnesota	Minnesota
4.	Oregon	Oregon
5.	Iowa	Iowa
6.	Texas Tech	Texas Tech
7.	Florida	Florida
8.	Houston	Houston
9.	LSU	LSU
10.	Georgia	Georgia

4 x 400
1.	South Carolina	South Carolina
2.	Georgia	Georgia
3.	Texas A&M	Texas A&M
4.	LSU	LSU
5.	Alabama	Alabama
6.	Tennessee	Tennessee
7.	Arkansas	Arkansas
8.	Florida	Florida
9.	Ohio State	Ohio State
10.	Texas Tech	Texas Tech

HIGH JUMP
1.	Kimani Jack’	Georgia	Jr
2.	Scottie Vines	Arkansas	So
3.	Arvesta Troupe	Ole Miss	Sr
4.	Aiden Hayes	Texas State	Sr
5.	Tito Alofe	Harvard	Jr
6.	Tyson Ritz	Oklahoma	Jr
7.	Gage Voyles	Kennesaw State	Fr
8.	Mason Kooi	Nebraska	Jr
9.	Jordan Wenger	Oral Roberts	So
10.	Brady Schultz	Michigan State	Sr

POLE VAULT
1.	Anthony Meacham	Kansas	Sr
2.	Aleksandr Solovev’	Texas A&M	Sr
3.	Jimmy Rhoads	Washington	Sr
4.	Ismaila Sawaneh’	Tennessee	Jr
5.	Bryce Barkdull	Kansas	So
6.	Dyson Wicker	Nebraska	So
7.	Cade Gray	Tennessee	Sr
8.	Ricardo Montes’	High Point	So
9.	Conner McClure	Virginia Tech	Sr
10.	Brian O’Sullivan	Rutgers	Jr

LONG JUMP
1.	Charles Godfred’	Minnesota	Jr
2.	Jordan Turner’	LSU	Sr
3.	Tafadzwa Chikomba’	Kansas State	Jr
4.	Sincere Robinson	Rutgers	Sr
5.	De’Aundre Ward	Sn Mississippi	Sr
6.	Kennedy Stringfellow	Oklahoma	Jr
7.	Kelsey Daniel’	Texas	Sr
8.	Greg Foster	Princeton	Jr
9.	DJ Fillmore	Ohio State	Jr
10.	Tyler Nichols	Sn Mississippi	Jr

TRIPLE JUMP
1.	Jonathan Seremes’	Texas Tech	So
2.	Theo Mudzengerere’	Kentucky	Sr
3.	Selva Prabhu’	Kansas State	So
4.	Kelsey Daniel’	Texas	Sr
5.	Brandon Green	Oklahoma	Sr
6.	Hakeem Ford	Minnesota	Jr
7.	Apalos Edwards’	Kansas State	Sr
8.	Roman Kuleshov’	Louisville	Sr
9.	Malith Yasiru’	Arizona State	Fr
10.	Viktor Morozov’	Illinois	Sr

SHOT
1.	Tarik O’Hagan	Ole Miss	Sr
2.	Hencu Lamberts’	Nebraska	Fr
3.	Ben Smith	Oregon	Fr
4.	Cade Moran	Nebraska	Jr
5.	Kobe Lawrence’	Oregon	So
6.	Dillon Morlock	Michigan State	So
7.	Michael Pinones	Texas	Jr
8.	Roury McCloyen	Mississippi State	So
9.	Jarno Van Daalen’	Florida	Fr
10.	Texas Tanner	Air Force	Sr

DISCUS
1.	Ralford Mullings’	Oklahoma	Sr
2.	Texas Tanner	Air Force	Sr
3.	Shamar Reid’	Florida State	Jr
4.	Racquil Broderick’	USC	Jr
5.	Trevor Gunzell	Alabama	Sr
6.	Seth Allen	Auburn	Jr
7.	Jarno Van Daalen’	Florida	Fr
8.	Chad Hendricks’	LSU	So
9.	Chris Crawford’	Alabama	Sr
10.	Casey Helm	Princeton	Sr

HAMMER
1.	Texas Tanner	Air Force	Sr
2.	Ryan Johnson	Iowa	Jr
3.	Tarik O’Hagan	Ole Miss	Sr
4.	Travis Martin	Cal Poly SLO	Sr
5.	Jeremiah Nubbe’	Virginia	Jr
6.	Ángelos Mantzouránis’	Minnesota	Jr
7.	Anthony Barmes’	Minnesota	Sr
8.	Igor Olaru’	Tennessee	So
9.	Niko Polychroniou’	Virginia	Sr
10.	Sam Innes	Missouri	Sr

JAVELIN
1.	Chinecherem Nnamdi	Texas A&M	Sr
2.	Keyshawn Strachan’	Nebraska	Jr
3.	Jordan Davis	Georgia	Sr
4.	Jack Larriviere	LSU	Sr
5.	Daniel Thrana’	Oregon	Fr
6.	Nick Reynolds	Georgia	So
7.	Leikel Cabrera’	Florida	Jr
8.	Ben Shughart	Liberty	Sr
9.	Paul Catalanatto	LSU	So
10.	Dash Sirmon	Nebraska	Jr

DECATHLON
1.	Peyton Bair	Oregon	Sr
2.	Till Steinforth’	Nebraska	Sr
3.	Jonathan Hertwig-Ødegaard’	Texas	Fr
4.	Jip De Greef’	Illinois	Jr
5.	Joshua Mooney	UConn	Jr
6.	Ben Barton	BYU	Sr
7.	Ryan Gregory	Long Beach State	Sr
8.	Kenneth Byrd	Louisville	So
9.	Easton Hammond	Texas State	Jr
10.	Carter Morton	Northern Iowa	Sr

COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1.	Arkansas	54
2.	Oregon	48
3.	Georgia	46
=4.	Auburn	39
=4.	Texas A&M	39
6.	Nebraska	33
7.	LSU	30
8.	Texas	29
9.	Texas Tech	26
10.	Minnesota	24
11.	Virginia	23
=12.	Ole Miss	22
=12.	USC	22
14.	Alabama	21
=15.	Louisville	20
=15.	Oklahoma	20
=17.	Florida	19
=17.	Northern Arizona	19
=17.	South Carolina	19
20.	Air Force	18
=21.	Oklahoma State	17
=21.	Tennessee	17
23.	New Mexico	16
=24.	Kansas	14
=24.	Kansas State	14
=24.	Kentucky	14
=27.	BYU	12
=27.	Iowa	12
=29.	Arizona State	10
=29.	Michigan	10
=29.	Villanova	10
32.	Washington State	9
33.	Washington	8
34.	Houston	7
=35.	Florida State	6
=35.	Penn State	6
=37.	Iowa State	5
=37.	Illinois	5
=37.	Penn	5
=37.	Rutgers	5
=37.	Cal Poly SLO	5
=37.	Texas State	5
=43.	Harvard	4
=43.	Sn Mississippi	4
=43.	UConn	4
=46.	Georgetown	3
=46.	Michigan State	3
=46.	Samford	3
=49.	Baylor	2
=49.	Kennesaw State	2
=49.	Long Beach State	2
=49.	Tulane	2
=49.	Wake Forest	2
=54.	High Point	1
=54.	Liberty	1
=54.	Mississippi State	1
=54.	Princeton	1
=54.	Purdue	1