2026 NCAA Men’s Formchart #3 — Arkansas Soars Higher

IN CHART #2 Arkansas was the biggest beneficiary, the crystal ball seeing a 13-point jump. Doug Case’s Razorbacks are on a roll, having added another 15 digits here in version 3. Combine that with Oregon’s 6-point drop and the Fayetteville crew’s margin has swollen to 27. Quite the improvement from the year’s initial chart when the Hog margin was just 1.

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	69	+15	1
=2. Oregon	42	–6	2
=2. Texas A&M	42	+3	=4
4. Georgia	39	–7	3
5. Auburn	33	–6	=4
6. Nebraska	28	–5	6
7. Florida	27	+8	=17
8. Louisville	25	+5	=15
9. Texas	24	–5	8
=10. LSU	22	–8	7
=10. Minnesota	22	–2	10
=10. Texas Tech	22	–4	9
(complete team scores below event picks.)

100 METERS
1.	Jelani Watkins	Arkansas	So
2.	Kayinsola Ajayi’	Auburn	Jr
3.	Traunard Folson	Tennessee	Jr
4.	Denzel Simusialela’	Kentucky	Sr
5.	Louie Hinchliffe’	Houston	Jr
6.	Eddie Nketia’	USC	Jr
7.	Mustapha Bokpin’	Middle Tennessee	So
8.	Mason Lawyer	Arizona	Sr
9.	Jaiden Reid’	LSU	Jr
10.	Israel Okon’	Auburn	So

200 METERS
1.	Garrett Kaalund	USC	Sr
2.	Jelani Watkins	Arkansas	So
3.	Denzel Simusialela’	Kentucky	Sr
4.	Mason Lawyer	Arizona	Sr
5.	Israel Okon’	Auburn	So
6.	Traunard Folson	Tennessee	Jr
7.	Rashun Fountain	East Carolina	Jr
8.	Mustapha Bokpin’	Middle Tennessee	So
9.	Jaiden Reid’	LSU	Jr
10.	Laurenz Colbert	Baylor	Sr

400 METERS
1.	Samuel Ogazi’	Alabama	Jr
2.	Jordan Pierre	Arkansas	Jr
3.	Jonathan Simms	Georgia	Fr
4.	Jayden Davis	Arizona State	Jr
5.	Josiah Wrice	South Carolina	So
6.	Justin Braun	Florida	Jr
7.	Devan Crumpton	South Carolina	So
8.	Edidiong Udo’	Ohio State	So
9.	Samuel Vessat’	Purdue	Jr
10.	Alexander Rhodes	Washington	Jr

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

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

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

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.	Elsingi Kipruto’	Louisville	Fr
6.	Ernest Cheruiyot’	Arkansas	Jr
7.	Ben Shearer	Arkansas	Sr
8.	Rocky Hansen	Wake Forest	Jr
9.	Denis Kipngetich’	Oklahoma State	Jr
10.	Robin Bera’	Iowa State	So

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.	Creed Thompson	BYU	Sr
8.	Dennis Kipruto’	Alabama	Jr
9.	Dismus Lokira’	Alabama	So
10.	Sanele Masondo’	Iowa State	Sr

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

400 HURDLES
1.	Kody Blackwood	Texas	Sr
2.	Ja’Qualon Scott	Texas A&M	Sr
3.	Mohamed Adoini’	Georgia	So
4.	Vance Nilsson	Florida	So
5.	Andres Langston	Duke	So
6.	Ryan Matulonis	Penn	Jr
7.	Jayden Douglas	TCU	Jr
8.	Devin Nugent	Auburn	Jr
9.	Marc Anthony Ibrahim’	Tennessee	Jr
10.	David Thid’	Alabama	Jr

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

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

HIGH JUMP
1.	Kimani Jack’	Georgia	Jr
2.	Gage Voyles	Kennesaw State	Fr
3.	Antrea Mita’	Houston	Jr
4.	Scottie Vines	Arkansas	So
5.	Aiden Hayes	Texas State	Sr
6.	Etoro Bassey	Texas A&M	Fr
7.	Jonathan Kapitolnik’	Illinois	Fr
8.	Trey Bartholomew	Oklahoma	Sr
9.	Arvesta Troupe	Ole Miss	Sr
10.	Tito Alofe	Harvard	Jr

POLE VAULT
1.	Matthew Gray	Appalachian State	Jr
2.	Anthony Meacham	Kansas	Sr
3.	Dyson Wicker	Nebraska	So
4.	Aleksandr Solovev’	Texas A&M	Sr
5.	Jimmy Rhoads	Washington	Sr
6.	Ismaila Sawaneh’	Tennessee	Jr
7.	Bryce Barkdull	Kansas	So
8.	Nikolai van Hussteen’	Georgia	Sr
9.	Tyler Carrel	Indiana	Sr
10.	Ricardo Montes’	High Point	So

LONG JUMP
1.	Tafadzwa Chikomba’	Kansas State	Jr
2.	Charles Godfred’	Minnesota	Jr
3.	Tyler Nichols	Southern Miss	Jr
4.	De’Aundre Ward	Southern Miss	Sr
5.	Temoso Masikane’	Florida	Fr
6.	Jordan Turner’	LSU	Sr
7.	Kelsey Daniel’	Texas	Sr
8.	Kennedy Stringfellow	Oklahoma	Jr
9.	Sincere Robinson	Rutgers	Sr
10.	Greg Foster	Princeton	Jr

TRIPLE JUMP
1.	Jonathan Seremes’	Texas Tech	So
2.	Brandon Green	Oklahoma	Sr
3.	Selva Prabhu’	Kansas State	So
4.	Theo Mudzengerere’	Kentucky	Sr
5.	Kelsey Daniel’	Texas	Sr
6.	Antone Smith	Arizona	Fr
7.	Apalos Edwards’	Kansas State	Sr
8.	Kevin Kemboi’	Oklahoma State	Fr
9.	Roman Kuleshov’	Louisville	Sr
10.	Praise Aniamaka’	Purdue	Sr

SHOT
1.	Ben Smith	Oregon	Fr
2.	Hencu Lamberts’	Nebraska	Fr
3.	Cade Moran	Nebraska	Jr
4.	Kobe Lawrence’	Oregon	So
5.	Dillon Morlock	Michigan State	So
6.	Tyler Michelini	Arizona	Jr
7.	JL Van Rensburg’	Tennessee	So
8.	Jarno Van Daalen’	Florida	Fr
9.	Michael Pinones	Texas	Jr
10.	Roury McCloyen	Mississippi State	So

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.	Yekini Bowen’	Virginia Tech	Jr
7.	Juan Marais’	Rice	So
8.	Chris Crawford’	Alabama	Sr
9.	Aaron Alvarez Aranda’	Tennessee	Jr
10.	Kevin Grubbs	Mississippi State	Sr

HAMMER
1.	Texas Tanner	Air Force	Sr
2.	Ryan Johnson	Iowa	Jr
3.	Ángelos Mantzouránis’	Minnesota	Jr
4.	Travis Martin	Cal Poly/SLO	Sr
5.	Jeremiah Nubbe’	Virginia	Jr
6.	Igor Olaru’	Tennessee	So
7.	Anthony Barmes’	Minnesota	Sr
8.	Sam Innes	Missouri	Sr
9.	Alex Bernstein’	De Paul	Sr
10.	Mico Lampinen’	USC	Fr

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

DECATHLON
1.	Jip De Greef’	Illinois	Jr
2.	Ben Barton	BYU	Sr
3.	Joshua Mooney	UConn	Jr
4.	Luuk Pelkmans’	Illinois	Fr
5.	Zach McGlynn	North Dakota State	So
6.	Kenneth Byrd	Louisville	So
7.	Ryan Gregory	Long Beach State	Sr
8.	Easton Hammond	Texas State	Jr
9.	John Swabik	Kansas	Sr
10.	Carter Morton	Northern Iowa	Sr

COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1.	Arkansas	69
=2.	Oregon	42
=2.	Texas A&M	42
4.	Georgia	39
5.	Auburn	33
6.	Nebraska	28
7.	Florida	27
8.	Louisville	25
9.	Texas	24
=10.	LSU	22
=10.	Minnesota	22
=10.	Texas Tech	22
=13.	Alabama	20
=13.	Oklahoma	20
=15.	Kentucky	19
=15.	Tennessee	19
=17.	Air Force	18
=17.	BYU	18
=17.	Kansas State	18
=17.	USC	18
=17.	Virginia	18
22.	Illinois	17
23.	New Mexico	16
24.	Oklahoma State	14
=25.	Arizona	13
=25.	Houston	13
27.	Michigan	12
28.	Southern Miss	11
=29.	Appalachian State	10
=29.	Kansas	10
=29.	Northern Arizona	10
=29.	Villanova	10
=33.	Arizona State	9
=33.	South Carolina	9
=33.	Washington State	9
=36.	Iowa	8
=36.	Kennesaw State	8
=38.	Florida State	6
=38.	UConn	6
=40.	Cal Poly/SLO	5
=40.	Texas State	5
=42.	Duke	4
=42.	Iowa State	4
=42.	Michigan State	4
=42.	North Dakota State	4
=42.	Washington	4
=47.	Georgetown	3
=47.	Middle Tennessee	3
=47.	Penn	3
=47.	Samford	3
=47.	Virginia Tech	3
=52.	Baylor	2
=52.	East Carolina	2
=52.	Long Beach State	2
=52.	Penn State	2
=52.	Rice	2
=52.	TCU	2
=52.	Tulane	2
=59.	Bradley	1
=59.	Missouri	1
=59.	Ohio State	1
=59.	Purdue	1
=59.	Syracuse	1
=59.	Wake Forest	1