2025 NCAA Men’s Formchart #2 — Trojans To End Long Drought?

THERE WAS A TIME when USC was the undisputed king of collegiate track & field, racking up national title after national title. But not since ’76 will you find the SoCal crew listed as the team champs. Quincy Watts’s crew currently projects to end that long time in the wilderness.

USC was just tabbed for 3rd in the year’s first chart, but in the last month they added 6 points to their total, while Texas A&M and Arkansas both took major hits. The Aggies definitely remain in striking distance, but the Hogs may have fallen too far to recover.

If the team battle comes down to a climactic 4×4 (as it so often does) A&M is the predicted winner, with Arkansas No. 3. USC doesn’t project to have a team in the final, so would potentially have to sit on the sidelines, watching it play out.

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. USC	51	+6	3
2. Texas A&M	46	–13	1
3. Auburn	42	0	4
=4. Nebraska	38	+8	5
=4. New Mexico	38	+10	6
6. Minnesota	32	+13	=14
7. Georgia	27	+10	=18
8. Florida	26	+3	8
=9. Arkansas	24	–23	2
=9. Texas	24	+10	=22
(complete team scores below event picks.)

100 METERS
1. Jordan Anthony	Arkansas	So
2. Kanyinsola Ajayi’	Auburn	So
3. Israel Okon’	Auburn	Fr
4. Abdul-Rasheed Saminu’	South Florida	Sr
5. Max Thomas	USC	Jr
6. Garrett Kaalund	USC	Jr
7. Abdekalu Fakorede’	Mississippi State	Fr
8. Eddie Nketia’	USC	So
9. Jelani Watkins	LSU	Fr
10. T’Mars McCallum	Tennessee	Jr

200 METERS
1. Carli Makarawu’	Kentucky	Jr
2. Makanakaishe Charamba’	Auburn	Sr
3. Abdul-Rasheed Saminu’	South Florida	Sr
4. Garrett Kaalund	USC	Jr
5. Cameron Miller	Purdue	Jr
6. Jaiden Reid’	LSU	So
7. T’Mars McCallum	Tennessee	Jr
8. Tarsis Orogot’	Alabama	Sr
9. Dario Matau’	Auburn	Sr
10. Brody Buffington	Georgia	Fr

400 METERS
1. Auhmad Robinson	Texas A&M	Sr
2. Samuel Ogazi’	Alabama	So
3. Will Floyd’	Georgia	So
4. Jayden Davis	Arizona State	So
5. Judson Lincoln	Virginia Tech	Jr
6. William Jones	USC	Jr
7. Edidiong Udo’	Ohio State	Fr
8. Cutler Zamzow	Texas A&M	Sr
9. Ervin Pearson	Georgia	Fr
10. Antonie Nortje’	Texas A&M	Sr

800 METERS
1. Sam Whitmarsh	Texas A&M	Sr
2. Matti Erickson’	Oregon	Sr
3. Abdullahi Hassan’	Mississippi State	Sr
4. Aidan McCarthy	Cal Poly SLO	Jr
5. Tinoda Matsatsa	Georgetown	So
6. Handal Roban’	Penn State	Jr
7. Rivaldo Marshall’	Arkansas	Sr
8. Kimar Farquharson’	Texas A&M	Sr
9. Tyrice Taylor’	Arkansas	Jr
10. Kyle Reinheimer	Washington	Sr

1500 METERS
1. Nathan Green	Washington	Jr
2. Ethan Strand	North Carolina	Jr
3. Liam Murphy	Villanova	Sr
4. Marco Langon	Villanova	Jr
5. Gary Martin	Virginia	Jr
6. Abel Teffra	Georgetown	Sr
7. Adam Spencer’	Wisconsin	Sr
8. Elliott Cook	Oregon	Sr
9. Fouad Messaoudi’	Oklahoma State	Sr
10. Colin Sahlman	Northern Arizona	Jr

STEEPLE
1. Geoffrey Kirwa’	Louisville	Fr
2 James Corrigan	BYU	Jr
3. Mathew Kosgei’	New Mexico	Fr
4. Collins Kipngok’	Kentucky	Fr
5. Rob McManus	Montana State	Jr
6. Joash Ruto’	Iowa State	Fr
7. Brett Gardner	NC State	Jr
8. Bismack Kipchirchir’	Akron	Fr
9. Kristian Imroth’	Eastern Kentucky	Jr
10. Victor Kibiego’	Texas A&M	Jr

5000 METERS
1. Parker Wolfe	North Carolina	Sr
2. Habtom Samuel’	New Mexico	So
3. Ishmael Kipkurui’	New Mexico	Fr
4. Brian Musau’	Oklahoma State	So
5. Ethan Strand	North Carolina	Jr
6. Marco Langon	Villanova	Jr
7. Valentin Soca’	Cal Baptist	Jr
8. Evans Kurui’	Washington State	So
9. Drew Bosley	Northern Arizona	Sr
10. Rocky Hansen	Wake Forest	So

10,000 METERS
1. Ishmael Kipkurui’	New Mexico	Fr
2. Habtom Samuel’	New Mexico	So
3. Brian Musau’	Oklahoma State	So
4. Evans Kurui’	Washington State	So
5. Dylan Schubert	Furman	Sr
6. Ernest Cheruiyot’	Texas Tech	So
7. Lex Young	Stanford	So
8. Dismus Lokira’	Alabama	Fr
9. Said Mechaal’	Iowa State	Sr
10. David Mullarkey’	Northern Aizona	Sr

110 HURDLES
1. Ja’Kobe Tharp	Auburn	So
2. Kendrick Smallwood	Texas	Jr
3. Demaris Waters	Florida	Jr
4. Johnny Brackins	USC	Sr
5. Antoine Andrews’	Texas Tech	Jr
6. Malachi Snow	Texas Tech	So
7. Jamar Marshall	Houston	Sr
8. Ja’Qualon Scott	Texas A&M	Sr
9. Matthew Sophia’	LSU	Jr
10. Jahiem Stern’	LSU	Jr

400 HURDLES
1. Nathaniel Ezekiel’	Baylor	Sr
2. Jevon Williams	Tennessee	Sr
3. Kody Blackwood	Texas	Jr
4. Ja’Qualon Scott	Texas A&M	Sr
5. Oskar Edlund’	Texas Tech	Sr
6. Saad Hinti’	Tennessee	Fr
7. Isaac Lewis	Iowa	So
8. Ryan Matulonis	Penn	So
9. Hugo Menin’	UT-San Antonio	So
10. Vance Nilsson	Florida	Fr

4 x 100
1. Auburn	Auburn
2. USC	USC
3. Kentucky	Kentucky
4. Minnesota	Minnesota
5. South Florida	South Florida
6. Tennessee	Tennessee
7. LSU	LSU
8. North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T
9. Georgia	Georgia
10. Arkansas	Arkansas

4 x 400
1. Texas A&M	Texas A&M
2. Florida	Florida
3. Arkansas	Arkansas
4. Arizona State	Arizona State
5. South Florida	South Florida
6. Georgia	Georgia
7. BYU	BYU
8. North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T
9. South Carolina	South Carolina
10. Alabama	Alabama

HIGH JUMP
1. Tyus Wilson	Nebraska	Sr
2. Riyon Rankin	Georgia	So
3. Antrea Mita’	Houston	So
4. Kampton Kam’	Penn	Jr
5. Elias Gerald	USC	Jr
6. Kason O’Riley	Texas State	Sr
7. Arvesta Troupe	Mississippi	Jr
8. Kyle Jankans	Long Beach State	Sr
9. Kyren Washington	Oklahoma	So
10. Arthur Chitty	Samford	So

POLE VAULT
1. Simen Guttormsen’	Duke	Sr
2. Aleksandr Solovev’	Texas A&M	Jr
3. Logan Hammer	Utah State	Jr
4. Arnie Grunert	Western Illinois	Jr
5. Hunter Garretson	Akron	Sr
6. Scott Toney	Washington	Sr
7. Bradley Jelmert	Arkansas State	Sr
8. Kyle Gibbs	Oregon	Sr
9. Cade Gray	Tennessee	Jr
10. William Staggs	Indiana State	Sr

LONG JUMP
1. Kelsey Daniel’	Texas	Sr
2. Malcolm Clemons	Florida	Sr
3. Johnny Brackins	USC	Sr
4. JC Stevenson	USC	Jr
5. Lokesh Sathyanathan’	Tarleton State	Sr
6. Charles Godfred’	Minnesota	So
7. Greg Foster	Princeton	Jr
8. Curtis Williams	Florida State	Jr
9. Tyson Adams	NC State	Fr
10. Chris Preddie	Texas State	Jr

TRIPLE JUMP
1. Brandon Green	Oklahoma	Jr
2. Hakeem Ford	Minnesota	So
3. Gabriele Tosti’	Tarleton State	Sr
4. Kyvon Tatham	Florida State	Jr
5. Theophilus Mudzengerere’	South Carolina	Jr
6. Jaren Holmes	USC	Sr
7. Stafon Roach’	Louisiana-Monroe	So
8. Luke Brown’	Kentucky	Jr
9. Chris Preddie	Texas State	Jr
10. Alesandre Malanda’	Kent State	Sr

SHOT
1. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan	Mississippi	Jr
2. Zach Landa	Arizona	Sr
3. Brandon Lloyd’	Arizona State	Sr
4. Christopher Licata	South Carolina	Sr
5. Jason Swarens	Wisconsin	Sr
6. Fred Moudani’	Cincinnati	Sr
7. Alexander Kolesnikoff’	Georgia	Sr
8. Trevor Gunzell’	Alabama	Jr
9. Isaiah Schafer	Minnesota	Sr
10. Cade Moran	Nebraska	So

DISCUS
1. Mykolas Alekna’	Cal	Jr
2. Ralford Mullings’	Oklahoma	Jr
3. Dimítrios Pavlídis’	Kansas	Sr
4. Trevor Gunzell’	Alabama	Jr
5. Racquil Broderick’	USC	So
6. Uladzislau Puchko’	Virginia Tech	So
7. Casey Helm	Princeton	Jr
8. Vincent Ugwoke	South Florida	Sr
9. Texas Tanner	Air Force	Jr
10. Jacob Lemmon	Florida	Sr

HAMMER
1. Kostas Záltos’	Minnesota	Sr
2. Trey Knight	Cal State Northridge	Sr
3. Ángelos Mantzouránis’	Minnesota	So
4. Texas Tanner	Air Force	Jr
5. Kenneth Ikeji’	Harvard	Sr
6. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan	Mississippi	Jr
7. Jeremiah Nubbe’	Virginia	Jr
8. Daniel Reynolds	Wyoming	Sr
9. Ryan Johnson	Iowa	So
10. Christian Toro	Duke	So

JAVELIN
1. Keyshawn Strachan’	Nebraska	Jr
2. Moustafa Alsherif’	Georgia	Sr
3. Dash Sirmon	Nebraska	Jr
4. Mike Stein	Iowa	Jr
5. Leikel Cabrera Gay’	Florida	So
6. Devoux Deysel’	Miami	Sr
7. Arthur Petersen’	Nebraska	Sr
8. Nick Reynolds	Tennessee	Fr
9. Preston Kuznof	TCU	Fr
10. James Kotowski	UMass Lowell	Sr

DECATHLON
1. Till Steinforth’	Nebraska	Jr
2. Peyton Bair	Mississippi State	Jr
3. Marcus Weaver	Arkansas	Sr
4. Edgar Campre’	Miami	Jr
5. Abraham Vogelsang’	Iowa	Fr
6. Max Forte	Duke	Jr
7. Rafael Raap’	Illinois	Jr
8. Grant Levesque	Houston	Sr
9. Emil Uhlin’	Kansas State	Jr
10. Paul Kallenberg’	Louisville	Jr

COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1. USC	51
2. Texas A&M	46
3. Auburn	42
=4. Nebraska	38
=4. New Mexico	38
6. Minnesota	32
7. Georgia	27
8. Florida	26
=9. Arkansas	24
=9. Texas	24
=11. Kentucky	22
=11. North Carolina	22
13. South Florida	20
14. Oklahoma	18
15. Tennessee	17
=16. Alabama	16
=16. Arizona State	16
=16. Mississippi State	16
19. Mississippi	15
=20. Texas Tech	14
=20. Villanova	14
=22. Duke	13
=22. Washington	13
=24. Iowa	11
=24. Oklahoma State	11
=26. Baylor	10
=26. Cal	10
=26. Louisville	10
=26. Oregon	10
=26. Tarleton State	10
=31. Houston	9
=31. South Carolina	9
=33. Arizona	8
=33. Cal State Northridge	8
=33. Miami	8
=36. Georgetown	7
=36. Virginia Tech	7
=38. Florida State	6
=38. Kansas	6
=38. Penn	6
=38. Utah State	6
=38. Virginia	6
=38. Washington State	6
=38. Wisconsin	6
=45. Air Force	5
=45. Akron	5
=45. LSU	5
=45. Cal Poly SLO	5
=45. Western Illinois	5
=50. Furman	4
=50. Harvard	4
=50. Montana State	4
=50. Princeton	4
=50. Purdue	4
=55. Cincinnati	3
=55. Iowa State	3
=55. Penn State	3
=55. Texas State	3
=59. Arkansas State	2
=59. BYU	2
=59. Cal Baptist	2
=59. Illinois	2
=59. Louisiana-Monroe	2
=59. North Carolina A&T	2
=59. NC State	2
=59. Ohio State	2
=59. Stanford	2
=68. Long Beach State	1
=68. Wyoming	1