Chart #4 (switch to women’s chart)
compiled by John Auka (as of May 29)
Big Changes At The Top:
Seminoles Now Favored
It’s a long season, with lots of twists and turns, as Florida has found out. The Gators had led all of our previous charts, but the wheels came off a bit for them in the Regionals.
When we last did this chart, just a couple of short weeks ago, the Gainesville squad had a solid 60–53 edge over Texas A&M, with Florida State at 47.
But now! Florida has lost 10 points, A&M 6. Meanwhile, the Seminoles have added 5 and are suddenly favored by a pair over their cross-state rivals.
There are just 4 new choices for No. 1 since the last set of predictions: 100—Kemar Hyman (Florida St) 4 x 400—Florida, pole vault—Jack Whitt (Oral Roberts), long jump—Raymond Higgs (Arkansas).
The 10-deep predictions for each event:
| TOP 10 TEAMS |
| 1. |
Florida State |
52 |
| 2. |
Florida |
50 |
| 3. |
Texas A&M |
47 |
| 4. |
Indiana |
32 |
| =5. |
Arizona |
31 |
| =5. |
LSU |
31 |
| =7. |
Nebraska |
30 |
| =7. |
Oregon |
30 |
| 9. |
Auburn |
29 |
| 10. |
Texas |
27 |
| (complete team scores below) |
| 100 METERS |
| 1. |
Kemar Hyman’ |
Florida State |
Sr |
| 2. |
Maurice Mitchell |
Florida State |
Sr |
| 3. |
Prezel Hardy |
Texas A&M |
So |
| 4. |
Charles Silmon |
TCU |
Jr |
| 5. |
Aaron Brown’ |
USC |
So |
| 6. |
Harry Adams |
Auburn |
Jr |
| 7. |
Marcus Rowland |
Auburn |
Jr |
| 8. |
Keenan Brock |
Auburn |
So |
| 9. |
Andrew Riley’ |
Illinois |
Sr |
| 10. |
Stanley Azie |
Illinois |
Sr |
| 200 METERS |
| 1. |
Maurice Mitchell |
Florida State |
Sr |
| 2. |
Harry Adams |
Auburn |
Jr |
| 3. |
Ameer Webb |
Texas A&M |
Jr |
| 4. |
Kind Butler |
Indiana |
Sr |
| 5. |
Prezel Hardy |
Texas A&M |
So |
| 6. |
Isiah Young |
Mississippi |
Jr |
| 7. |
Horatio Williams |
Florida State |
Sr |
| 8. |
Keith Ricks |
Virginia Tech |
Sr |
| 9. |
Dedric Dukes |
Florida |
Fr |
| 10. |
James Alaka’ |
Washington |
Jr |
| 400 METERS |
| 1. |
Tony McQuay |
Florida |
Jr |
| 2. |
Michael Berry |
Oregon |
So |
| 3. |
Gil Roberts |
Texas Tech |
Sr |
| 4. |
David Verburg |
George Mason |
Jr |
| 5. |
Bryshon Nellum |
USC |
Jr |
| 6. |
Deon Lendore’ |
Texas A&M |
Fr |
| 7. |
Brady Gehret |
Penn State |
So |
| 8. |
Akheem Gauntlett |
Arkansas |
Jr |
| 9. |
Josh Mance |
USC |
So |
| 10. |
Errol Nolan |
Houston |
Jr |
| 800 METERS |
| 1. |
Charles Jock |
UC Irvine |
Sr |
| 2. |
Edward Kemboi’ |
Iowa State |
So |
| 3. |
Elijah Greer |
Oregon |
Jr |
| 4. |
Ryan Martin |
UC Santa Barbara |
Sr |
| 5. |
Casimir Loxsom |
Penn State |
Jr |
| 6. |
Aaron Evans’ |
Georgia |
Sr |
| 7. |
Ricky West’ |
Missouri |
Jr |
| 8. |
Erik Sowinski |
Iowa |
Sr |
| 9. |
Lance Roller |
Virginia |
Sr |
| 10. |
Curtis Beach |
Duke |
So |
| 1500 METERS |
| 1. |
Miles Batty |
BYU |
Sr |
| 2. |
Lawi Lalang’ |
Arizona |
So |
| 3. |
Erik van Ingen |
Binghamton |
Sr |
| 4. |
Andrew Bayer |
Indiana |
Jr |
| 5. |
Kyle Merber |
Columbia |
Sr |
| 6. |
Chris O’Hare’ |
Tulsa |
Jr |
| 7. |
Michael Hammond |
Virginia Tech |
Jr |
| 8. |
Sam McEntee’ |
Villanova |
So |
| 9. |
Ryan Hill |
NC State |
Jr |
| 10. |
Rich Peters’ |
Boston U |
So |
| STEEPLE |
| 1. |
Donn Cabral |
Princeton |
Sr |
| 2. |
Craig Forys |
Michigan |
Sr |
| 3. |
Corey Leslie |
Ohio State |
Sr |
| 4. |
Andrew Poore |
Indiana |
Sr |
| 5. |
Henry Lelei’ |
Texas A&M |
Jr |
| 6. |
Ben Torotich’ |
Eastern Kentucky |
So |
| 7. |
DeSean Turner |
Indiana |
Sr |
| 8. |
Matt Cleaver |
Georgia |
Sr |
| 9. |
Adrien Dannemiller |
Indiana |
Sr |
| 10. |
Travis Mahoney |
Temple |
Sr |
| 5000 METERS |
| 1. |
Lawi Lalang’ |
Arizona |
So |
| 2. |
Cam Levins’ |
Southern Utah |
Sr |
| 3. |
Paul Chelimo’ |
UNC Greensboro |
So |
| 4. |
Mohammed Ahmed’ |
Wisconsin |
Jr |
| 5. |
Trevor Dunbar |
Oregon |
So |
| 6. |
Hassan Mead |
Minnesota |
Sr |
| 7. |
George Alex |
Oklahoma |
Sr |
| 8. |
Joe Stilin |
Princeton |
Sr |
| 9. |
Stephen Sambu’ |
Arizona |
Sr |
| 10. |
William Mulherin |
Virginia Tech |
Jr |
| 10,000 METERS |
| 1. |
Cam Levins’ |
Southern Utah |
Sr |
| 2. |
Chris Derrick |
Stanford |
Sr |
| 3. |
Stephen Sambu’ |
Arizona |
Sr |
| 4. |
Luke Puskedra |
Oregon |
Sr |
| 5. |
Soufiane Bouchikhi’ |
Eastern Kentucky |
Jr |
| 6. |
Zachary Mayhew |
Indiana |
Jr |
| 7. |
Girma Mecheso’ |
Oklahoma State |
Jr |
| 8. |
Michael Fout |
Florida State |
Jr |
| 9. |
Miles Unterreiner |
Stanford |
Sr |
| 10. |
Elliot Krause |
Wisconsin |
Jr |
| 110 HURDLES |
| 1. |
Andrew Riley’ |
Illinois |
Sr |
| 2. |
Barrett Nugent |
LSU |
Sr |
| 3. |
Devon Hill |
Miami |
Sr |
| 4. |
Jarret Eaton |
Syracuse |
Sr |
| 5. |
Wayne Davis’ |
Texas A&M |
Jr |
| 6. |
Spencer Adams |
Clemson |
Jr |
| 7. |
Johnathan Cabral |
Oregon |
Fr |
| 8. |
Shane Brathwaite’ |
Texas Tech |
Sr |
| 9. |
Keiron Stewart’ |
Texas |
Jr |
| 10. |
Greggmar Swift’ |
Indiana State |
So |
| 400 HURDLES |
| 1. |
Amaechi Morton’ |
Stanford |
Sr |
| 2. |
Jamele Mason’ |
Texas Tech |
Sr |
| 3. |
David Aristil |
South Florida |
Sr |
| 4. |
Michael Stigler |
Kansas |
Fr |
| 5. |
Miles Ukoama |
Nebraska |
So |
| 6. |
Ali Arastu |
Michigan |
So |
| 7. |
Reggie Wyatt |
USC |
Jr |
| 8. |
Steven White |
North Texas |
Jr |
| 9. |
Keyunta Hayes |
UT Arlington |
So |
| 10. |
Jibri Victorian |
Coppin State |
Jr |
| 4 x 100 |
| 1. |
Auburn |
Auburn |
|
| 2. |
Florida State |
Florida State |
|
| 3. |
Texas A&M |
Texas A&M |
|
| 4. |
LSU |
LSU |
|
| 5. |
Illinois |
Illinois |
|
| 6. |
Arkansas |
Arkansas |
|
| 7. |
Baylor |
Baylor |
|
| 8. |
Mississippi State |
Mississippi State |
|
| 9. |
Texas |
Texas |
|
| 10. |
TCU |
TCU |
|
| 4 x 400 |
| 1. |
Florida |
Florida |
|
| 2. |
Texas A&M |
Texas A&M |
|
| 3. |
LSU |
LSU |
|
| 4. |
Arkansas |
Arkansas |
|
| 5. |
Baylor |
Baylor |
|
| 6. |
Penn State |
Penn State |
|
| 7. |
George Mason |
George Mason |
|
| 8. |
USC |
USC |
|
| 9. |
Mississippi State |
Mississippi State |
|
| 10. |
Arizona State |
Arizona State |
|
| HIGH JUMP |
| 1. |
Derek Drouin’ |
Indiana |
Jr |
| 2. |
Erik Kynard |
Kansas State |
Jr |
| 3. |
Ricky Robertson |
Mississippi |
Jr |
| 4. |
Nick Ross |
Arizona |
Jr |
| 5. |
Dwight Barbiasz |
Florida |
Sr |
| 6. |
Maalik Reynolds |
Penn |
So |
| 7. |
Darius King |
Indiana |
So |
| 8. |
Bryan McBride |
Arizona State |
So |
| 9. |
Marcus Jackson |
Mississippi State |
So |
| 10. |
Ronnie Black |
Virginia Tech |
Jr |
| POLE VAULT |
| 1. |
Jack Whitt |
Oral Roberts |
Jr |
| 2. |
Cale Simmons |
Air Force |
Jr |
| 3. |
Marvin Reitze’ |
South Carolina |
Sr |
| 4. |
Logan Cunningham |
Texas State |
Sr |
| 5. |
Kevin Schipper |
Notre Dame |
Sr |
| 6. |
J.J. Juilfs |
Washington |
Fr |
| 7. |
Michael Woepse |
UCLA |
So |
| 8. |
Sam Kendricks |
Mississippi |
Fr |
| 9. |
Nico Weiler’ |
Harvard |
Jr |
| 10. |
Derick Hinch |
Arizona State |
So |
| LONG JUMP |
| 1. |
Raymond Higgs’ |
Arkansas |
So |
| 2. |
Marquise Goodwin |
Texas |
Jr |
| 3. |
Damar Forbes’ |
LSU |
Jr |
| 4. |
Chris Phipps |
Nebraska |
Sr |
| 5. |
Clive Chafausipo’ |
Oral Roberts |
Sr |
| 6. |
Marquis Dendy |
Florida |
Fr |
| 7. |
Mike Hartfield |
Ohio State |
Jr |
| 8. |
Lavell Handy |
George Mason |
Sr |
| 9. |
Mantas Silkauskas’ |
Kansas State |
Sr |
| 10. |
Marqise Lee |
USC |
Fr |
| TRIPLE JUMP |
| 1. |
Omar Craddock |
Florida |
Jr |
| 2. |
Chris Benard |
Arizona State |
Sr |
| 3. |
Troy Doris |
Iowa |
Sr |
| 4. |
Kyron Blaise’ |
LSU |
Sr |
| 5. |
Marcus Robinson |
Virginia |
Sr |
| 6. |
Phillip Young |
Florida State |
So |
| 7. |
Hasheem Halim’ |
Virginia Tech |
Sr |
| 8. |
Ricky Robertson |
Mississippi |
Jr |
| 9. |
Floyd Ross |
New Mexico |
Jr |
| 10. |
Nick Ross |
Arizona |
Jr |
| SHOT |
| 1. |
Jordan Clarke |
Arizona State |
Jr |
| 2. |
Joe Kovacs |
Penn State |
Sr |
| 3. |
Jacob Thormaehlen |
Texas |
Sr |
| 4. |
Stephen Saenz’ |
Auburn |
So |
| 5. |
Hayden Baillio |
Texas |
Jr |
| 6. |
Mason Finley |
Kansas |
Jr |
| 7. |
Bozidar Antunovic’ |
Arizona |
Jr |
| 8. |
Ryan Crouser |
Texas |
Fr |
| 9. |
Caleb Whitener |
Georgia |
So |
| 10. |
Luke Pinkelman |
Nebraska |
Sr |
| DISCUS |
| 1. |
Chad Wright’ |
Nebraska |
So |
| 2. |
Luke Bryant |
Oklahoma |
Sr |
| 3. |
Tyler Hitchler |
Nebraska |
Sr |
| 4. |
Lonnie Pugh |
Michigan State |
Jr |
| 5. |
Mason Finley |
Kansas |
Jr |
| 6. |
Matt Kosecki |
UCLA |
So |
| 7. |
Danny Block |
Wisconsin |
So |
| 8. |
Jared Thomas |
South Florida |
Sr |
| 9. |
Dalton Rowan |
Texas A&M |
Fr |
| 10. |
Ryan Crouser |
Texas |
Fr |
| HAMMER |
| 1. |
Conor McCullough |
Princeton |
So |
| 2. |
Alexander Ziegler' |
Virginia Tech |
Jr |
| 3. |
Alec Faldermeyer |
UCLA |
So |
| 4. |
Jeremy Postin |
Florida |
Jr |
| 5. |
Justin Welch |
Georgia |
So |
| 6. |
Nick Miller’ |
Oklahoma State |
Fr |
| 7. |
Quentin Mege’ |
Minnesota |
Jr |
| 8. |
Michael Lauro |
LSU |
Sr |
| 9. |
Anastas Papazov’ |
Manhattan |
Fr |
| 10. |
Brandon Pounds |
Indiana State |
Jr |
| JAVELIN |
| 1. |
Tim Glover |
Illinois State |
Jr |
| 2. |
Stipe Zunic’ |
Florida |
Jr |
| 3. |
Mattias Treff’ |
Virginia Tech |
Jr |
| 4. |
Sam Humphreys |
Texas A&M |
Jr |
| 5. |
Sam Crouser |
Oregon |
Fr |
| 6. |
Ignacio Guerra’ |
Western Kentucky |
Sr |
| 7. |
Raymond Dykstra’ |
Kentucky |
Fr |
| 8. |
Devin Bogert |
Texas A&M |
Fr |
| 9. |
Benjamin Woodruff |
Long Beach State |
Sr |
| 10. |
Martins Pildavs’ |
Troy |
Sr |
| DECATHLON |
| 1. |
Gonzalo Barroilhet’ |
Florida State |
Sr |
| 2. |
Isaac Murphy |
Texas |
Jr |
| 3. |
Kurt Felix’ |
Boise |
Sr |
| 4. |
Bjorn Barrefors’ |
Nebraska |
Jr |
| 5. |
Romain Martin’ |
UT Arlington |
So |
| 6. |
Kevin Lazas |
Arkansas |
So |
| 7. |
Jack Szmanda |
Minnesota |
Jr |
| 8. |
Dakotah Keys |
Oregon |
Fr |
| 9. |
Petter Olson’ |
Texas |
Fr |
| 10. |
Gunnar Nixon |
Arkansas |
Fr |
| COMPLETE TEAM SCORES |
| 1. |
Florida State |
52 |
| 2. |
Florida |
50 |
| 3. |
Texas A&M |
47 |
| 4. |
Indiana |
32 |
| =5. |
Arizona |
31 |
| =5. |
LSU |
31 |
| =7. |
Nebraska |
30 |
| =7. |
Oregon |
30 |
| 9. |
Auburn |
29 |
| 10. |
Texas |
27 |
| 11. |
Arkansas |
22 |
| 12. |
Princeton |
21 |
| =13. |
Arizona State |
19 |
| =13. |
Virginia Tech |
19 |
| =15. |
Southern Utah |
18 |
| =15. |
Stanford |
18 |
| 17. |
Penn State |
17 |
| 18. |
Texas Tech |
15 |
| =19. |
Illinois |
14 |
| =19. |
Oral Roberts |
14 |
| 21. |
Kansas |
12 |
| =22. |
Michigan |
11 |
| =22. |
Mississippi |
11 |
| =22. |
UCLA |
11 |
| =22. |
USC |
11 |
| =26. |
BYU |
10 |
| =26. |
Illinois State |
10 |
| =26. |
Oklahoma |
10 |
| =26. |
UC Irvine |
10 |
| =30. |
Air Force |
8 |
| =30. |
Georgia |
8 |
| =30. |
George Mason |
8 |
| =30. |
Iowa State |
8 |
| =30. |
Kansas State |
8 |
| =30. |
Ohio State |
8 |
| =36. |
Eastern Kentucky |
7 |
| =36. |
Iowa |
7 |
| =36. |
Minnesota |
7 |
| =36. |
South Florida |
7 |
| =36. |
Wisconsin |
7 |
| =41. |
Baylor |
6 |
| =41. |
Binghamton |
6 |
| =41. |
Boise |
6 |
| =41. |
Miami |
6 |
| =41. |
South Carolina |
6 |
| =41. |
UNC Greensboro |
6 |
| =47. |
Michigan State |
5 |
| =47. |
Oklahoma State |
5 |
| =47. |
Syracuse |
5 |
| =47. |
TCU |
5 |
| =47. |
Texas State |
5 |
| =47. |
UC Santa Barbara |
5 |
| =53. |
Columbia |
4 |
| =53. |
Notre Dame |
4 |
| =53. |
UT Arlington |
4 |
| =53. |
Virginia |
4 |
| =57. |
Clemson |
3 |
| =57. |
Penn |
3 |
| =57. |
Tulsa |
3 |
| =57. |
Washington |
3 |
| =57. |
Western Kentucky |
3 |
| =62. |
Kentucky |
2 |
| =62. |
Missouri |
2 |
| =64. |
Mississippi State |
1 |
| =64. |
North Texas |
1 |
| =64. |
Villanova |
1 |