A 6-POINT FAVORITE in our first formchart of the year, field-strong Arkansas doubled that margin in our second set of projections and has added 3 more in the crystal ball’s third iteration of the year.
Chris Bucknam’s powerful Hog crew actually lost 2 points from its projection, but previous runner-up Tennessee lost 11 and is now in 4th. The Vols figure to have a tight battle for 2nd with Texas Tech and Georgia.
There are 10 new event-winners since last time: Udodi Onwuzurike (Stanford) 200, Ryan Willie (Florida) 400, Yusuf Bizima (Texas) 800, Kenneth Rooks (BYU) steeple, Brian Fay (Washington) 5000, Ayden Owens-Delerme (Arkansas) 400H, Florida 4×4, Wayne Pinnock (Arkansas) LJ, Kostas Záltos (Minnesota) HT & Marc Minichello (Georgia) JT.
Our fourth and final chart of the year will appear a few days before the meet kicks off in Austin on June 07.
The 10-deep predictions for each event (‘ = athlete not eligible for U.S. international teams):
| TOP 10 TEAMS | ||
| School | Score | Previous Place |
| 1. Arkansas | 64 (-2) | 1 |
| 2. Texas Tech | 49 (-1) | =3 |
| 3. Georgia | 47 (-3) | =3 |
| 4. Tennessee | 43 (-11) | 2 |
| 5. Florida | 37 (+11) | 7 |
| 6. Nebraska | 31 (+15) | =15 |
| 7. LSU | 30(-14) | 5 |
| 8. Stanford | 27 (+8) | 11 |
| =9. Alabama | 23 (-6) | 6 |
| =9. BYU | 23 (+8) | =20 |
| (complete team scores below event picks) | ||
| 100 METERS | ||
| 1. Terrence Jones’ | Texas Tech | Jr |
| 2. Micah Williams | Oregon | Jr |
| 3. Godson Oghenebrume’ | LSU | So |
| 4. Shaun Maswanganyi’ | Houston | Jr |
| 5. Favour Ashe’ | Auburn | So |
| 6. Ismael Kone’ | Florida State | Sr |
| 7. Amir Willis | Florida State | Sr |
| 8. Kion Benjamin’ | Minnesota | Jr |
| 9. Courtney Lindsey | Texas Tech | Sr |
| 10. Udodi Onwuzurike’ | Stanford | So |
| 200 METERS | ||
| 1. Udodi Onwuzurike’ | Stanford | So |
| 2. Courtney Lindsey | Texas Tech | Sr |
| 3. Robert Gregory | Florida | Jr |
| 4. Javonte Harding | Tennessee | Jr |
| 5. Terrence Jones’ | Texas Tech | Jr |
| 6. Tarsis Orogot’ | Alabama | So |
| 7. Matthew Boling | Georgia | Jr |
| 8. Shaun Maswanganyi’ | Houston | Jr |
| 9. Austin Kresley | Iowa | Jr |
| 10. Jacory Patterson | Florida | Sr |
| 400 METERS | ||
| 1. Ryan Willie | Florida | Jr |
| 2. Elija Godwin | Georgia | Sr |
| 3. Emmanuel Bynum | Tennessee | Jr |
| 4. Zarik Brown | Oklahoma | Jr |
| 5. William Brown | USC | Fr |
| 6. Emmanuel Bamidele’ | Florida | So |
| 7. Johnnie Blockburger | USC | Jr |
| 8. James Benson | Arkansas | Jr |
| 9. Justin Robinson | Arizona State | So |
| 10. Ismail… | ||
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