IF YOU’RE A TEAM SCORE FOLLOWER, don’t emulate a Dodger fan and leave the meet early. It looks as if there’ll be no shortage of action on the track as the men’s meet winds up.
With 2 running events remaining — the 5000 and 4×4 — Minnesota projects to be in the lead, a point up on Texas A&M. But then New Mexico is slotted for 18 off a 1-2 in the 5000 and suddenly the Lobos are up by 8 with just the relay to go. But while the Aggies are favored to win, New Mexico doesn’t have a baton foursome and slides to a narrow win.
Note that while A&M has won this title 3 times and tied for it once, the highest New Mexico finish ever was 5th in ’65. Remember Charlie Greene?
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. Texas A&M | 44 | –2 | 2 |
| 2. New Mexico | 42 | +4 | =4 |
| 3. Minnesota | 35 | +3 | 6 |
| 4. South Florida | 34 | +14 | 13 |
| =5. Arkansas | 33 | +9 | =9 |
| =5. Nebraska | 33 | –5 | =4 |
| 7. Auburn | 32 | –10 | 3 |
| 8. USC | 28 | –23 | 1 |
| 9. Georgia | 26 | –1 | 7 |
| 10. Tennessee | 24 | +7 | 15 |
| (complete team scores below event picks.) | |||
| 100 METERS | ||
| 1. Jordan Anthony | Arkansas | So |
| 2. Abdul-Rasheed Saminu’ | South Florida | Sr |
| 3. Kanyinsola Ajayi’ | Auburn | So |
| 4. Jelani Watkins | LSU | Fr |
| 5. T’Mars McCallum | Tennessee | Jr |
| 6. Jaiden Reid’ | LSU | So |
| 7. Israel Okon’ | Auburn | Fr |
| 8. Kalen Walker | Iowa | Jr |
| 9. Taylor Banks | USC | Sr |
| 10. Max Thomas | USC | Jr |
| 200 METERS | ||
| 1. Jordan Anthony | Arkansas | So |
| 2. Garrett Kaalund | USC | Jr |
| 3. Makanakaishe Charamba’ | Auburn | Sr |
| 4. Abdul-Rasheed Saminu’ | South Florida | Sr |
| 5. T’Mars McCallum | Tennessee | Jr |
| 6. Carli Makarawu’ | Kentucky | Jr |
| 7. Jaiden Reid’ | LSU | So |
| 8. Cameron Miller | Purdue | Jr |
| 9. Jaleel Croal’ | South Florida | Jr |
| 10. Jamarion Stubbs | Alabama State | Jr |
| 400 METERS | ||
| 1. Samuel Ogazi’ | Alabama | So |
| 2. Micahi Danzy | Florida State | Fr |
| 3. Auhmad Robinson | Texas A&M | Sr |
| 4. Jayden Davis | Arizona State | So |
| 5. William Jones | USC | Jr |
| 6. Will Floyd’ | Georgia | So |
| 7. Gabriel Moronta’ | South Florida | Sr |
| 8. Joseph Taylor | Duke | Fr |
| 9. Shaemar Uter’ | Texas Tech | Jr |
| 10. Jalen Williams | Wisconsin | Jr |
| 800 METERS | ||
| 1. Sam Whitmarsh | Texas A&M | Sr |
| 2. Christian Jackson | Virginia Tech | Jr |
| 3. Matti Erickson’ | Oregon | Sr |
| 4. Tinoda Matsatsa | Georgetown | So |
| 5. Abdullahi… | ||
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