2025 NCAA Men’s Formchart #3 — A&M Narrowly Takes Over

Aggie senior Sam Whitmarsh, the 800 runner-up in ’24, is picked to score 10 points this time. (ERROL ANDERSON/THE SPORTING IMAGE)

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 A&M 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 Hassan’ Mississippi State Sr
6. Aidan McCarthy Cal Poly SLO Jr
7. Brian Kweyei’ Clemson So
8. Handal Roban’ Penn State Jr
9. Rivaldo Marshall’ Arkansas Sr
10. Koitatopi Kidali’ Oregon Fr
1500 METERS
1. Nathan Green Washington Jr
2. Ethan Strand North Carolina Jr
3. Liam Murphy Villanova Sr
4. Adam Spencer’ Wisconsin Sr
5. Abel Teffra Georgetown Sr
6. Gary Martin Virginia Jr
7. Colin Sahlman Northern Arizona Jr
8. Harrison Witt Princeton Sr
9. Alex Stitt’ Oklahoma State Sr
10. Simeon Birnbaum Oregon So
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. Silas Kiptanui’ Tulane So
9. Kristian Imroth’ Eastern Kentucky Jr
10. Carson Williams Furman Sr
5000 METERS
1. Habtom Samuel’ New Mexico So
2. Ishmael Kipkurui’ New Mexico Fr
3. Fouad Messaoudi’ Oklahoma State Sr
4. Brian Musau’ Oklahoma State So
5. Marco Langon Villanova Jr
6. Ethan Strand North Carolina Jr
7. Valentin Soca’ Cal Baptist Jr
8. Drew Bosley Northern Arizona Sr
9. Matt Strangio Portland Sr
10. Rocky Hansen Wake Forest So
10,000 METERS
1. Ishmael Kipkurui’ New Mexico Fr
2. Habtom Samuel’ New Mexico So
3. Evans Kurui’ Washington State So
4. Dylan Schubert Furman Sr
5. Ernest Cheruiyot’ Texas Tech So
6. Victor Kiprop’ Alabama Sr
7. Denis Kipngetich’ Oklahoma State So
8. David Mullarkey’ Northern Arizona Sr
9. Creed Thompson BYU Jr
10. Dismus Lokira’ Alabama Fr
110 HURDLES
1. Kendrick Smallwood Texas Jr
2. Ja’Kobe Tharp Auburn So
3. Jamar Marshall Houston Sr
4. Ja’Qualon Scott Texas A&M Sr
5. Jerome Campbell’ Northern Colorado Jr
6. Zachary Extine Arizona Jr
7. John Adesola’ Houston Sr
8. Demario Prince’ Baylor So
9. Darius Brown De Paul Sr
10. Johnny Brackins USC Sr
400 HURDLES
1. Nathaniel Ezekiel’ Baylor Sr
2. Saad Hinti’ Tennessee Fr
3. Kody Blackwood Texas Jr
4. Ja’Qualon Scott Texas A&M Sr
5. Oskar Edlund’ Texas Tech Sr
6. Jason Parrish Wichita State So
7. Ryan Matulonis Penn So
8. Johnny Brackins USC Sr
9. Xzaviah Taylor North Carolina A&T So
10. Hugo Menin’ UT San Antonio So
4 x 100
1. South Florida South Florida
2. Tennessee Tennessee
3. Auburn Auburn
4. USC USC
5. LSU LSU
6. Minnesota Minnesota
7. Arkansas Arkansas
8. Texas Texas
9. Kentucky Kentucky
10. Florida State Florida State
4 x 400
1. Texas A&M Texas A&M
2. South Florida South Florida
3. Florida Florida
4. Arkansas Arkansas
5. Georgia Georgia
6. Arizona State Arizona State
7. USC USC
8. Texas Tech Texas Tech
9. Texas Texas
10. Princeton Princeton
HIGH JUMP
1. Tyus Wilson Nebraska Sr
2. Riyon Rankin Georgia So
3. Arvesta Troupe Ole Miss Jr
4. Tito Alofe Harvard So
5. Aiden Hayes Texas State Jr
6. Kampton Kam’ Penn Jr
7. Kason O’Riley Texas State Sr
8. Antrea Mita’ Houston So
9. Elias Gerald USC Jr
10. Kuda Chadenga’ LSU Sr
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. Ashton Barkdull Kansas Jr
7. Scott Toney Washington Sr
8. Bradley Jelmert Arkansas State Sr
9. William Staggs Indiana State Sr
10. Cade Gray Tennessee Sr
LONG JUMP
1. Charles Godfred’ Minnesota So
2. JC Stevenson USC Jr
3. Lokesh Sathyanathan’ Tarleton State Sr
4. Malcolm Clemons Florida Sr
5. Greg Foster Princeton Jr
6. Jayden Keys Georgia Fr
7. Channing Ferguson South Carolina So
8. Tyson Adams NC State Fr
9. Curtis Williams Florida State Jr
10. Louis Gordon’ Albany Sr
TRIPLE JUMP
1. Brandon Green Oklahoma Jr
2. Theophilus Mudzengerere’ South Carolina Jr
3. Selva Prabhu’ Kansas State Fr
4. Xavier Drumgoole Stanford Fr
5. Hakeem Ford Minnesota So
6. Luke Brown’ Kentucky Jr
7. Alexandre Malanda’ Kent State Sr
8. Kelsey Daniel’ Texas Sr
9. Kyvon Tatham Florida State Jr
10. Jaren Holmes USC Sr
SHOT
1. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan Ole Miss Jr
2. Jason Swarens Wisconsin Sr
3. Christopher Licata South Carolina Sr
4. Fred Moudani’ Cincinnati Sr
5. Obiora Okeke Columbia Sr
6. Zach Landa Arizona Sr
7. Joseph White Wisconsin Sr
8. Trevor Gunzell’ Alabama Jr
9. Alexander Kolesnikoff’ Georgia Sr
10. Dylan Targgart South Carolina Sr
DISCUS
1. Mykolas Alekna’ Cal Jr
2. Ralford Mullings’ Oklahoma Jr
3. Dimítrios Pavlídis’ Kansas Sr
4. Trevor Gunzell’ Alabama Jr
5. Seth Allen Auburn Jr
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. Ángelos Mantzouránis’ Minnesota So
3. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan Ole Miss Jr
4. Texas Tanner Air Force Jr
5. Daniel Reynolds Wyoming Sr
6. Ryan Johnson Iowa So
7. Christian Toro Duke So
8. Travis Martin Cal Poly SLO Sr
9. Rory Devaney Cal Poly SLO Jr
10. Jake Dalton Ole Miss Sr
JAVELIN
1. Keyshawn Strachan’ Nebraska Jr
2. Moustafa Alsherif’ Georgia Sr
3. Remi Rougetet’ Mississippi State Sr
4. Devoux Deysel’ Miami Sr
5. Mike Stein Iowa Jr
6. Dash Sirmon Nebraska Jr
7. Tuomas Narhi’ Mississippi State Fr
8. Leikel Cabrera Gay’ Florida So
9. Arthur Petersen’ Nebraska Sr
10. Callan Saldutto’ Missouri Sr
DECATHLON
1. Till Steinforth’ Nebraska Jr
2. Peyton Bair Mississippi State Jr
3. Marcus Weaver Arkansas Sr
4. Brad Thomas UC Santa Barbara Sr
5. Edgar Campre’ Miami Jr
6. Jaden Roskelley BYU So
7. Paul Kallenberg’ Louisville Jr
8. Ryan Gregory Long Beach State So
9. Abraham Vogelsang’ Iowa Fr
10. Ben Barton BYU Jr
COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1. Texas A&M 44
2. New Mexico 42
3. Minnesota 35
4. South Florida 34
=5. Arkansas 33
=5. Nebraska 33
7. Auburn 32
8. USC 28
9. Georgia 26
10. Tennessee 24
11. Ole Miss 22
12. Mississippi State 20
13. Alabama 19
=14. Oklahoma 18
=14. Texas 18
16. South Carolina 16
17. Wisconsin 15
18. LSU 14
=19. Duke 13
=19. Oklahoma State 13
=21. Florida 12
=21. Louisville 12
=21. Washington 12
=24. Baylor 11
=24. BYU 11
=24. Kentucky 11
=24. North Carolina 11
=24. Virginia Tech 11
=29. Cal 10
=29. Villanova 10
=31. Georgetown 9
=31. Houston 9
=31. Kansas 9
=31. Miami 9
=31. Texas Tech 9
=36. Arizona State 8
=36. Florida State 8
=36. Iowa 8
39. Princeton 7
=40. Arizona 6
=40. Kansas State 6
=40. Oregon 6
=40. Tarleton State 6
=40. Texas State 6
=40. Utah State 6
=40. Washington State 6
=47. Air Force 5
=47. Cincinnati 5
=47. Furman 5
=47. Harvard 5
=47. Penn 5
=47. Stanford 5
=47. UC Santa Barbara 5
=47. Western Illinois 5
=55. Akron 4
=55. Columbia 4
=55. Montana State 4
=55. Northern Arizona 4
=55. Northern Colorado 4
=55. Cal Poly SLO 4
=55. Wyoming 4
=62. Iowa State 3
=62. NC State 3
=62. Virginia 3
=62. Wichita State 3
=66. Cal Baptist 2
=66. Clemson 2
=66. Kent State 2
=69. Arkansas State 1
=69. Long Beach State 1
=69. Penn State 1
=69. Purdue 1
=69. Tulane 1

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