Per the early-line forecast, Georgia looks powerfully primed for a third straight title after ’25 Outdoor and ’26 Indoor wins. (KIRBY LEE/IMAGE OF SPORT)LAST YEAR’S FIRST FORMCHART projected the Georgia Bulldogs to steamroll the competition. And they did. They look ready to do it again. Coach Caryl Smith Gilbert’s SEC powerhouse is expected to score enough points in the sprints and relays, that they won’t even need the second wave, which has them adding numbers in both hurdles, triple jump, shot and javelin.
All in all, that projects to a huge winning score of 76 this year, leaving Florida’s 43 far in the dust, followed closely by Oregon at 39. Then there’s a bit of a gap before 7 teams clustered just 4 points apart.
Overall, just 4 of last year’s winners are favored to repeat: Doris Lemngole (steeple), Pamela Kosgei (5000), Aaliyah McCormick (100H), Hana Moll (PV).
The 10-deep predictions for each event (’ = athlete not eligible for U.S. international teams):
TOP 10 TEAMS 1. Georgia 76 2. Florida 43 3. Oregon 39 =4. Arkansas 33 =4. Texas A&M 33 6. USC 32 =7. BYU 31 =7. Illinois 31 =9. South Carolina 29 =9. Stanford 29 (complete team scores below event picks .)
100 METERS 1. Shenese Walker’ Florida State Sr 2. Adaejah Hodge’ Georgia Fr 3. Victoria Cameron Tarleton State Jr 4. Dajaz Defrand USC Sr 5. Brianna Selby USC So 6. Alicia Burnett Ole Miss Sr 7. Alyssa Colbert Texas Tech Sr 8. Carleta Bernard’ Texas Jr 9. Paje Rasmussen BYU Jr 10. Alexis Brown South Carolina Sr
200 METERS 1. Adaejah Hodge’ Georgia Fr 2. Gabrielle Matthews’ Florida Sr 3. JaMeesia Ford South Carolina Jr 4. Camryn Dickson Texas A&M Sr 5. Madison Whyte USC Jr 6. Kelly Ufodiama East Carolina So 7. Tiriah Kelley Baylor Sr 8. Christine Mallard USC Sr 9. Alexis Brown South Carolina Sr 10. Dajaz Defrand USC Sr
400 METERS 1. Ella Onojuvwevwo’ LSU Sr 2. Dejanea Oakley’ Georgia Sr 3. Madison Whyte USC Jr 4. Sanaria Butler Arkansas Sr 5. Shaquena Foote’ Georgia Sr 6. Kaylyn Brown Arkansas Jr 7. Rachel Joseph Iowa State Sr 8. Vimbayi Maisvorewa’ Georgia Sr 9. Elise Cooper Texas Fr 10. Kaelyaah Liburd’ Florida State Jr
800 METERS 1. Gladys Chepngetich’ Clemson Jr 2. Juliette Whittaker Stanford Sr 3. Makayla Paige North Carolina Sr 4. Sanu Jallow-Lockhart’ Arkansas Sr 5. Analisse Batista Arkansas Jr 6. Sophia Gorriaran Harvard Jr 7. Mena Scatchard’ Stanford Sr 8. Veronica Hargrave Indiana So 9. Lauren Tolbert Duke Sr 10. Makayla Clark Iowa State Sr
1500 METERS 1. Wilma Nielsen’ Oregon Sr 2. Şilan Ayyıldız’ Oregon Sr 3. Rosemary Longisa’ Washington State So 4. Sadie Engelhardt NC State Fr 5. Billah Jepkirui’ Oklahoma State Jr 6. Aniya Mosley Ohio State Sr 7. Carmen Alder BYU Sr 8. Salma Elbadra’ South Carolina Jr 9. Chloe Foerster Washington Sr 10. Claire Stegall Florida Fr
STEEPLE 1. Doris Lemngole’ Alabama Jr 2. Angelina Napoleon NC State Jr 3. Taylor Lovell BYU Jr 4. Raygan Dimond BYU Jr 5. Debora Cherono’ Texas A&M So 6. Leah Jeruto’ Oklahoma So 7. Jessie Fotheringham’ NJ Institute Of Technology Fr 8. Katelyn Stewart-Barnett’ Michigan State Sr 9. Shelby Jensen Utah State Jr 10. Pamela Kosgei’ New Mexico So
5000 METERS 1. Pamela Kosgei’ New Mexico So 2. Jane Hedengren BYU Fr 3. Vera Sjoberg’ North Carolina Sr 4. Sophia Kennedy Stanford Jr 5. Hayley Burns Northern Arizona Jr 6. Marion Jepngetich’ New Mexico So 7. Nancy Cherop’ Clemson Fr 8. Ava Mitchell Northern Arizona Jr 9. Juliet Cherubet’ Oregon Jr 10. Jenna Hutchins BYU Sr
10,000 METERS 1. Jane Hedengren BYU Fr 2. Pamela Kosgei’ New Mexico So 3. Hilda Olemomoi’ Florida Sr 4. Edna Chelulei’ Eastern Kentucky So 5. Jadyn Keeler’ North Dakota Sr 6. Judy Chepkoech’ Florida Fr 7. Joy Naukot’ West Virginia So 8. Diana Cherotich’ Oregon So 9. Grace Hartman NC State Sr 10. Paityn Noe Arkansas Jr
100 HURDLES 1. Aaliyah McCormick Oregon Sr 2. Jaiya Covington Texas A&M Jr 3. Ana-Liese Torian Auburn Jr 4. Emmi Scales Kentucky Jr 5. Habiba Harris’ Florida So 6. Maddi Cooper Georgia Fr 7. Oneka Wilson’ Clemson Sr 8. Danae Nembhard’ Auburn Sr 9. Marcia Sey Howard Sr 10. Myreanna Bebe’ Tennessee Sr
400 HURDLES 1. Akala Garrett South Carolina Jr 2. Michelle Smith’ Georgia So 3. Sanaa Hebron Miami Jr 4. Amelliah Birdow Texas Jr 5. Vanice Kerubo Nyagisera’ Kentucky Fr 6. Braelyn Baker Duke So 7. Vanessa Balde’ Texas Tech Sr 8. Allyria McBride Vanderbilt Sr 9. Natalie Block Milwaukee Sr 10. Mackenzie Collins Texas So
4 x 100 1. Georgia Georgia 2. USC USC 3. South Carolina South Carolina 4. Florida Florida 5. Texas A&M Texas A&M 6. LSU LSU 7. Texas Texas 8. Texas Tech Texas Tech 9. Tennessee Tennessee 10. TCU TCU
4 x 400 1. Arkansas Arkansas 2. Georgia Georgia 3. South Carolina South Carolina 4. Florida Florida 5. LSU LSU 6. Kentucky Kentucky 7. Texas Texas 8. Duke Duke 9. Iowa Iowa 10. Texas A&M Texas A&M
HIGH JUMP 1. Temitope Adeshina’ Texas Tech Jr 2. Rose Yeboah’ Illinois Sr 3. Alyssa Jones Stanford Sr 4. Emma Gates Arizona Sr 5. Shari Enoe’ Kansas State Jr 6. JaiCieonna Gero-Holt Illinois Fr 7. Valentina Fakrogha UCLA So 8. Claire Lowrey Texas Tech Jr 9. Kemarah Howard Kentucky Fr 10. Maria Arboleda Angulo’ Arkansas So
POLE VAULT 1. Hana Moll Washington Jr 2. Amanda Moll Washington Jr 3. Marleen Mulla’ South Dakota Sr 4. Anna Willis South Dakota So 5. Molly Haywood Baylor Jr 6. Ashley Callahan Louisville Sr 7. Emily Fitzsimmons Oregon Sr 8. Hannah Grace Tennessee Fr 9. Mason Meinershagen Kansas Jr 10. Ali Sahaida Cal Sr
LONG JUMP 1. Sophia Beckmon Illinois Jr 2. Alyssa Jones Stanford Sr 3. Heidi Hudson Arkansas Jr 4. Alexandra Kelly Princeton Sr 5. Prestina Ochonogor’ Tarleton State So 6. Maud Zeffou-Poaty’ Kansas State Jr 7. Chisom Nwafor Kansas State Fr 8. Janae De Gannes’ Baylor So 9. Eve Divinity Louisville Sr 10. Sydney Willits Iowa State Sr
TRIPLE JUMP 1. Daniela Wamokpego’ Kansas State Jr 2. Shantae Foreman’ Clemson Sr 3. Tamiah Washington Texas Tech Jr 4. Destini Smith Kansas State Fr 5. Georgina Scoot’ Princeton Sr 6. Rhianna Phipps’ Nebraska Sr 7. Skylynn Townsend Georgia So 8. Grace Oshiokpu’ Texas Tech Jr 9. Asia Phillips’ Florida So 10. Agur Dwol Oklahoma Sr
SHOT 1. Axelina Johansson’ Nebraska Sr 2. Akaoma Odeluga Ole Miss Jr 3. Nina Ndubuisi’ Georgia Jr 4. Megan Hague Auburn Sr 5. Ashley Erasmus’ USC So 6. Mine De Klerk’ Nebraska Sr 7. Alida Van Daalen’ Florida Jr 8. Jessica Oji’ Penn Fr 9. Gracelyn Leiseth’ Florida Jr 10. Elizabeth Tapper Michigan Jr
DISCUS 1. Alida Van Daalen’ Florida Jr 2. Joyce Oguama’ Alabama Jr 3. Ines Lopez’ Arizona State Sr 4. Princesse Hyman’ LSU So 5. Sofia Sluchaninova’ Kansas Sr 6. Milina Wepiwe’ Harvard Jr 7. Anthonett Nabwe’ Minnesota Jr 8. Donna Douglas Nebraska So 9. Cedricka Williams’ Tennessee Jr 10. Taylor Kesner Wisconsin Sr
HAMMER 1. Elísabet Rut Rúnarsdóttir Texas State Jr 2. Anthonett Nabwe’ Minnesota Jr 3. Kali Terza Kennesaw State Sr 4. Giavonna Meeks Texas Jr 5. Lara Roberts’ Texas State Jr 6. Emilia Kolokotroni’ Harvard Jr 7. Valentina Savva’ Cal So 8. Charlotta Sandkulla’ Virginia Fr 9. Mariana Pestana’ Virginia Tech So 10. Marie Rougetet’ Mississippi State So
JAVELIN 1. Valentina Barrios’ Missouri Sr 2. Manuela Rotundo’ Georgia So 3. Irene Jepkemboi’ TCU Jr 4. Evie Bliss Bucknell Jr 5. McKyla Van Der Westhuizen’ Rice Sr 6. Skylar Ciccolini Missouri Sr 7. Katelyn Fairchild Texas A&M Sr 8. Taysha Stubbs’ Nebraska Fr 9. Jana Lowka’ Nebraska Sr 10. Shea Greene Princeton Sr
HEPTATHLON 1. Sofia Iakushina’ Texas A&M So 2. Liisa-Maria Lusti’ Oregon Fr 3. Melissa Wullschleger’ Illinois So 4. Sofia Cosculluela’ Washington So 5. Katelyn Adel’ Alabama So 6. JaiCieonna Gero-Holt Illinois Fr 7. Juliette Laracuente-Huebner Cincinnati Jr 8. Meagan Humphries Illinois So 9. Lucie Kienast’ Illinois So 10. Jenna Fee Feyerabend’ San Diego State Sr
COMPLETE TEAM SCORES 1. Georgia 76 2. Florida 43 3. Oregon 39 =4. Arkansas 33 =4. Texas A&M 33 6. USC 32 =7. BYU 31 =7. Illinois 31 =9. South Carolina 29 =9. Stanford 29 11. Kansas State 24 =12. Texas Tech 23 =12. Washington 23 =14. Alabama 22 =14. Clemson 22 =14. LSU 22 17. New Mexico 21 18. Nebraska 18 19. Texas 15 20. Texas State 14 =21. Missouri 13 =21. NC State 13 =23. Auburn 12 =23. Kentucky 12 =23. North Carolina 12 =26. Ole Miss 11 =26. South Dakota 11 =28. Florida State 10 =28. Minnesota 10 =28. Tarleton State 10 =31. Harvard 9 =31. Princeton 9 33. Baylor 7 =34. Arizona State 6 =34. Kennesaw State 6 =34. Miami 6 =34. TCU 6 =34. Washington State 6 =39. Arizona 5 =39. Bucknell 5 =39. Eastern Kentucky 5 =39. Northern Arizona 5 =43. Duke 4 =43. Kansas 4 =43. North Dakota 4 =43. Oklahoma State 4 =43. Rice 4 =48. East Carolina 3 =48. Louisville 3 =48. Ohio State 3 =48. Oklahoma 3 =52. Cal 2 =52. Cincinnati 2 =52. Iowa State 2 =52. NJ Institute Of Technology 2 =52. UCLA 2 =52. West Virginia 2 =58. Indiana 1 =58. Michigan State 1 =58. Penn 1 =58. Tennessee 1 =58. Virginia 1 =58. Vanderbilt 1
About the author: we’re never quite sure where reclusive Special Projects Editor Roy Conrad will show up next, although he is halfway to retirement at this point.
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