NCAA Indoor predictions 2026

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Accepted/Scratched Lists have been posted. Surprised Sahlman is scratching the 8 and mile for the 3k. Allows Niko Schultz(who's content on social media I like) to be the last man in for the 8

I havent seen the list but I bet he's in the DMR, that's his 800 and mile rolled into one. and even better, it's essentially run like a time trial, he can just take the brakes off and fly. meanwhile, the 800 and mile are always jogfests - not his strong suit.

Women: https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1indoor26/women_accepted.htm

Men: https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1indoor26/men_accepted.htm

Anyone know why billah is seeded #1 in the mile in a would be collegiate record 4:20.xx ahead of chamberlain? She ran 4:22 on u dub oversized track and then 4:24 at big 12

Big 12's was at Lubbock which gets a small altitude conversion according to the NCAA.

That Trent Mcfarland guy is very good tactically, has been undefeated all season in the mile, and put away the Oregon guys consistently at Big 10's. I would love to see a guy like Martin win this, but I just don't think he can kick with this Michigan guy. It's honestly between Mcfarland and Couttie, they just have way too much speed and Couttie almost beat Sahlman in a 3k (7:36.71 vs 7:36.74). Martin might've been lucky he didn't have to race in the same 3k section as Couttie at ACC's.

I think I understand what Martin is doing here. No 5k even though that maybe his best chance at Gold because the DMR is separated by an hour. He could've done the 3k instead of the mile, but the depth is heavy, Sahlman, Langon, Samuels, Couttie, and Sands. Could easily miss the top 5 here. The mile doesn't have as many heavy hitters. And it's basically a speed tune up so he can challenge for the 5k outdoors.

Sahlman in the 3k is gonna be good can't wait. Langon and Samuels battle in the 5k again.

I think a lot of people will overlook Colton Sands because he’s just now breaking through over the past few months. He should have beaten Langon in 7:33-high if Langon hadn’t impeded him. Then he sat on Martin in the ACC 5k and outkicked him easily. I think he’ll finish top 2 in either the 5k or the 3k.

The real questions is how do the Arkansas men screw it up this year?

Dropped baton?

False start?

Get tripped up in 800 heats?

No height in the HJ?

Bad tactics in the distance races?

Sands is a good darkhorse and he could win one or both because he's flying under the radar. His kick seems to have improved and he's really filling in nicely as the next stud at UNC. Really great what they have going on there, couple nice freshman to watch as well in the next few years.

Sands isn't a darkhorse, hes a legit threat. he proved last month he can go toe to toe with Langdon and has only improved since then wouldn't be surprised at all if he wins.

I got Arkansas men, Georgia women winning the team trophies.

Women:

Place team Projected (Based on seeds)
1 Illinois 47
2 Georgia 35
3 BYU 31
4 TX Tech 30
5 South Carolina 27
6 Arkansas 23
7 USC 21
8 Oregon 21
9 Clemson 20
10 KS State 20
11 Nebraska 20
12 Auburn 19
13 Alabama 18
14 Stanford 18
15 Tarleton State 16
16 Ole Miss 16
17 Kentucky 16
18 South Dakota 14
19 OK State 13
20 Penn State 12
21 TX A&M 11
22 Washington 11
23 Baylor 10
24 Florida 9
25 LSU 8
26 TCU 8
27 Cincinnati 8
28 North Carolina 6
29 FL State 6
30 E. Kentucky 5
31 Penn 5
32 NC State 5
33 Texas 5
34 New Mexico 4
35 Tennessee 4
36 Boise State 4
37 IA State 4
38 Colorado 4
39 Arizona 4
40 Duke 4
41 E. Carolina 3
42 Cal Poly 3
43 Vanderbilt 3
44 Providence 3
45 WA State 3
46 MT State 2
47 No. Arizona 1
48 Oklahoma 1
49 Duquesne 1
50 UCF 1
51 UCLA 1
52 Boston College 1

Men:
Place school Projected (Based on Seeds)
1 Arkansas 29
2 Florida 26
3 Oregon 22
4 Penn State 22
5 Villanova 18
6 TX Tech 17
7 TX A&M 16
8 Auburn 16
9 South Carolina 16
10 Tennessee 16
11 Alabama 14
12 New Mexico 14
13 USC 13
14 VA Tech 12
15 Louisville 12
16 Georgia 11
17 Samford 10
18 Colorado 10
19 North Carolina 10
20 Illinois 10
21 Washington 8
22 Georgetown 8
23 Indiana 7
24 OK State 6
25 BYU 6
26 No. Arizona 5
27 No. Iowa 5
28 Texas 4
29 Cornell 4
30 UT State 4
31 Arizona 4
32 ND State 3
33 LSU 2
34 Kentucky 2
35 Baylor 2
36 Virginia 2
37 Michigan 1
38 Clemson 1
39 Boise State 1
40 AZ State 1

More Realistic...

Men
Place team Pts
1 Arkansas 32
2 Penn State 21
3 Oregon 20
4 Villanova 18
5 Florida 17
6 Auburn 15
7 TX A&M 15
8 Tennessee 14
9 New Mexico 14
10 TX Tech 14
11 USC 13
12 Georgia 12
13 Alabama 11
14 Illinois 10
15 Louisville 10
16 North Carolina 10
17 VA Tech 10
18 Samford 10
19 BYU 8
20 Colorado 8

Women:

Place team mean
1 Illinois 43
3 Georgia 30
4 BYU 29
2 TX Tech 28
5 KS State 21
6 Alabama 20
8 Nebraska 19
9 Clemson 19
7 Oregon 19
10 South Carolina 19
12 Auburn 17
11 Kentucky 17
13 USC 17
15 Stanford 16
14 Arkansas 17
16 Tarleton State 15
17 Ole Miss 13
19 South Dakota 13
21 Washington 13
18 TX A&M 13
20 Florida 13

After winning the 5k, Marco goes full Goggins in the post-race interview.

So, which 8 guys are going to beat the Iowa guy in the 35 lb weight throw? Not a big deal but to be more realistic I think you're going to need to add a 10 in their column. I mean, thats a lot of 84 footers out there I haven't seen yet.

You don't say?

Based on seeds I see IL W well above 50 with following points based on season ranking. Of course some (but not all) of these are by narrow margins over other athletes.

hj 10

lj 15

pv 1

tj 4

wt 11

pentathlon 15