First things first.
Rumors that Luke Puskedra is hurt
Chris Kwiatkowski DNF against Gonzaga
What is left:
Stinson
Verzbicas
DeJarnette
Hunt
Watson
Noelle
Pickering
Stanford and Portland will beat Oregon in the West Regional for the 2 auto spots. And Arizona/Arizona St will beat Oregon in the regional too.
My predicted Auto Large Hopefuls: (13 spots to fill)
Ohio State
Notre Dame
Michigan State
Georgetown
Penn State
Navy
Minnesota
Illinois
BYU
Air Force
New Mexico
Providence
Dartmouth
Florida
Texas A&M
EKU
UNC
Louisville
Oregon
Arizona State
Arizona
I feel that after the october big meets are run with full rosters the rankings of these teams will be as follows:
1 Minnesota
2 BYU
3 Arizona
4 Louisville
5 Providence
6 EKU
7 Notre Dame
8 Georgetown
9 UNC
10Arizona State
11Ohio State
12New Mexico
13Dartmouth
14Penn State
15Oregon
16Texas A&M
17Air Force
18Florida
19Illinois
20Navy
21Michigan State