The Oregon Ducks have one of the most talented rosters in the NCAA and will look to prove it this weekend in College Station, Texas. We're previewing the top sprint matchups you cannot miss at the NCAA Indoor Championships on Friday and Saturday.

Who Wouldn't Want To Be A Duck?

We're already projecting the Oregon Ducks to make history in College Station, and their sprint crew is a big reason why.

When your roster includes a collegiate record-holder, Olympic finalist, AND an double NCAA champion already, what is there to doubt?

Hannah Cunliffe has left the track on fire after each race this season. Her only loss came in her season-opening 200m to teammate Deajah Stevens. In 2016, Cunliffe didn't even dip under 7.20 in the 60m until the NCAA prelim (7.12). In 2017, she has recorded sub-7.20 races five times, including her collegiate record of 7.07. I don't see this laser-focused competitor losing this weekend.

Related: The NCAA Has Never Seen A Sprinter Like Hannah Cunliffe

The 200m is where things could get spicy. Stevens (22.65) and Cunliffe (22.60 converted to 22.67 with altitude) are the top-ranked athletes in the NCAA. Stevens is an Olympic finalist in the event and, like Cunliffe, is already posting times so much quicker than 2016. She improved from 7.40 to 7.21 in the 60m, and 22.98 to 22.65 in the 200m. Now enter Ariana Washington, the reigning NCAA outdoor champion over 100m and 200m, who hasn't really tapped into her full indoor potential. Washington was a stud out of Long Beach Poly High School and finished sixth in the 200m as a freshman in 2015. An injury ended her outdoor campaign that year, and she spent much of the 2016 indoor season getting her legs back under her. What she did during last year's outdoor season was incredible, because she spent a majority of the season running 100s and relays. We caught up with Washington at the Columbia East-West Challenge, where she said she's still learning how to run indoor. Seeing that she's improved in nearly every meet, I think she's learning just fine.

The LSU Women Have Just As Many Sprint Entries As Oregon

If you think you're seeing lot of purple and yellow on the start line in the 60m, 200m, and 60m hurdles, it's because you are. The LSU Tigers have eight entries in the sprints and hurdles, the exact same amount as the Oregon Ducks. The Tigers' most impressive event is the 60m, in which a quarter of the field is made up of LSU athletes. SEC champion Aleia Hobbs (7.18), Mikiah Brisco (7.19), Kortnei Johnson (7.24), Cassondra Hall (7.26), and Jada Martin (7.26) make up the 60m entries, with Martin and Johnson also contesting in the 200m and Brisco in the 60m hurdles. They may not have the same credentials as the Ducks, but this team did take them down in the NCAA 4x100m last spring and should be respected in College Station.

Related: Kevin Hart Races LSU Sprinter Jada Martin At 2016 NCAA Indoor Championships

The 400m Title Is Up For Grabs

The last two NCAA indoor titles in the women's 400m were captured by Texas' Courtney Okolo. With Okolo now in the professional ranks, this race could go to a number of women competing. Miami's Shakima Wimbley comes in with the fastest time. Her 51.20 was set en route to winning the ACC indoor title on Notre Dame's oversized track. Wimbley has stellar credentials but has never quite shown up at the indoor championships before. She finished 13th in the 200m, 11th in the 400m, and 16th in the 200m in her first three NCAA indoor championships. Obviously her 51.20 is a major breakthrough, but even when she dipped under 52 seconds indoors in 2015 she failed to make the 400m final. USC junior Kendall Ellis is making her first individual appearance at the indoor championships with her 51.52 set on Kentucky's oversized track. She lost to Wimbley in that race, however, and hasn't cracked 52 seconds again this season. The easy favorite to win the title would be the Longhorns' Chrisann Gordon. The senior has run 51.71 and 51.79 this season and is the top returner (third) from 2016. She and Okolo were the perfect 1-2 punch for Texas in 2016, and Gordon is now ready to step up after representing Jamaica at the World indoor championships and Rio Olympics in 2016.

Watch Gordon dominate the Big 12 400m finals:

Sasha Wallace Seeks First NCAA Title After Most Consistent Season Ever

Oregon senior Sasha Wallace is a force on the NCAA hurdle scene, yet has never won an individual NCAA title. Entering this weekend's championship, Wallace is by far the favorite to win the 60m hurdles. Here's why. In each of her four contests this season, she's gone under eight seconds: 7.96, 7.91, 7.99, and 7.95 is CONSISTENT finals running. Remember, she was just narrowly beaten by Michigan's Cindy Ofili last winter and wasn't running quite at this level during the 2016 regular season.

Watch Wallace dominate her final race before NCAAs and the MPSF Championships: