2026 College Indoor T&F Rankings Presented By Saucony
DI Individual Men Rankings Set #3
The 2026 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Season has concluded. After the NCAA Championships, our team put together one final individual rankings following the indoor season.
Individual rankings are subjective. They use a World Athletics Scoring tables to provide our editors with a baseline. From there, our team subjectively ranked athletes. For this first draft, athletes were ranked based on their total body of work for the 2025-26 season. For subsequent ranking sets, athletes will move based on their week-to-week activity.
Men's Individual Rankings Update #3
Rank | Athlete | School | Previous Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Garrett Kaalund | USC | 1 |
2 | Ja'Kobe Tharp | Auburn | 10 |
3 | Colin Sahlman | Northern Arizona | 2 |
4 | Peyton Bair | Oregon | 3 |
5 | Samuel Ogazi | Alabama | 5 |
6 | Habtom Samuel | New Mexico | 6 |
7 | Kayinsola Ajayi | Auburn | 9 |
8 | Ryan Johnson | Iowa | 14 |
9 | Marco Langon | Villanova | 7 |
10 | Bradley Franklin | Samford | 15 |
11 | Jonathan Seremes | Texas Tech | 17 |
12 | Jelani Watkins | Arkansas | 19 |
13 | Wanya McCoy | Florida | 20 |
14 | Jonathan Simms | Georgia | 4 |
15 | Justin Braun | Florida | NR |
16 | Carter Cutting | BYU | NR |
17 | George Couttie | Virginia Tech | 18 |
18 | Malachi Snow | Texas Tech | 12 |
19 | Gary Martin | Virginia | 13 |
20 | Jordan Pierre | Arkansas | 24 |
21 | Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan | Ole Miss | NR |
22 | Tyrice Taylor | Arkansas | NR |
23 | Simeon Birnbaum | Oregon | NR |
24 | Ernest Cheruiyot | Arkansas | NR |
25 | Colton Sands | North Carolina | 11 |
USC
Auburn
Northern Arizona
Oregon
Alabama
New Mexico
Iowa
Villanova
Texas Tech
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
BYU
Virginia Tech
Virginia
Ole Miss
North Carolina