The rules are contained in this.
Key Dates:
Friday, Aug. 29 First date of allowable competition.
Date of first institutional competition Deadline for team roster registration on DirectAthletics.
Friday, Sept. 12 Qualifying window for cross country season begins.
Saturday, Oct. 18 Pre-Nationals, Columbia, Missouri.
Monday, Nov. 3 Regional online entry forms available on DirectAthletics at 8 a.m. Eastern time.
Thursday, Nov. 6 Deadline for submission of regional online entry form – 5 p.m. Eastern time.
Friday, Nov. 7 LATE DEADLINE for regional entries with fine by 5 p.m. Eastern time.
Entries officially closed at this time.
Monday, Nov. 10 Deadline for all regular-season meet results to be submitted for qualification
purposes into TFRRS-XC by 5 p.m. Eastern time.
Regional entries posted on respective regional websites by noon Eastern time.
Tuesday, Nov. 11 Regional box draws posted by noon Eastern time.
Regional virtual coaches meeting.
Thursday, Nov. 13 Regional practices and packet pickup.
Friday, Nov. 14 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Regional Championships.
Saturday, Nov. 15 Selections field announced by 5 p.m. Eastern time on ncaa.com.
Tuesday, Nov. 18 National Championship virtual coaches meeting.
Friday, Nov. 21 Championships practice and packet pickup, Columbia, Missouri.
Saturday, Nov. 22 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships,
Columbia, Missouri.
Declarations. Coaches may declare, during packet pickup, student-athletes who were submitted on the original entry form (maximum of 14). The runners declared for the national championships may be different than those who competed at the regional meet, but all must have appeared on the original entry form submitted by the aforementioned deadline. If an institution declares more than seven student-athletes during packet pickup (i.e., takes an eighth or ninth set of chips and bibs), those additional chips and bibs must be returned to meet management in the clerking area not later than 20 minutes before the start of the race. Hosts should give specific instructions during the coaches meeting as to where to deliver the extra chip(s) and bib(s).
[Reference: Certification of Eligibility/Availability in Bylaws 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20.2.4, 31.2.1.7.1, 31.2.1.7.1.2 and 31.2.2 in
the NCAA Division I Manual, Bylaws 7.3.1.5 and 18.2.1 in the NCAA Division II Manual and Division II Championships
Committee Policy and Bylaws 31.2.1.5, 31.2.1.5.2, and 31.2.2 in the NCAA Division III Manual.]
Only student-athletes eligible under Bylaws 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 may compete in NCAA championships. Member
institutions are required to certify the eligibility of their student-athletes before the beginning of each academic year and to withhold ineligible student-athletes from all intercollegiate competition.
Member institutions are reminded to notify the NCAA national office before the selection date for each championship
of any student-athlete who may have participated in regular-season competition but subsequently is determined to be
ineligible or unavailable for NCAA championship competition.