out of curiosity, would north carolina have gotten in, and pushed w&m, if they (unc) had placed 4th?
it looks like they had 3 wins, and also wins against new mexico and georgia.
with the order currently listed, new mexico is 30th (with 4 wins), which would seemingly make it impossible for both unc and w&m to get in. but washington state also only has 4 wins and pushes in cal poly. so if either new mexico or georgia gets in before washington state and cal poly, tiebreakers of some sort would come into play.
the reason i ask is that unc only lost to va tech by one point, with runners from each team side by side one through five:
4 161 Virginia Tech 5 19 34 49 54 (67) (80)
5 162 North Carolina 7 17 35 48 55 (57) (118)
if unc's third or fifth runner outleans va tech's third or fifth, would that have sent both unc and w&m to the ncaa meet?