148 D1 Schools Have Ever Qualified for NCAA XC

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11 years ago 10/15/2012 7:18am EDT

According to this men's summary 148 one-time D1 schools have qualified for the national cross country championships at least one time.

http://www.fasterthanforty.com/the-fairest-of-all-time-historical-ncaa-cross-country-rankings/

Any surprises for you? Gotta love the schools that made it there one time.

Thoughts to ponder:

Whom has yet to qualify for NCAAs, but is getting or has gotten close in years past?

If the best coach [in your opinion] coached at [the worst school in the worst conference], do you believe they could make nationals? Name a coach and school combination that makes you laugh.

In your opinion, is it POSSIBLE for ANY D1 school to put together a national caliber team? It just takes five guys and the right coach to finish near the top on one day.

11 years ago 10/15/2012 9:40am EDT

re: Love the Underdog

Apparently it does not take into account the 2011 NCAA XC Results... but it is still an interesting excel table.

11 years ago 10/15/2012 2:16pm EDT

re: Love the Underdog

Does anyone know the qualifying procedure back in the 1960's and 1970's? I thought at one point in time teams could basically just show up to the NCAA's, but that may have been more like the 1940's and 1950's.

11 years ago 10/15/2012 2:21pm EDT

re: asdfads

until 1972 there was no qualification procedure. the national meet was basically an invitational that any team could choose to participate in

11 years ago 10/15/2012 3:01pm EDT

re: Love the Underdog

Not really a true look since it doesn't look at the entire history.

11 years ago 10/17/2012 3:29am EDT

re: Old man runner

Is there a list of schools that have never made it to nationals but have had a team for a significant amount of time? that has to be factored into the predictions.

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