2016 NCAA XC Championships Women’s At-Large FINAL Qualifiers

By LetsRun.com
November 11, 2016

Below you will find the projected qualifiers for the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Cross Country Championship, to be held on November 19 in Terre Haute, Ind. Using Bo Waggoner‘s computer program, which follows the formula used to select at-large teams to NCAAs, we can project which teams will qualify for nationals.

All 9 regions are in the books so these are our final projections.

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Last updated at: 3:20 p.m. ET.

Regions
South: FINAL
Southeast: FINAL
Northeast: FINAL
South Central: FINAL
Mid-Atlantic: FINAL
Midwest: FINAL
Great Lakes: FINAL
Mountain: FINAL
West: FINAL

Teams selected:

The 18 Auto Qualifiers  
Michigan (#5) – won Great Lakes
Notre Dame (#14) – 2nd Great Lakes
Penn State (#9) – won Midatlantic
Villanova (#21) – 2nd Midalantic
Missouri (RV) – Won Midwest Regional
Oklahoma State (#17) – 2nd Midwest Regional
Colorado (#1) – Won Mountain regional
New Mexico (#6) – 2nd Mountain regional
Providence (#3) – Won NE Region
Harvard (#16) – 2nd in NE Region
Miss State (RV) – Won South Regional
Mississippi (#14) – 2nd South Regional
Arkansas (#7) – won South Central
Baylor (#25) – 2nd South Central
NC State (#2) – Won Southeast Regional
Louisville (UR) – 2nd Southeast Regional
Stanford (#7) – 1st West regional
Washington (#4) – 2nd West regional

The 13 At – Large Qualifiers
19 Air Force (#29) – 3rd Mountain regional
20 Utah (#20) – 4th Mountain regional
21 San Francisco (#16) – 3rd West regional
22 Oregon (#11) – 4th West regional
23 Portland (#10) – 5th West regional
24 Iowa State (#12) – 3rd Midwest Regional
25 Yale (#26) – 3rd in NE Region
26 BYU (#18) – 5th Mountain Regional
27 Wisconsin (UR) – 3rd in Great Lakes
28 Michigan St. (#22) – 4th in Great Lakes
29 E. Michigan (#13) – 5th in Great Lakes
30 Penn (#24) – 3rd in Midatlantic
31 UCLA (RV) – 6th West regional

RV = receiving votes, UR = unranked.

Ranked Teams That Didn’t Make It
#26 Minnesota– 4th Midwest
#27 Cal– 9th West Region
#27 West Virginia –4th MidAtlantic
#29 SMU– 5th South Region

Unranked Teams That Made It
Missouri (RV) – Won Midwest Regional
Mississippi St (RV) – 2nd South Regional
Louisville (UR) – 2nd Southeast Regional
Wisconsin (unranked) – 3rd in Great Lakes
UCLA (RV) – 6th West regional

Logic (Automatically selected)
1: michigan is selected, has losses to (pre_nats) oregon; (roy_griak) portland, michigan state, boise state;
2: notre dame is selected, has losses to (wisconsin_invite) san francisco, utah, iowa state; (joe_piane) eastern michigan, utah;
3: penn state is selected, has losses to (roy_griak) portland, michigan state;
4: villanova is selected, has losses to (main_line_invite) penn; (paul_short) yale, georgetown, west virginia, penn, florida; (wisconsin_invite) san francisco, utah, iowa state, byu, yale;
5: missouri is selected, has losses to (commodore) eastern michigan, ohio state, vanderbilt, butler; (pre_nats) oregon, portland, eastern michigan, california, air force, cal poly;
6: oklahoma state is selected, has losses to (big_12s) iowa state; (cowboy_jamboree) tulsa;
7: colorado is selected, has no losses to teams remaining
8: new mexico is selected, has losses to (joe_piane) eastern michigan;
9: providence is selected, has no losses to teams remaining
10: harvard is selected, has losses to (u_washington_invite) oregon; (hyp) yale; (wisconsin_invite) san francisco, utah, iowa state, byu, yale, ucla, penn;
11: mississippi state is selected, has losses to (commodore) eastern michigan, ohio state, vanderbilt, butler; (pre_nats) oregon, portland, eastern michigan, california; (roy_griak) portland, michigan state, boise state, san francisco, ucla;
12: mississippi is selected, has losses to (joe_piane) eastern michigan, utah;
13: arkansas is selected, has losses to (pre_nats) oregon, portland;
14: baylor is selected, has losses to (big_12s) iowa state, west virginia, oklahoma; (texas_am_invite) rice; (joe_piane) eastern michigan;
15: nc state is selected, has no losses to teams remaining
16: louisville is selected, has losses to (accs) virginia tech; (commodore) eastern michigan, ohio state, vanderbilt, butler; (pre_nats) oregon, portland, eastern michigan, california, air force, cal poly, kansas, florida, indiana, butler, eastern kentucky, virginia, purdue, ohio state, arizona, oklahoma, colorado state, utah state, furman, brown, dartmouth; (louisville_classic) butler, eastern kentucky, virginia tech, toledo, auburn, xavier oh, elon, marquette;
17: stanford is selected, has losses to (pre_nats) oregon, portland;
18: washington is selected, has no losses to teams remaining

Teams under consideration: oregon (7), iowa state (5), utah (5), yale (4), san francisco (4), penn (3), michigan state (3), vanderbilt (3), west virginia (2), air force (2), dartmouth (1), rice (1), furman (1), wisconsin (0), minnesota (0), texas (0), alabama (0), kentucky (0),
Others with points: eastern michigan (10), portland (8), butler (5), ohio state (4), california (3), virginia tech (2), eastern kentucky (2), ucla (2), boise state (2), cal poly (2), byu (2), florida (2), oklahoma (2), auburn (1), indiana (1), elon (1), utah state (1), kansas (1), georgetown (1), arizona (1), toledo (1), virginia (1), brown (1), purdue (1), colorado state (1), tulsa (1), marquette (1), xavier oh (1),
oregon not selected with push (gets in later on their own)
utah wins head-to-head tiebreaker over iowa state (relevant meets: wisconsin_invite)
19: air force is selected, gives no points (pushed in)
20: utah is selected, has losses to (wisconsin_invite) san francisco; (pac_12s) oregon; (joe_piane) eastern michigan;

Teams under consideration: iowa state (5), san francisco (5), yale (4), penn (3), michigan state (3), vanderbilt (3), west virginia (2), byu (2), dartmouth (1), rice (1), furman (1), wisconsin (0), minnesota (0), texas (0), alabama (0), kentucky (0),
Others with points: eastern michigan (11), oregon (8), portland (8), butler (5), ohio state (4), california (3), virginia tech (2), eastern kentucky (2), ucla (2), boise state (2), cal poly (2), florida (2), oklahoma (2), auburn (1), indiana (1), elon (1), utah state (1), kansas (1), georgetown (1), arizona (1), toledo (1), virginia (1), brown (1), purdue (1), colorado state (1), xavier oh (1), tulsa (1), marquette (1),
san francisco wins head-to-head tiebreaker over iowa state (relevant meets: wisconsin_invite)
21: san francisco is selected, has losses to (wccs) portland, byu; (roy_griak) portland, michigan state, boise state;

Teams under consideration: portland (10), oregon (8), iowa state (5), yale (4), michigan state (4), penn (3), byu (3), vanderbilt (3), west virginia (2), dartmouth (1), rice (1), furman (1), wisconsin (0), minnesota (0), texas (0), alabama (0), kentucky (0),
Others with points: eastern michigan (11), butler (5), ohio state (4), boise state (3), california (3), virginia tech (2), eastern kentucky (2), ucla (2), cal poly (2), florida (2), oklahoma (2), auburn (1), indiana (1), elon (1), utah state (1), kansas (1), georgetown (1), arizona (1), toledo (1), virginia (1), brown (1), purdue (1), colorado state (1), tulsa (1), marquette (1), xavier oh (1),
portland not selected with push (gets in later on their own)
22: oregon is selected, has no losses to teams remaining

Teams under consideration: portland (10), iowa state (5), yale (4), michigan state (4), penn (3), byu (3), vanderbilt (3), west virginia (2), ucla (2), dartmouth (1), rice (1), furman (1), wisconsin (0), minnesota (0), texas (0), alabama (0), kentucky (0),
Others with points: eastern michigan (11), butler (5), ohio state (4), boise state (3), california (3), virginia tech (2), eastern kentucky (2), cal poly (2), florida (2), oklahoma (2), auburn (1), indiana (1), elon (1), utah state (1), kansas (1), georgetown (1), arizona (1), toledo (1), virginia (1), brown (1), purdue (1), colorado state (1), tulsa (1), marquette (1), xavier oh (1),
23: portland is selected, has no losses to teams remaining

Teams under consideration: iowa state (5), yale (4), michigan state (4), penn (3), boise state (3), byu (3), vanderbilt (3), west virginia (2), ucla (2), dartmouth (1), rice (1), furman (1), wisconsin (0), minnesota (0), texas (0), alabama (0), kentucky (0),
Others with points: eastern michigan (11), butler (5), ohio state (4), california (3), virginia tech (2), eastern kentucky (2), cal poly (2), florida (2), oklahoma (2), auburn (1), indiana (1), elon (1), utah state (1), kansas (1), georgetown (1), arizona (1), toledo (1), virginia (1), brown (1), purdue (1), colorado state (1), xavier oh (1), tulsa (1), marquette (1),
24: iowa state is selected, has no losses to teams remaining

Teams under consideration: yale (4), michigan state (4), penn (3), boise state (3), byu (3), vanderbilt (3), west virginia (2), ucla (2), dartmouth (1), kansas (1), rice (1), furman (1), wisconsin (0), minnesota (0), texas (0), alabama (0), kentucky (0),
Others with points: eastern michigan (11), butler (5), ohio state (4), california (3), virginia tech (2), eastern kentucky (2), cal poly (2), florida (2), oklahoma (2), auburn (1), indiana (1), elon (1), utah state (1), georgetown (1), arizona (1), toledo (1), virginia (1), brown (1), purdue (1), colorado state (1), tulsa (1), marquette (1), xavier oh (1),
yale wins head-to-head tiebreaker over michigan state (relevant meets: wisconsin_invite)
25: yale is selected, has losses to (wisconsin_invite) byu;

Teams under consideration: michigan state (4), byu (4), penn (3), boise state (3), vanderbilt (3), west virginia (2), ucla (2), dartmouth (1), kansas (1), rice (1), furman (1), cornell (0), wisconsin (0), minnesota (0), texas (0), alabama (0), kentucky (0),
Others with points: eastern michigan (11), butler (5), ohio state (4), california (3), virginia tech (2), eastern kentucky (2), cal poly (2), florida (2), oklahoma (2), auburn (1), indiana (1), elon (1), utah state (1), georgetown (1), arizona (1), toledo (1), virginia (1), brown (1), purdue (1), colorado state (1), xavier oh (1), tulsa (1), marquette (1),
byu wins head-to-head tiebreaker over michigan state (relevant meets: wisconsin_invite)
26: byu is selected, has no losses to teams remaining

Teams under consideration: michigan state (4), penn (3), boise state (3), vanderbilt (3), west virginia (2), ucla (2), dartmouth (1), kansas (1), colorado state (1), rice (1), furman (1), cornell (0), wisconsin (0), minnesota (0), texas (0), alabama (0), kentucky (0),
Others with points: eastern michigan (11), butler (5), ohio state (4), california (3), virginia tech (2), eastern kentucky (2), cal poly (2), florida (2), oklahoma (2), auburn (1), indiana (1), elon (1), utah state (1), georgetown (1), arizona (1), toledo (1), virginia (1), brown (1), purdue (1), tulsa (1), marquette (1), xavier oh (1),
27: wisconsin is selected, gives no points (pushed in)
28: michigan state is selected, has losses to (wisconsin_invite) ucla, penn, minnesota, smu, boise state;

Teams under consideration: eastern michigan (11), penn (4), boise state (4), ucla (3), vanderbilt (3), west virginia (2), dartmouth (1), minnesota (1), kansas (1), colorado state (1), rice (1), furman (1), cornell (0), texas (0), alabama (0), kentucky (0),
Others with points: butler (5), ohio state (4), california (3), virginia tech (2), eastern kentucky (2), cal poly (2), florida (2), oklahoma (2), auburn (1), indiana (1), elon (1), utah state (1), georgetown (1), arizona (1), toledo (1), virginia (1), brown (1), smu (1), purdue (1), tulsa (1), marquette (1), xavier oh (1),
29: eastern michigan is selected, has no losses to teams remaining

Teams under consideration: penn (4), ohio state (4), boise state (4), ucla (3), vanderbilt (3), west virginia (2), dartmouth (1), minnesota (1), kansas (1), colorado state (1), rice (1), furman (1), cornell (0), texas (0), alabama (0), kentucky (0),
Others with points: butler (5), california (3), virginia tech (2), eastern kentucky (2), cal poly (2), florida (2), oklahoma (2), auburn (1), indiana (1), elon (1), utah state (1), georgetown (1), arizona (1), toledo (1), virginia (1), brown (1), smu (1), purdue (1), xavier oh (1), tulsa (1), marquette (1),
no head-to-head tiebreaker for penn and ohio state (relevant meets: )
penn wins head-to-head tiebreaker over boise state (relevant meets: wisconsin_invite)
boise state wins head-to-head tiebreaker over ohio state (relevant meets: roy_griak)
30: penn is selected, has losses to (wisconsin_invite) ucla; (paul_short) georgetown, west virginia;

Teams under consideration: ohio state (4), ucla (4), west virginia (3), vanderbilt (3), dartmouth (1), minnesota (1), colorado state (1), rice (1), kentucky (0),
Others with points: butler (5), boise state (4), california (3), virginia tech (2), georgetown (2), eastern kentucky (2), cal poly (2), florida (2), oklahoma (2), auburn (1), indiana (1), elon (1), utah state (1), kansas (1), arizona (1), toledo (1), virginia (1), brown (1), furman (1), smu (1), purdue (1), tulsa (1), marquette (1), xavier oh (1),
ucla wins head-to-head tiebreaker over ohio state (relevant meets: roy_griak)
31: ucla is selected, has losses to (pac_12s) california; (roy_griak) boise state;