2025 NCAA cross country championships projected men’s qualifiers
By LetsRun.comThe NCAA held its regional meets for the 2025 NCAA cross country championships on Friday. Thanks to sites like CollegeXC and XC Quals, we are able to project the full 32-team NCAA field based on the NCAA’s at-large qualifying formula. Below are the projections (and logic) for the men’s field at the 2025 NCAA cross country championships, which will be held on November 22 in Columbia, Mo. These projections were generated by CollegeXC.
| Team | Method of qualification | Gives points to | ||
| 1 | Notre Dame | Automatic qualification (#1 Great Lakes) |
Colorado, Michigan State, Northern Arizona, Virginia, Washington St., Wisconsin | |
| 2 | Butler | Automatic qualification (#2 Great Lakes) |
Colorado (2), Michigan State, Northern Arizona, Virginia, Washington St. | |
| 3 | Princeton | Automatic qualification (#1 Mid-Atlantic) |
Colorado, Michigan State, Missouri, Northern Arizona, Virginia | |
| 4 | Georgetown | Automatic qualification (#2 Mid-Atlantic) |
Colorado, Harvard, Michigan, Michigan State, North Carolina, Northern Arizona, Stanford, Washington St., Wisconsin | |
| 5 | Oklahoma State | Automatic qualification (#1 Midwest) |
No losses to unselected teams | |
| 6 | Iowa State | Automatic qualification (#2 Midwest) |
No losses to unselected teams | |
| 7 | New Mexico | Automatic qualification (#1 Mountain) |
No losses to unselected teams | |
| 8 | BYU | Automatic qualification (#2 Mountain) |
Colorado (3), Northern Arizona, Virginia | |
| 9 | Syracuse | Automatic qualification (#1 Northeast) |
Colorado (2), Virginia (2) | |
| 10 | Iona | Automatic qualification (#2 Northeast) |
Air Force, Colorado (2), Florida, Furman, Gonzaga (2), Harvard, Lipscomb (2), Louisville, Michigan (2), Michigan State (2), Missouri, North Carolina, Northern Arizona (2), Stanford (2), Utah State, Virginia, Washington St. (2), Wisconsin | |
| 11 | Alabama | Automatic qualification (#1 South) |
Colorado, Virginia | |
| 12 | Ole Miss | Automatic qualification (#2 South) |
Air Force, Colorado, Georgia (2), Kentucky, Lipscomb, Michigan, Michigan State, Missouri (3), Northern Arizona, Oklahoma, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Virginia, Washington St. | |
| 13 | Tulane | Automatic qualification (#1 South Central) |
Colorado (2), Michigan State (2), Northern Arizona (2), Tulsa, Virginia, Washington St., Wisconsin | |
| 14 | Arkansas | Automatic qualification (#2 South Central) |
Georgia (2), Loyola (Ill.), Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Wichita State | |
| 15 | Wake Forest | Automatic qualification (#1 Southeast) |
Colorado, Northern Arizona, Virginia (3), Virginia Tech | |
| 16 | Eastern Kentucky | Automatic qualification (#2 Southeast) |
Air Force, Colorado (2), Gonzaga, Harvard, Louisville, Michigan, Michigan State (2), Missouri, North Carolina, Northern Arizona (2), Stanford (2), Virginia, Washington St. (2), Wisconsin | |
| 17 | Oregon | Automatic qualification (#1 West) |
No losses to unselected teams | |
| 18 | CBU | Automatic qualification (#2 West) |
Colorado, Michigan State, Northern Arizona, Washington St., Wisconsin | |
| 19 | Virginia | (#3 Southeast) – 14 points (tiebreak) | No losses to unselected teams | |
| 20 | Northern Arizona | (#3 Mountain) – 14 points | Colorado (2) | |
| 21 | Colorado | (#4 Mountain) – 22 points | No losses to unselected teams | |
| 22 | Washington St. | (#3 West) – 10 points | Michigan State, Missouri, Stanford | |
| 23 | Wisconsin | (#3 Great Lakes) – 6 points | Michigan State (2) | |
| 24 | Michigan State | (#4 Great Lakes) – 15 points | No losses to unselected teams | |
| 25 | Michigan | (#5 Great Lakes) – 5 points | Air Force, Harvard, Missouri, North Carolina, Stanford | |
| 26 | Georgia | (#3 South) – 4 points (tiebreak) | No losses to unselected teams | |
| 27 | Air Force | (#5 Mountain) – 4 points (tiebreak) | Boise State, Missouri, Stanford | |
| 28 | Harvard | (#3 Northeast) – 4 points (tiebreak) | Texas A&M, Utah State | |
| 29 | Virginia Tech | (#4 Southeast) – Pushed in by North Carolina – 1 points | [Pushed in: no points conceded] | |
| 30 | North Carolina | (#5 Southeast) – 4 points | Cal Poly, Louisville, Loyola (Ill.), Minnesota | |
| 31 | Louisville | (#6 Southeast) – 3 points (tiebreak) | Gonzaga, Loyola (Ill.), Minnesota, Stanford (2) | |
| 32 | Oklahoma | (#3 Midwest) – 2 points (tiebreak) | Tulsa |
You can find the women’s projected teams here.
Want a breakdown of the NCAA regional action? See this: LRC 2025 NCAA XC regional analysis: Jane Hedengren is the NCAA favorite, Stanford men’s 31-year NCAA streak ends
You can discuss all of Friday’s regional action on the LRC messageboard
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