2025 NCAA cross country championships projected women’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) |
No losses to unselected teams | |
| 2 | Wisconsin | Automatic qualification (#2 Great Lakes) |
Iowa State, Michigan State, Penn State (2), Utah, Washington | |
| 3 | West Virginia | Automatic qualification (#1 Mid-Atlantic) |
Iowa State (2) | |
| 4 | Georgetown | Automatic qualification (#2 Mid-Atlantic) |
Iowa State, Penn State, Villanova | |
| 5 | Oklahoma State | Automatic qualification (#1 Midwest) |
Iowa State | |
| 6 | Northwestern | Automatic qualification (#2 Midwest) |
Iowa State, Penn State | |
| 7 | New Mexico | Automatic qualification (#1 Mountain) |
Iowa State, Penn State | |
| 8 | BYU | Automatic qualification (#2 Mountain) |
No losses to unselected teams | |
| 9 | Boston College | Automatic qualification (#1 Northeast) |
Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Gonzaga, Missouri, North Carolina, Villanova, Virginia, Washington | |
| 10 | Providence | Automatic qualification (#2 Northeast) |
CBU, Colorado, Duke, Florida State, Furman, Gonzaga (2), Harvard, Iowa State, Louisville (2), Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota (2), North Carolina, Northern Arizona, Penn State, Syracuse, Toledo (2), Utah, Villanova, Washington (2), Washington St. | |
| 11 | Florida | Automatic qualification (#1 South) |
Arkansas, Clemson, Florida State, Kentucky, Liberty, Miss State, Missouri, Texas, Villanova | |
| 12 | Tennessee | Automatic qualification (#2 South) |
Alabama, Colorado, Duke, Iowa State, Missouri (3), Northern Arizona, Utah, Villanova, Virginia, Wake Forest, Washington St. | |
| 13 | Texas A&M | Automatic qualification (#1 South Central) |
Alabama, Missouri, Penn State, Villanova, Wake Forest | |
| 14 | LSU | Automatic qualification (#2 South Central) |
Alabama, Wake Forest | |
| 15 | NC State | Automatic qualification (#1 Southeast) |
No losses to unselected teams | |
| 16 | South Carolina | Automatic qualification (#2 Southeast) |
Alabama, North Carolina | |
| 17 | Stanford | Automatic qualification (#1 West) |
Iowa State, North Carolina, Penn State | |
| 18 | Oregon | Automatic qualification (#2 West) |
Colorado, Northern Arizona, Utah, Virginia | |
| 19 | Iowa State | (#3 Midwest) – 10 points | Colorado, Northern Arizona, Utah, Virginia | |
| 20 | Penn State | (#3 Mid-Atlantic) – 8 points | Villanova | |
| 21 | Villanova | (#4 Mid-Atlantic) – 7 points | No losses to unselected teams | |
| 22 | Missouri | (#4 Midwest) – 6 points | Alabama, Colorado, Northern Arizona, Utah, Virginia | |
| 23 | Northern Arizona | (#3 Mountain) – 5 points (tiebreak) | Colorado, Duke, Gonzaga, Michigan State, Utah, Washington, Washington St. | |
| 24 | Colorado | (#4 Mountain) – 6 points | Utah | |
| 25 | Utah | (#5 Mountain) – 8 points | Virginia | |
| 26 | North Carolina | (#3 Southeast) – Pushed in by Virginia – 4 points | [Pushed in: no points conceded] | |
| 27 | Virginia | (#4 Southeast) – 6 points | No losses to unselected teams | |
| 28 | Alabama | (#3 South) – 5 points | Duke, Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan State, Miss State, Nebraska, Oregon State, Princeton, Syracuse, Tulane (2), Wake Forest, Washington St. | |
| 29 | Boise State | (#3 West) – Pushed in by Washington St. – 0 points | [Pushed in: no points conceded] | |
| 30 | Washington St. | (#4 West) – 4 points (tiebreak) | Washington | |
| 31 | Washington | (#5 West) – 6 points | Gonzaga | |
| 32 | Wake Forest | (#5 Southeast) – 4 points (tiebreak) | Duke, Virginia Tech |
You can find the men’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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