Conference action kicks off Friday with showdowns at Pac-12s (No. 2 Stanford men vs. No. 3 Oregon & No. 7 Colorado; No. 1 Colorado women vs. No. 2 Washington & No. 5 Oregon), ACCs (No. 6 Syracuse men, No. 3 NC State women), SECs (No. 5 Arkansas men vs. No. 11 Ole Miss) and the West Coast meet (No. 4 BYU men vs. No. 12 Portland). The Big East, Big Sky and Mountain West meets are all on Friday too.

We also take a look at the Penn State women's upset at Big 10s, Thomas Curtin taking down Justyn Knight at ACCs and wonder whether the Foot Locker women's curse may come to an end this month?

Conference action kicks off Friday with ACCs (No. 2 Syracuse men vs. No. 7 Virginia), PAC-12s (No. 1 Colorado men vs. No. 3 Oregon & No. 23 Stanford; No. 3 Colorado women vs. No. 5 Oregon), SECs (No. 4 Arkansas women vs. No. 13 Miss. St.) and the Mountain West (No. 1 New Mexico women vs. No. 9 Boise St.).

Syracuse's Martin Hehir (13:57) and Notre Dame's Molly Seidel (15:55) won the 5Ks.

After winning handily against a loaded field at Wisconsin, the #3 Syracuse men should have no problem winning their second straight ACC title on Friday. #12 Florida State will have a harder time defending its title as it's one of five ACC women's squads ranked between #12 and #18. Syracuse's Martin Hehir and Boston College's Liv Westphal lead the individual fields.