How to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships

Throughout the country, there will be nine regionals contested. The top two teams receive automatic bids to the NCAA Championships. If a team finishes third or worse, they will have to rely on the NCAA Committee to select it as one of the 13 at-large teams. The Key factors weighed by the Committee include regular season points and specifically wins against teams that have already qualified or earned a championship berth.

The first four regional finishers not from an automatic qualifying or at-large team also secure an auto-bid to the championships.

All final qualifiers will be confirmed at 5 p.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 16 on NCAA.com

Here’s how Isaac Wood projects the women’s regionals shaking out:

Great Lakes | 11:00 a.m. ET | Live Results

1. Notre Dame (Q)

2. Wisconsin (Q)

3. Butler

4. Michigan State

5. Michigan

6. Indiana

7. Purdue

8. Ohio State

9. Toledo

10. Ohio

11. Eastern Michigan

12. Indiana State

13. Bowling Green

14. Central Michigan

15. Cincinnati

Isaac’s Take: The Great Lakes is a fascinating region to me. There are NINE teams that on the right day can get the right push. Right now, I only see Notre Dame and Wisconsin. There needs to be some movement elsewhere.

Mid-Atlantic | 12:00 p.m. ET | Live Results

1. West Virginia (Q)

2. Georgetown (Q)

3. Penn State (q)

4. Villanova (q)

5. Princeton

6. Pittsburgh

7. Navy

8. Maryland

9. Penn

10. Bucknell

11. La Salle

12. Lehigh

13. Duquesne

14. Monmouth

15. George Washington

Isaac’s Take: I have Villanova as my last team in! We’ll have to see if they can make it in based off points.

Midwest | 12:00 p.m. ET | Live Results

1. Oklahoma State (Q)

2. Minnesota (Q)

3. Northwestern

4. Iowa State

5. Nebraska

6. Loyola (Ill.)

7. Oklahoma

8. Missouri

9. Bradley

10. Illinois

11. Tulsa

12. South Dakota St.

13. Kansas

14. North Dakota State

15. Iowa

Mountain | 2:00 p.m. ET | Live Results

1. BYU (Q)

2. Northern Arizona (Q)

3. Utah (q)

4. New Mexico (q)

5. Colorado St.

6. Utah Valley

7. Wyoming

8. Texas Tech

9. Colorado

10. Air Force

11. Utah State

12. Montana State

13. Nevada

14. Weber State

15. New Mexico St.

Isaac’s Take: I don’t know if Utah State or Colorado State got any points throughout the season. They are very quality programs. They’re going to need to sneak past New Mexico to get themselves to Madison.

Northeast | 11:00 a.m. ET | Live Results

1. Providence (Q)

2. Syracuse (Q)

3. Boston College (q)

4. Harvard

5. Connecticut

6. Northeastern

7. Yale

8. Army West Point

9. Boston University

10. Dartmouth

11. Brown

12. Cornell

13. Quinnipiac

14. New Hampshire

15. Iona

South | 8:30 a.m. ET | Live Results

1. Alabama (Q)

2. Florida State (Q)

3. Florida (q)

4. Tennessee (q)

5. Lipscomb (q)

6. Ole Miss

7. Georgia Tech

8. Auburn

9. Vanderbilt

10. Miss State

11. Samford

12. Mid. Tenn. State

13. Kennesaw State

14. Florida Atlantic

15. Miami (Fla.)

Isaac’s Take: Five teams out of the South! Nick Polk is a Lipscomb legend. The guy can coach and he’s getting it done there.

South Central | 10:00 a.m. ET | Live Results

1. Arkansas (Q)

2. Texas (Q)

3. LSU

4. Tulane

5. Texas A&M

6. SMU

7. Rice

8. Lamar

9. Texas A&M-CC

10. North Texas

11. Central Arkansas

12. Baylor

13. Arkansas State

14. TCU

15. Houston Christian

Southeast | 10:30 a.m. ET | Live Results

1. NC State (Q)

2. North Carolina (Q)

3. Virginia (q)

4. Furman (q)

5. Louisville

6. Wake Forest

7. Liberty

8. Clemson

9. Virginia Tech

10. Charlotte

11. High Point

12. William & Mary

13. Elon

14. South Carolina

15. Kentucky