CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – As the collegiate cross country season continues, 13 Atlantic Coast Conference teams will compete this week on Friday, October 3, and Saturday, October 4. On Friday, five ACC teams will compete at the Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational in Chicago, Illinois. The eight other teams will be in various locations including California, Indiana, Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Kentucky.
 
After week two of the USTFCCCA National Coaches’ Poll, the ACC has three women’s teams in the top 10, the most of any conference. Additionally, the ACC has the most ranked men’s teams in the top 30 with six. The ACC Women’s preseason favorite, NC State, is ranked No. 2 in the nation following a successful season debut at the Adidas XC Challenge. The Wolfpack will compete in two different meets on Friday, the Loyola Lakefront Invitational in Chicago, Illinois, and the Dill Family Foundation Invitational in Greenville, North Carolina.
 
As ACC cross country nears the halfway point of the season, teams are preparing for the 2025 ACC Cross Country Championship which will be held on Friday, October 31, in Louisville, Kentucky.  
 
Noting ACC Cross Country

• In the USTFCCA Week #1 and #2 coaches’ polls, seven ACC women’s cross country teams were ranked – tied for the most of any conference. Six ACC men’s cross country teams were ranked in the week #1 coaches’ poll – the most of any conference.
• The NC State women and Wake Forest men have been selected as the ACC preseason favorites. 
• Preseason favorite Wake Forest won its second ACC Championship in three years in 2024. The Demon Deacons earned 15 of the 17 possible first-place votes in the preseason poll.
• In 2024, Notre Dame won its first-ever ACC Women’s Cross Country Championship. The Fighting Irish were picked second in the ACC preseason poll for 2025.

 
ACC Cross Country Weekly Schedule
Friday, October 3
Stanford at Pacific Collegiate XC Invite (Lodi, Calif.)
Boston College, North Carolina, Florida State, Louisville and NC State at Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational (Chicago, Ill.)
Notre Dame at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite (Notre Dame, Ind.)
Georgia Tech at Georgia Tech Invitational (Atlanta, Ga.)
Syracuse and Pitt at Paul Short Run (Bethlehem, Pa.)
NC State at The Dill Family Foundation Invitational (Greenville, N.C.)
Duke at App State Fire Tower Project (Boone, N.C.)
 
Saturday, October 4
Clemson and Louisville at Live in Lou Classic (Louisville, Ky.)