Cross Country

ACC Teams Set for 2025 NCAA Cross Country Regionals

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – All 18 programs around the Atlantic Coast Conference are set to compete in NCAA Cross Country Regionals on Friday, November 14. In 2024,15 ACC cross country teams earned their place in the NCAA Championships, including five women’s and four men’s teams that earned automatic qualifier bids.
 
ACC teams will compete in seven of the nine NCAA Cross Country Regionals throughout the country. The first three teams to hit the course will be Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami, as the three teams will compete in the NCAA South Regional hosted by North Alabama. The NCAA Southeast Regional held in Charlottesville, Virginia, will feature eight ACC teams: Clemson, Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.
 
Six ACC teams for both the men and the women are ranked in the most recent USTFCCCA Coaches Poll. On the men’s side, the ACC is led by No. 4 Virginia, followed by No. 5 Syracuse, No. 12 Wake Forest, No. 16 Notre Dame, No. 24 Virginia Tech and No. 27 North Carolina. For the women, the conference is led by No. 2 NC State, followed by No. 5 Notre Dame, No. 13 North Carolina, No. 14 Stanford, No. 16 Virginia and No. 29 Duke. The ACC leads all conferences in the men’s poll and is tied for the most in the women’s ranking.
 
On Friday, October 31, NC State won its ninth ACC Women’s Cross Country Championship in 10 years, while Virginia won its first ACC Men’s Cross Country Championship since 2008.
  
Friday, Nov. 14 | NCAA Regional Championships
NCAA South Regional hosted by North Alabama
Women’s 6K – 9:30 a.m.; Men’s 8K 10:30 a.m.
Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami
 
NCAA Southeast Regional hosted by Virginia
Women’s 6K – 10 a.m.; Men’s 8K – 11 a.m.
Clemson, Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
 
NCAA Great Lakes Regional hosted by Evansville
Women’s 6K – 11 a.m.; Men’s 8K – Noon
Notre Dame
 
NCAA Northeast Regional hosted by Boston College
Women’s 6K – 11 a.m.; Men’s 8K – Noon
Boston College, Syracuse
 
NCAA South Central Regional hosted by Arkansas
Women’s 6K – 11:30 a.m.; Men’s 8K – 12:30 p.m.
SMU
 
NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional hosted by Lehigh
Women’s 6K – Noon; Men’s 8K – 1 p.m.
Pitt
 
NCAA West Regional hosted by Sacramento State
Women’s 6K – Noon; Men’s 8K – 1 p.m.
California, Stanford
 
All times listed as Eastern
 
How it Works
  • A total of 31 teams will earn bids to the upcoming NCAA Division I Championships via Friday’s competition. Eighteen (18) bids are automatic (the top two teams in each of nine regions), and 13 at-large team selections will be announced on Saturday, November 15, at 5 p.m. ET on NCAA.com.
  • After teams have been determined, 38 additional individuals per gender are selected to compete at the NCAA Championships. Among individuals NOT selected as members of qualifying teams in the above process, the top four finishers at each regional meet are automatically selected (each must have finished within the top 25 of the region).
 
Noting ACC Cross Country
  • All 18 ACC cross country programs are set for Friday’s NCAA Cross Country regionals, with teams and student-athletes seeking to advance to the NCAA Championships on Saturday, November 22, in Columbia, Missouri.
  • The ACC has the most teams of any conference in the top 30 of the most recent Men’s USTFCCCA Coaches Poll. The ACC is led by No. 4 Virginia, followed by No. 5 Syracuse, No. 12 Wake Forest, No. 16 Notre Dame, No. 24 Virginia Tech and No. 27 North Carolina.
  • The USTFCCCA also ranks six ACC women’s cross country teams in its most recent poll. The conference is led by No. 2 NC State, followed by No. 5 Notre Dame, No. 13 North Carolina, No. 14 Stanford, No. 16 Virginia and No. 29 Duke.
  • The NC State women and Virginia men won the ACC Cross Country Championships on Friday, October 31, in Louisville, Kentucky. Wake Forest’s Rocky Hansen won the men’s individual title, while NC State’s Angelina Napoleon was the women’s champion. Napoleon was the seventh straight member of the Wolfpack to win the ACC Women’s Cross Country individual championship. Hansen was the first member of the Demon Deacon’s to win an individual title since 2001.
  • The first true freshman to finish each race was designated as the ACC Men’s and Women’s Freshman of the Year. Louisville’s Elsingi Kipruto won the men’s honor with a third-place overall finish, crossing the line in 22:53.8. NC State’s Sadie Engelhardt finished 10th overall, earning the women’s honor with a time of 19:45.5.