CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – All 18 Atlantic Coast Conference member institutions will compete in the NCAA Cross Country Regionals on Friday, November 13. The 2025 season saw 14 ACC cross country teams earn their place in the NCAA Cross Country Championships, including four women’s and three 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 Florida State in Tallahassee, Florida. The NCAA Southeast Regional, held in Spartanburg, South Carolina, will feature eight ACC teams in Clemson, Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest.

On October 30, NC State won its ninth ACC Women’s Cross Country Championship in the last 10 years, while Wake Forest won its third ACC Men’s Cross Country Championship in five years.
 
Friday, November 13 | 2026 NCAA Regional Championships | (All Times Eastern)
NCAA South Regional hosted by Florida State
Women’s 6K – 8:30 a.m.; Men’s 10K 9:30 a.m.
Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami
 
NCAA Southeast Regional hosted by USC Upstate
Women’s 6K – 10 a.m.; Men’s 10K – 11 a.m.
Clemson, Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
 
NCAA Great Lakes Regional hosted by Michigan State
Women’s 6K – 10 a.m.; Men’s 10K – 11 a.m.
Notre Dame
 
NCAA South Central Regional hosted by Texas A&M
Women’s 6K – 10 a.m.; Men’s 10K – 11a.m.
SMU
 
NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional hosted by Lehigh
Women’s 6K – 11 a.m.; Men’s 10K – 12 p.m.
Pitt
 
NCAA Northeast Regional hosted by Hofstra
Women’s 6K – 11 a.m.; Men’s 10K – 12 p.m.
Syracuse, Boston College
 
NCAA West Regional hosted by Sacramento State
Women’s 6K - 12 p.m.; Men’s 8K – 1 p.m.
California, Stanford
 
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 14, 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 Cross Country Championships on Saturday, November 21, in Terre Haute, Indiana.
• In the USTFCCCA Week 6 Coaches’ Poll, the ACC leads all conferences with eight women’s teams ranked in the top 30 and is tied for the most men’s teams.
• The women’s poll is led by No. 2 NC State, followed by No. 12 Clemson, No 13 Notre Dame, No. 14 Virginia Tech, No. 18 North Carolina, No. 19 Duke, No. 22 Virginia, and No. 30 Boston College. Stanford, Syracuse, and Florida State also received votes. 
• The men’s poll is led by No. 9 Wake Forest, followed by No. 13 Syracuse, No. 15 Virginia Tech, No. 16 Notre Dame, and No. 19 Stanford. Duke and North Carolina also received votes.
• The NC State women and Wake Forest men won the 2026 ACC Cross Country Championship on October 30, in Blacksburg, Virginia. Louisville’s Elsingi Kipruto became the program’s first ACC men’s individual cross country champion, while Hannah Gapes become NC’s State eighth consecutive runner to win the women’s individual championship.
• North Carolina’s Caden Leonard was the top men’s true freshman, placing ninth, while Clemson’s Nancy Cherop was the top women’s true freshman after finishing sixth.