NCAA Men’s Regionals on Friday

By Adam Schneider of Dyestat

The nine NCAA Division 1 regional qualifying meets are all scheduled for Friday. The top two from each of the regions are automatic qualifying teams and will advance to compete Nov. 18 at the Division 1 Championships in Louisville, Ky. An additional 13 at-large teams from all of the regionals, along with 38 individuals, are selected as long as they finish in the top 25 of their region and are not on the qualifying teams. 

The 13 teams are selected from the teams that don’t finish in the top two in each region. 

Beginning Sept. 8, teams accumulate “wins” by defeating automatic qualifying teams that run their “A” squads. “A” squads are determined by the usage of four or more runners from the regional squads. A lower finishing regional team can bump a team ahead of them, i.e., if a team finishes third and has no wins over “A” squads, they can advance if the team in fourth has a significant number of wins over “A” squads. The NCAA selection committee will determine the 13 at-large teams and then choose four individuals from each region if they are in the top 25 and not on one of the teams that advance to the Division 1 championships. After that, an additional two runners will be selected if they finished in the top 25 of their region.

Top Teams Entered Friday at Division 1 Regionals:

Mississippi, Alabama and Middle Tennessee State at South Regional

Furman, Virginia Tech, Campbell, Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, and North Carolina State at Southeast Regional at Charlottesville, Virginia

Syracuse, Iona, Columbia, Dartmouth at Northeast Regional at Buffalo, New York. 

Georgetown, Princeton, Navy, Penn State, and Villanova at Mid-Atlantic Regional at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Eastern Michigan, and Indiana at Great Lakes Regional at Terre Haute, Indiana

Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Illinois, Tulsa, Minnesota, at Midwest Regional at Ames, Iowa

Arkansas, Texas, and Texas A&M at South Central Regional at College Station, Texas

BYU, Northern Arizona, Colorado, Colorado State, Southern Utah, Utah State, Utah,, Air Force, and UTEP at Mountain Regional at Logan, Utah

Portland, Oregon, Stanford, Boise State, Washington, Washington State, Cal, UCLA at West Regional at Seattle, Washington

Top 20 (last week’s ranking) - NCAA D1 Regional Meet on November 10th

1. Brigham Young (1) - Mountain at Logan, Utah

2. Northern Arizona (2) - Mountain at Logan, Utah

3. Syracuse (3) - Northeast at Buffalo, New York

4. Portland (4) - West at Seattle, Washington

5. Colorado (5) - Mountain at Logan, Utah

6. Stanford (6) - West at Seattle, Washington

7. Arkansas (7) - South Central at College Station, Texas

8. Furman (8) - Southeast at Charlottesville, Virginia

9. Iona (9) - Northeast at Buffalo, New York

10. Oregon (10) - West at Seattle, Washington

11. Virginia Tech (11) - Southeast at Charlottesville, Virginia

12. Colorado State (12) - Mountain at Logan, Utah

13. Southern Utah (13) - Mountain at Logan, Utah

14. Iowa State (14) - Midwest at Ames, Iowa

15. Alabama (15) - South at Tuscaloosa, Alabama

16. Mississippi (16) - South at Tuscaloosa, Alabama

17. Oklahoma State (17) - Midwest at Ames, Iowa

18. UCLA (18) - West at Seattle, Washington

19. Michigan (19) - Great Lakes at Terre Haute, Indiana

20. Texas (20) - South Central at College Station, Texas

Who to watch: Campbell, Michigan State, Washington, Washington State, Wisconsin, Air Force, NC State, Eastern Kentucky, Virginia, Illinois, Boise State, UTEP, Princeton, Middle Tennessee State, Utah State