NCAA Cross Country Team Rankings 2026: Men's & Women's

Rank	Team	Div	Conf	Region	Avg Elo (Top 5)	Equiv PR
1	New Mexico	D1	MWC	Mountain	1873.5	23:05.1
2	Colorado	D1	Big 12	Mountain	1832.6	23:11.3
3	Alabama	D1	SEC	South	1818.9	23:13.3
4	Arkansas	D1	SEC	South Central	1807.9	23:15.0
5	Notre Dame	D1	ACC	Great Lakes	1738.4	23:26.0
6	BYU	D1	Big 12	Mountain	1729.7	23:27.4
7	Arizona	D1	Big 12	West	1704.7	23:31.4
8	Colo. Sch. of Mines	D2	RMAC	South Central	1693.4	23:33.3
9	Florida	D1	SEC	South	1684.4	23:34.8
10	Wake Forest	D1	ACC	Southeast	1682.4	23:35.1
11	Oregon	D1	Big 10	West	1674.8	23:36.3
12	Villanova	D1	Big East	Mid-Atlantic	1668.4	23:37.4
13	Washington St.	D1	PAC 12	West	1652.7	23:40.0
14	Syracuse	D1	ACC	Northeast	1650.8	23:40.4
15	Eastern Kentucky	D1	UAC	Southeast	1649.9	23:40.5
16	Chico State	D2	CCAA	West	1643.3	23:41.6
17	Tennessee	D1	SEC	South	1635.7	23:42.9
18	Michigan	D1	Big 10	Great Lakes	1628	23:44.2
19	Wisconsin	D1	Big 10	Great Lakes	1624.3	23:44.9
20	Furman	D1	Southern Conference	Southeast	1612.4	23:46.9
21	Toledo	D1	MAC	Great Lakes	1611.2	23:47.1
22	Tulane	D1	The American	South Central	1604.9	23:48.2
23	Loyola (Ill.)	D1	Atlantic 10	Midwest	1604.4	23:48.3
24	Adams State	D2	RMAC	South Central	1600.7	23:48.9
25	CBU	D1	Big West	West	1600.3	23:49.0
26	Wichita State	D1	The American	Midwest	1598.6	23:49.3
27	Harvard	D1	Ivy League	Northeast	1597.4	23:49.5
28	Gonzaga	D1	PAC 12	West	1582	23:52.2
29	North Carolina	D1	ACC	Southeast	1579.2	23:52.7
30	Duke	D1	ACC	Southeast	1566	23:55.1
31	Princeton	D1	Ivy League	Mid-Atlantic	1560.7	23:56.0
32	Washington	D1	Big 10	West	1557	23:56.7
33	Kansas	D1	Big 12	Midwest	1556.5	23:56.7
34	Iowa State	D1	Big 12	Midwest	1551.4	23:57.7
35	Northern Arizona	D1	Big Sky	Mountain	1549.6	23:58.0
36	Stanford	D1	ACC	West	1547.1	23:58.4
37	Georgetown	D1	Big East	Mid-Atlantic	1540.2	23:59.7
38	St. Mary's (Cal.)	D1	WCC	West	1539.3	23:59.8
39	UCLA	D1	Big 10	West	1538.2	24:00.0
40	Butler	D1	Big East	Great Lakes	1538.1	24:00.1
41	Oklahoma State	D1	Big 12	Midwest	1537.7	24:00.1
42	Tulsa	D1	The American	Midwest	1534	24:00.8
43	Utah State	D1	PAC 12	Mountain	1530	24:01.5
44	Montana State	D1	Big Sky	Mountain	1529.3	24:01.7
45	Virginia Tech	D1	ACC	Southeast	1527.8	24:01.9
46	Michigan State	D1	Big 10	Great Lakes	1525	24:02.4
47	Lipscomb	D1	ASUN	South	1518.5	24:03.6
48	Minnesota	D1	Big 10	Midwest	1508.3	24:05.5
49	Cornell	D1	Ivy League	Northeast	1507.8	24:05.6
50	South Dakota St.	D1	Summit League	Midwest	1504.4	24:06.2
51	Bradley	D1	MVC	Midwest	1501.7	24:06.7
52	Ole Miss	D1	SEC	South	1498.6	24:07.3
53	Louisville	D1	ACC	Southeast	1495.9	24:07.8
54	Lee (Tenn.)	D2	GSC	South	1495.1	24:08.0
55	Stephen F. Austin	D1	Southland Conference	South Central	1494.9	24:08.0
56	Nevada	D1	MWC	Mountain	1487.7	24:09.3
57	Portland	D1	WCC	West	1479	24:11.0
58	Weber State	D1	Big Sky	Mountain	1477.6	24:11.2
59	App State	D1	Sunbelt Conference	Southeast	1472.4	24:12.2
60	Kentucky	D1	SEC	Southeast	1469.6	24:12.8
61	NC State	D1	ACC	Southeast	1469.5	24:12.8
62	Georgia	D1	SEC	South	1469.3	24:12.8
63	Texas A&M	D1	SEC	South Central	1466.1	24:13.4
64	Boise State	D1	PAC 12	West	1464.9	24:13.6
65	Illinois	D1	Big 10	Midwest	1464.6	24:13.7
66	Wingate	D2	SAC	Southeast	1463.1	24:14.0
67	West Texas A&M	D2	LSC	South Central	1462.3	24:14.1
68	Florida State	D1	ACC	South	1460.8	24:14.4
69	Pittsburgh	D1	ACC	Mid-Atlantic	1455.5	24:15.4
70	North Dakota	D1	Summit League	Midwest	1451.6	24:16.2
71	Virginia	D1	ACC	Southeast	1451.3	24:16.2
72	Missouri	D1	SEC	Midwest	1450.4	24:16.4
73	San Francisco	D1	WCC	West	1447.2	24:17.0
74	Utah Valley	D1	Big West	Mountain	1443.8	24:17.7
75	Purdue	D1	Big 10	Great Lakes	1442.5	24:17.9
76	Air Force	D1	MWC	Mountain	1430.3	24:20.3
77	California	D1	ACC	West	1422.4	24:21.8
78	South Dakota	D1	Summit League	Midwest	1418.6	24:22.6
79	Miami (Ohio)	D1	MAC	Great Lakes	1417.9	24:22.7
80	Georgia Tech	D1	ACC	South	1414.3	24:23.4
81	Cal Poly	D1	Big West	West	1413.2	24:23.7
82	Pittsburg St.	D2	MIAA (DII)	Central	1404.8	24:25.3
83	Arizona State	D1	Big 12	West	1404.7	24:25.3
84	Grand Valley St.	D2	GLIAC	Midwest	1403	24:25.7
85	Illinois State	D1	MVC	Midwest	1399	24:26.5
86	SUNY Geneseo	D3	Empire 8	Niagara	1393.5	24:27.6
87	Providence	D1	Big East	Northeast	1390.4	24:28.2
88	Iona	D1	The Metro Conference	Northeast	1389.3	24:28.4
89	Charleston (W.V.)	D2	MEC	Atlantic	1386.4	24:29.0
90	Penn	D1	Ivy League	Mid-Atlantic	1382.8	24:29.7
91	Southern Utah	D1	Big Sky	Mountain	1381.2	24:30.0
92	Penn State	D1	Big 10	Mid-Atlantic	1380.3	24:30.2
93	IU Indianapolis	D1	Horizon League	Great Lakes	1376.5	24:31.0
94	Western Colorado	D2	RMAC	South Central	1372.9	24:31.7
95	Auburn	D1	SEC	South	1371	24:32.1
96	Navy	D1	Patriot League	Mid-Atlantic	1370.4	24:32.2
97	Western Oregon	D2	GNAC	West	1368.6	24:32.6
98	Western Washington	D2	GNAC	West	1360.5	24:34.2
99	Cincinnati	D1	Big 12	Great Lakes	1359.7	24:34.4
100	Seattle U.	D1	WCC	West	1358.5	24:34.7

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