SIZING UP NCAA Cross Country prospects before late October is never a sure-fire enterprise. The short season heats up late and low-stick athletes on powerhouse teams as often as not train through early meets.
Virginia will provide the venue for the Nationals on November 18, the Cavaliers’ second time hosting and first since ’87. Panorama Farms, on which the title races will be run (10K for men 6K for women), sits on 850 acres about 6M from the UVA campus. “The courses are laid out entirely on rolling grass fields that are maintained year-round,” per virginiasports.com.
The venue — site of the NCAA Southeast Regionals of ’13, ’15, ’16, ’17 & ’19 — has also seen reasonably fast times. The mystery variable, as always in late November, is weather, which will surely have a say in how the competitions play out.
Follow the links below to the 4 detailed sections of our Div. I-based NCAA Cross Country Preview:
| Men’s Teams | Women’s Teams |
| Men’s Individuals | Women’s Individuals |
| 2023 Collegiate Cross Country Schedule |
| Major Invitationals | ||
| September | ||
| 15 | Mountain Dew Invitational | Gainesville, Florida |
| 16 | McNichols Invitational | Terre Haute, Indiana |
| 23 | Cowboy Jamboree | Stillwater, Oklahoma |
| Virginia Invitational | Charlottesville, Virginia | |
| 29 | Battle In Beantown | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Chile Pepper Invitational | Fayetteville, Arkansas | |
| Piane Invitational | Notre Dame, Indiana | |
| 30 | Short Invitational | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| October | ||
| 13 | Nuttycombe Invitational | Madison, Wisconsin |
| 14 | Pre-Nationals | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Div. I Conferences | ||
| October | ||
| 13 | IC4A/ECAC | Bronx, New York |
| 23 | SWAC | Tallahassee, Florida |
| 27 | ACC | Tallahassee, Florida |
| America East | Orono, Maine | |
| Big 10 | Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Big West | Nipomo, California | |
| Colonial | Mechanicsville, Virginia | |
| Missouri Valley | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Mountain West | Eagle, Idaho | |
| Pac-12 | University Place, Washington | |
| SEC | Columbia, South Carolina | |
| Southern | Greensboro, North Carolina | |
| Southland | San Antonio, Texas | |
| WAC | Abilene, Texas | |
| 28 | American Athletic | Greenville, North Carolina |
| Atlantic 10 | Cedarville, Ohio | |
| Atlantic Sun | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Big 12 | Ames, Iowa | |
| Big Sky | Cheney, Washington | |
| Big South | Salem, Virginia | |
| Conference USA | Bowling Green, Kentucky | |
| Heps | Boston, Massachusetts | |
| Horizon League | Dayton, Ohio | |
| Metro-Atlantic | Montgomery, New York | |
| Mid-American | Bowling Green, Ohio | |
| Ohio Valley | Morehead, Kentucky | |
| Patriot League | Hamilton, New York | |
| Summit League | Brookings, South Dakota | |
| Sun Belt | Foley, Alabama | |
| West Coast | Malibu, California | |
| 29 | Big East | North Attleborough, Massachusetts |
| Collegiate Nationals | ||
| November | ||
| 10 | NCAA Div. I Regionals | 9 sites |
| Great Lakes | Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Mid-Atlantic | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | |
| Midwest | Stillwater, Oklahoma | |
| Mountain | Lubbock, Texas | |
| Northeast | Bronx, New York | |
| South | Gainesville, Florida | |
| South Central | Fayetteville, Arkansas | |
| Southeast | Spartanburg, South Carolina | |
| West | Sacramento, California | |
| 11 | NCAA Div. II Regionals | 8 sites |
| NCAA Div. III Regionals | 10 sites | |
| JUCO Championships; | Huntsville, Alabama | |
| 17 | NAIA Championships | Vancouver, Washington |
| 18 | NCAA Championships | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| NCAA II Championships | Joplin, Missouri | |
| NCAA III Championships | Carlisle, Pennsylvania | |