How Many States Hosted NCAA Cross Country Championships?

Cross country is (almost) back.

The first competitions are right around the corner.

NJCAA teams can get underway on August 21
NCAA Division I and NCAA Division III teams hit the course on August 29
NCAA Division II squads finally toe the line on September 4

While it might be a bit too early to look ahead to November, the fact that Missouri and South Carolina will host the NCAA DI and NCAA DIII Championships for the first time got us thinking:

How many states have hosted the NCAA Championships over the years?

We did some digging – here is what we found.

	NCAA DI	NCAA DII	NCAA DIII
Alabama	No	No	No
Alaska	No	No	No
Arizona	Yes	No	No
Arkansas	Yes	No	No
California	No	Yes	No
Colorado	No	No	No
Connecticut	No	No	No
Delaware	No	No	No
Florida	Yes	Yes	No
Georgia	No	No	Yes
Hawaii	No	No	No
Idaho	No	No	No
Illinois	No	Yes	Yes
Indiana	Yes	Yes	Yes
Iowa	Yes	No	Yes
Kansas	Yes	Yes	No
Kentucky	Yes	Yes	Yes
Louisiana	No	No	No
Maine	No	No	No
Maryland	Yes	No	No
Massachusetts	No	Yes	Yes
Michigan	Yes	No	Yes
Minnesota	No	Yes	Yes
Mississippi	No	Yes	No
Missouri	Yes	Yes	Yes
Montana	No	No	No
Nebraska	No	Yes	No
Nevada	No	No	No
New Hampshire	No	No	No
New Jersey	No	No	No
New Mexico	No	No	No
New York	Yes	No	Yes
North Carolina	No	Yes	No
North Dakota	No	No	No
Ohio	No	Yes	Yes
Oklahoma	Yes	No	No
Oregon	No	No	No
Pennsylvania	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rhode Island	No	No	No
South Carolina	Yes	Yes	Yes
South Dakota	No	No	No
Tennessee	Yes	No	No
Texas	Yes	No	No
Utah	No	No	No
Vermont	No	No	No
Virginia	Yes	No	Yes
Washington	Yes	Yes	Yes
West Virginia	No	No	No
Wisconsin	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wyoming	Yes	No	No

Eight different states have hosted all three NCAA Cross Country Championships at some point: Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Washington, and Wisconsin. As mentioned earlier, Missouri and South Carolina will officially join that select group this November.

The NCAA DI Championships have been held in six states that have not hosted either Division II or Division III: Arizona, Maryland, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming.
The NCAA Division II Championships have been held in four states that have not hosted Division I or Division III: California, Mississippi, Nebraska, and North Carolina.
The NCAA Division III Championships have only been held in one state that has not hosted Division I or Division II: Georgia.

It’s going to be a great season on the grass circuit.